El jardín de Katia y Marielle Labèque: Ravel, Schubert y Glass

By Leonardo Mattana Ereño, 12 July 2025

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“este esplendido dúo pianístico que inundó de notas y emociones la Iglesia del Carmen”

Reviewed at Església del Carme, Peralada on 11 July 2025

Ravel, Ma mère l'Oye (Mother Goose)

Schubert, Fantasia for piano 4 hands in F minor, D.940

Glass, Four Movements for Two Pianos

Katia Labèque, Piano

Marielle Labèque, Piano

Brilliant showpieces from Fabien Gabel, the Labèques and the OSM

Phillip Nones, 8th May

Fabien Gabel showcases his French music bona fides, while Katia and Marielle Labèque offer a trademark Philip Glass concerto with the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal.

****1

Bychkov and the Labèques give New York premiere of Dessner concerto

David Wolfson, 30th November

Semyon Bychkov leads the New York Philharmonic in flattened Strauss, wondrously physical Rachmaninov, and the New York premiere of Bryce Dessner’s terrific Concerto for two pianos.

****1

Slavic homelands: Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic in Edinburgh

David Smythe, 20th August

Festive Dvořák, intense Martinů with Katia and Marielle Labèque, and an awesome performance of Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass at the Edinburgh International Festival.

****1

Music-making of polish and commitment from Bychkov and the BBCSO

David Truslove, 5th August

A world premiere, a rarely performed concerto and a slice of late Rachmaninov formed a well-conceived programme that also featured the internationally renowned Labèque sisters.

****1

Fabien Gabel brings the maison down in Paris with rare Florent Schmitt

Phillip Nones, 12th May

Outstanding performances of two Florent Schmitt scores anchor a winning concert by the Orchestre National de France at the Maison de la Radio.

*****

Gimeno and The Cleveland Orchestra serve French-inflected feast

Sam Jacobson, 26th November

Gustavo Gimeno conducts The Cleveland Orchestra in works by Ravel and Franck, along with a recent Bryce Dessner concerto featuring the Labèque sisters.

***11

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Leonardo Mattana Ereño

Leonardo Mattana (1988) es Doctor en filosofía por la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. También ha cursado estudios de piano, composición, teoría musical e historia de la música en el conservatorio de Sassari (Italia). Sus pasiones musicales son trasversales, privilegiando la música sinfónica y de cámara, pero sobre todo, buscando siempre en la experiencia estética de la música elementos de reflexión.

El jardín de Katia y Marielle Labèque: Ravel, Schubert y Glass en la Iglesia del Carmen de Peralada