An amazing journey indeed for Dinara Klinton as she took us on a nostalgic journey to her homeland.
Some sumptuous sounds and a feeling of aching nostalgia as she looked back to the stories told by Taneyev, Lyadov, Glinka, Medtner, Rachmaninov and Stravinsky. As with all journeys ,especially in this last year, it was not without the unexpected.
Streamed live from London to Washington there was a general breakdown of the internet in west London that meant the journey was delayed by a few hours. Thanks to the expert recording facilities at St Mary’s in Perivale, Dr Mather, Roger Nellist and their team had an unexpected change of horses but the carriage arrived safely to its destination. Not aware of these technical problems of streaming Dinara just allowed her heart to stream and stretch out to her audience worldwide with yearning nostalgia.
Playing of such ravishing beauty and astonishing technical command that was quite breathtaking as she invited us on to her magic carpet to visit a world much better than the one we had left behind for this all too short journey.
Read more at Christopher Axworthy’s commentary on Dinara Klinton’s 6 June recital from St Mary’s Perivale – livestreamed in association with The Arts Club of Washington.
