Jos van Immerseel plays Schubert at the Royal Conservatoire of Brussels

By Alice Hughes, 28 May 2013

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Reviewed at Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles, Brussels on 24 May 2013

Schubert, Sixteen German Dances and two Écossaises, D.783

Schubert, Four Impromptus, D.899

Schubert, Piano Sonata no. 21 in B flat major, D.960

Jos van Immerseel, Piano

Russian troika bogged down in the quest for authenticity in Bruges

Marc Haegeman, 29th November

In an all-Russian programme, Jos van Immerseel and Anima Eterna Brugge show the nuts and bolts, but forget the music.

**111

Splendid playing but uninspired Beethoven performances

Zoltán Szabó, 23rd January

Historically informed Beethoven on period instruments in Sydney, but where was the interpretation?

***11

Disciplined expressiveness: Anima Eterna in Sydney

David Larkin, 22nd January

The Belgian period-instrument ensemble Anima Eterna Brugge deliver controlled but expressive performances of Beethoven's Symphonies 8 and 7 as part of a complete cycle in Sydney

****1

Freedom, Equality, Inimitability

Jens Klier, 1st October

Jos van Immerseel and Anima Eterna present a rich programme full of colour and transparency.

****1

Czech masters as you've never heard them

David Karlin, 13th March

In the acoustic wizardry that is Concertgebouw Brugge, Jos van Immerseel and Anima Eterna deliver a feast for the intellect, if not for the senses, in their exploration of the great Czech composers.

***11

Im Liszte Schuberts: Anima Eterna Brugge und Joseph Moog in Essen

Jens Klier, 24th April

Eine Paarung, die (Wander-)Lust auf Mehr machte.

****1

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Alice Hughes

Alice studied Music and French Literature at the universities of Cardiff and Oxford. An avid concert-goer from a young age, she has a particular fondness for the music of Debussy, Satie and Rachmaninov and a lifelong interest in Paris as a hub of musical activity from the Belle Epoque onwards.