Redécouverte de la musique de chambre au 1901 Arts Club en compagnie du Chaluvier duo

By Nicolas Schotter, 08 February 2016

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“Les musiciens ont semblé tout du long intimidés par un auditoire si restreint.”

Reviewed at 1901 Arts Club, London on 5 February 2016

Bernstein, Sonata for clarinet and piano

Poulenc, Clarinet Sonata in B flat major, FP 184

Ravel, Miroirs

Cavallini, Fiori rossiniani: capriccio for clarinet and piano on Gioachino Rossini’s opera motifs

Michele Colluto, Clarinet

Antonella Margiotta, Piano

Chaluvier duo

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****1

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Kissin, Bell and Isserlis: remembrance and loss at Carnegie Hall

Edward Sava-Segal, 31st May

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Mischievous Pan at Hong Kong Sinfonietta’s French May

Christopher Halls, 30th May

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Nicolas Schotter

Ancien élève du Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris dans les classes d'Histoire de la musique et d'Esthétique, Nicolas Schotter est ancien éditeur de la version francophone du site Bachtrack. Il continue par ailleurs ses recherches musicologiques sur l'évolution des pratiques musicales liturgiques au XXe siècle.