Helen Wallace
Artistic and Executive Director, Kings Place
Helen Wallace is the artistic and executive director of Kings Place, a concert hall in King's Cross, London, and the former editor of BBC Music Magazine and The Strad Magazine.
Recent articles by Helen Wallace
'My eyes pricked with tears': the late Duchess of Kent revealed to us her life with music - and very moving it was too
We revisit our 2005 interview with the late Duchess of Kent, in which she discussed the profound role music has played in her life
Jacqueline du Pré: one of music's most dazzling talents, lost to us far too soon
Jacqueline du Pré was a brilliant but complex genius whose shyness and vulnerability, particularly in the light of her illness, often left her misunderstood, says Helen Wallace
Kodály method: what it is, its benefits and how it helps children learn music
As arts education strains under the pressure of cuts, the Kodály method for teaching music has never seemed more important, suggests Helen Wallace
In Memoriam II (Pieter Wispelwey)
Phantasy in Blue
Alban Gerhardt (cello), Alliage Quintett (Hyperion)
Ysaÿe: Six Sonatas for Solo Violin (Matejča)
Daniel Matejča (violin) (Supraphon)
Femmes (Raphaela Gromes)
Raphaela Gromes (cello), Julian Riem (piano); Festival Strings Lucerne/Daniel Dodds (Sony Classical)
Ascenso (Santiago Cañón-Valencia)
Santiago Cañón -Valencia (cello) (Sono Luminus)
A Golden Cello Decade... (Steven Isserlis)
Steven Isserlis (cello), Olivia Jageurs (harp), Connie Shih (piano) (Hyperion)
Where is Home (Abel Selaocoe)
Abel Selaocoe (cello, vocals) and guests, incl. Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Elizabeth Kenny (theorbo) (Warner Classics)
Fantasia – Works for Solo Cello (Jonathan Swensen)
Jonathan Swensen (cello) (Champs Hill)
JS Bach: Cello Suites (Bruno Philippe)
Bruno Philippe (cello) (Harmonia Mundi)
The best recordings of Haydn's Cello Concertos 1 & 2
Charm and good humour are in plentiful supply, as Helen Wallace listens to and selects the finest recordings of Haydn at his effervescent best
Hope Amid Tears (Beethoven Cello Sonatas)
Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Emanuel Ax (piano) (Sony Classical)
Solo (Nuala McKenna)
Nuala McKenna (cello) (Cobra)
Beethoven • Pleyel: Cello Sonatas, Op. 5, etc
Raphaël Pidoux (cello), Tanguy de Williencourt (piano) (Harmonia Mundi)
Who was Betty Freeman and why was she so important to 20th-century music?
Patron and benefactor, mentor and guru, not to mention fine photographer, Betty Freeman played a crucial role in the nurturing and promotion of some of the 20th century’s greatest musical figures. Helen Wallace looks at her life
Cello 360
Christian-Pierre La Marca (cello) (Naïve)
Transitions (Kapustin; Schnittke)
Eckart Runge (cello); Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra/Frank Strobel (Capriccio)
Dvořák: Cello Concerto; Waldesruhe, etc
Kian Soltani (cello); Staatskapelle Berlin/Daniel Barenboim (DG)
Requiebros
Rohan de Saram (cello), Junko Yamamoto (piano) (FHR)
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Cello Concerto in F; Sea Murmurs; plus arrangements of Rossini, Mozart and Ravel
Brinton Averil Smith; Evelyn Chen; Houston Symphony/Kazuki Yamada
(Naxos)
Dvořák: Cello Concerto; Schumann: Cello Concerto; Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 – Aria
Jacqueline du Pré, Mstislav Rostropovich, Galina Vishnevskaya; BBC Symphony Orchestra/Jean Martinon; London Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra/Carlo Maria Giulini (ICA Classics)
The End of Flowers: Clarke & Ravel Piano Trios
Gryphon Trio (Analekta)