Glass dans le miroir de Brubaker

By Roland Duclos, 04 February 2017

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“Le miracle Brubaker est d’opérer cette alchimie sans rupture, avec une égale conscience réfléchie.”

Reviewed at Église Saint-Genès-les-Carmes, Clermont-Ferrand on 2 February 2017

Glass, Metamorphosis 2

Glass, Etude 4

Glass, Mad Rush

Glass, Metamorphosis 1

Glass, The Poet Acts

Glass, Metamorphosis 4

Glass, Opening

Glass, Wichita Vortex Sutra

Glass, Metamorphosis 3

Monk, Quarry Waltz

Bruce Brubaker, Piano

Bruce Brubaker plays Alvin Curran at Kings Place

Paul Kilbey, 19th May

Sixteen minutes of mercilessly pummelling the piano keys, alternating shimmering, dissonant chords between right and left hands, as fast as humanly possible or maybe slightly faster. This fleet, beguiling whoosh of texture left the Kings Place audience in no doubt as to Bruce Brubaker’s technical prowess, nor his astonishingly delicate, sensitive touch at the keyboard.

****1

Hilary Hahn’s French odyssey of refinement and fire in Dublin

Andrew Larkin, 14th May

Two technical mishaps punctuate the evening, but Hilary Hahn maintains poise throughout a French programme crowned by a finely judged, deeply expressive performance of Fauré.

****1

Frank Dupree's Liverpool debut has the audience crying out for more

Glyn Mon Hughes, 14th May

A concert celebrating the 250th anniversary of the USA saw Liverpool audiences treated to a sumptuous Copland as well as a symphony as well as a barn-storming performance of Gershwin and Duke Ellington, performed by Frank Dupree who was making his debut with the RLPO.

*****

Energetic Currentzis and Utopia at the Elbphilharmonie

Mengguang Huang, 12th May

From Berg’s crystalline intimacy to Dionysian Mahler, Teodor Currentzis and Utopia defy orchestral tradition with standing musicians, spatial acoustics and an emotional intensity that breathes new life into the concert life.

****1

Petr Popelka delivers a thrilling opening for Prague Spring

Frank Kuznik, 12th May

With Petr Popelka on the podium, the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra brings a native feel and colorful exuberance to a cultural icon.

****1

Korngold and Mahler from Ray Chen, Vasily Petrenko and the RPO

Roy Westbrook, 12th May

Few violin concertos soar from the first bar as Erich Korngold’s does, especially as in Ray Chen's high-wire account at the Royal Albert Hall.

****1

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Roland Duclos

Longtemps journaliste dans le Groupe La Montagne Centre-France et plus spécialement attaché au domaine culturel dans toute sa diversité. Avec une forte propension vers la musique classique. Avec la conviction héritée de Bourdieu que tous les arts ne font qu'un pour l'émancipation de l'individu, l'épanouissement de son sens critique et la liberté d'expression sans restriction aucune.