šļø Monday 22nd April š¢ 19:30 (Doors at 19:00)Ā
šGairloch Community HallĀ
Chamber Philharmonic Europe
Review by Ginevra House
A rare treat came to Gairloch on 22 April with the Chamber Philharmonic Europe. With a modest
seven-piece ensemble, the intimate sound recalled the era when chamber music was literally played in
chambers of Europeās nobility. It was also a trip down memory lane for me, having played many of
those pieces in school chamber orchestra.
Vivaldiās delicate Concerto I Parigi No.1 (RV157) opened the show, followed by Albinoniās āSan
Marcoā trumpet concerto. Soloist Cyrill Gussaroff gave an elegant performance, with the final Allegro
tripping lightly off his tongue. Bachās Violin Concerto in A Minor (BWV1041) followed, with leader
Andrej Surās solo in the Andante particularly captivating, raising sighs of appreciation and a cheeky
mid-concerto round of applause from the audience before the third movement!
Mozartās Divertimento in D (K136) opened the second half, with players blatting the tune between
them like kittens with a ball of wool. Deliusās two tender Aquarelles drew us into a different world,
slipping chromatically through muted colours in the mist. In honour of his 100th birthday, Holstās St
Paulās Suite was saved for a final treat, careening from the playful to the soulful to the sheer joyous.
Cyrill Gussaroff
Cyrill Gussaroff (trumpet) was born in Saint-Petersburg, Russia where he received his first trumpet lesson from the famous trumpet player Professor V.Margolin, in whose class he graduated from the Saint-Petersburg Conservatoire with distinction in 2002. He continued his education at the Conservatoires of Hanover and Essen, where he was taught by such influential people as Professor S.Goehtel and Prof. U.Koeller. In his career Mr. Gussaroff has gained awards at international competitions including the International Competition Citta di Porcia, the Dokshitzer Competition Vilnius, the Competition of Calvia Mallorca and the Tchaikovsky Conservatoire International Competition, Moscow. He started his career as a trumpet soloist at the Staatskapella Symphony Orchestra of St. Petersburg. At present he is a soloist with the Lower Rhine Symphony Orchestra and is an artist of the Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival. In addition, Cyrill Gussaroff has worked with seceral different orchestras such as the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bochum Symphonie, the Camerata Budapest, the Chamber Philharmonic Europe and the Philharmonika Venezia.
Andrej Sur
Andrej Sur (Violin) was born in 1959 in Perwouralsk (Russia) in a musician's family. From the 7th year he received at the state music school. He studied violin in the conservatoire in Yekaterinburg under Professor L. Mirchin. He was as leader and soloist of the orchestra (Ural State Symphony Orchestra), chamber musicians and pedagog for violin in Ural Academie of Music (Yekaterinburg, Russia). Since 1994 lives in Berlin, is a leader of the symphony orchestra Berlin, the member of the Berliner Symphoniker. Works as a soloist and chamber musician.