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12-Feb-2016
Chamberlain & Haywood Review, Isle of Arran Concert, Scotland – UKby Rob Howard |
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| Below is a review of the duo Chamberlain & Haywood’s concert from the Arran Voice: On Saturday January 16th an expectant audience gathered in Brodick Hall to hear music played by Paul Chamberlain, accordion, and Michael Haywood, playing clarinet, saxophone and whistle as well as violin. This duo had delighted people in the Little Rock café last September, when they visited Arran during National Chamber Music Week, and this time, rising to the expectations of a much larger audience, they delivered an enchanting mixture of music from all over the world, ranging from Balkan traditional tunes to Brahms, with much in between. Such a dazzling range of style requires consummate skill, and this was impressively evident. The programme included a haunting composition by Paul Chamberlain himself, ‘Orcadian Sunrise’, but did not neglect the immense range available. From Piazzolla to the lovely slow movement of Mozart's ‘Clarinet Concerto’, the programme unfolded one delight after another. Carlos Gardel was followed by another composition by the duo, Michael Haywood's ‘Lewis Chessmen’. Anyone familiar with these vast, brooding figures instantly recognised the power and mystery evoked by the composition. The performance ended with a 'troika set' (three horses drawing a Russian sleigh) that ended with the irresistible ‘Kalinka’, with the accelerating speed that always induces excitement. Brodick Hall rose to the stimulus with huge enthusiasm, and went out into the January night warmed, refreshed and excited. A night to remember. Chamberlain & Haywood have their first CD currently being pressed and this will be released in March, and will have more details for an article in due course. |