Magdalene Ho illuminates and exults the candlelit beauty of St Mary Le Strand
St Mary Le Strand where the candles were shining brightly today illuminated by the piano genius of Magdalene Ho.
Standing in at very short notice for an indisposed Murray McLachlan she wallowed in Beethoven, astonished in Fauré and ravished with Schumann only to simply revel in the delectable virtuosistic flights of fantasy in Saint Saens.
Just back from the Walton Foundation on Ischia, Murray McLachlan called whilst on the train from the airport to ask if Magdalene could substitute for him the next day as a family necessity had meant he could no longer travel from his home in Manchester to London. I immediately got in touch with Warren Mailly Smith the promoter and concert pianist in his own right to say that she would be happy to play.
