BCMG/Knussen review – Helen Grime makes sparks fly

Wigmore Hall, London
The composer-in-residence’s compact new piano concerto of glittering sonorities was premiered by Huw Watkins, Oliver Knussen and the Birmingham Contemporary Music GroupThe first work to come from Helen Grime’s composer residency at Wigmore Hall is a Piano Concerto for her husband, composer-pianist Huw Watkins, and the Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. It’s a compact work of glittering sonorities carefully applied, with a hectic finale that explodes and t