Guitarists Benjamin Beirs and Maud Laforest of Duo Transatlantique entertained with string harmony at Dubai Concert Committee's second concert of the season. A bit of classical, a bit of tango, and even three soundtrack pieces from the Oscar-winning film Amelie, interspersed with a little music history education from this young, good-humored pair. Not the kind of music to which I normally listen, but a very enjoyable evening nonetheless.
A pianist, a cellist and some of the best of the classical masters - including Beethoven, Wagner and Rachmaninoff at DUCTAC's Centrepoint Theatre, thanks to the Dubai Concert Committee. Andreas Woyke delivered with practiced delicacy on the grand Steinway, especially on the Wagner compositions, and Friedrich Kleinhapl's skill with the cello was especially evident in the second half's Rachmaninoff sequence and Russian folk song encore. Video of one of their other performances:
