Alice Coote and Stuart Jackson bring Mahler to Middle Temple Hall
Songs of Life and Death: Alice Coote, Stuart Jackson and Julius Drake at Middle Temple Hall, Thursday 11 November
Reviewed by Mark Valencia of Bachtrack
Originally announced as Das Lied von der Erde, a late change of repertoire (triggered perhaps by the coincident programming of that work by Dame Sarah Connolly et al at the Royal Festival Hall the same evening) gave this recital wings. It seemed disingenuous of Temple Music to tag it as a Remembrance event for on paper it was nothing of the kind; rather, Alice Coote, Stuart Jackson and pianist Julius Drake probed the audience’s collective soul with the depth of their performances – and that was enough.