Un programme d'œuvres illustres pour un hommage à Jascha Heifetz au Festival de Colmar

By Jean Landras, 17 July 2016

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“La virtuosité sous l'apparence du charme.”

Reviewed at Eglise Saint-Matthieu, Colmar on 14 July 2016

Bruch, Violin Concerto no. 1 in G minor, Op.26

Saint-Saëns, Introduction and Rondo capriccioso, Op.28

Sarasate, Zigeunerweisen (Gypsy Airs), Op.20

Barber, Adagio for Strings, Op.11

Gershwin, An American in Paris

Clara-Jumi Kang, Violin

Orchestre national philharmonique de Russie

Vladimir Spivakov, Conductor

A Rachmaninov evening with the Russian National Orchestra

Edward Sava-Segal, 20th February

A marvelous musician, Mikhail Pletnev, conveyed a fresh perspective on the inner works of Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto.

****1

RNO and Andreescu impress at Enescu Festival

Aksel Tollåli, 5th September

Following some rhythmically challenged Ginastera, Horia Andreescu and the Russian National Orchestra impress with confidently played MacMillan and Tchaikovsky.

***11

RNO and Pletnev disappoint in Enescu and Prokofiev

Aksel Tollåli, 4th September

The muscular piano playing of Nikolai Lugansky could not save the Russian National Orchestra’s shoddy Enescu and Prokofiev.

**111

A remarkable Tchaikovsky Polish in Warsaw

Jonathan Sutherland, 17th August

Although nominally a Polish Festival celebrating the music of Frédéric Chopin, there was lots of Tchaikovsky on offer at this year’s event. Leading the foreign charge was the Russian National Orchestra under the direction of their mercurial maestro Mikhail Pletnev.

***11

Joshua Bell and Hélène Grimaud raise the roof at Festival del Sole

Brenden Guy, 22nd July

The Napa Valley is famous for its picturesque countryside, stunning weather and fine wine. With the ambitious Festival del Sole concluding their seventh season on Sunday night with a concert featuring two titans of classical music - Joshua Bell and Hélène Grimaud – they proved that “wine country” has even more to offer the Northern California region than that which makes them one of the premier de

***11

Natürlich inspiriert: Lugansky und Pletnev in Luzern

Rolf Kyburz, 30th November

Rachmaninows Drittes Klavierkonzert war bei Nikolai Lugansky in seiner natürlichen Musikalität phänomenal, und mit Skrjabins Zweiter Symphonie erlaubte das Russische Nationalorchester unter Mikhail Pletnev die Begegnung mit selten aufgeführter Spätromantik.

***11

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Jean Landras

Ancien professeur de philosophie, en région Sud-Alsace, Jean Landras s'intéresse aux problématiques psychologiques et sociales de l'initiation artistique, en particulier musique et danse. Ayant pratiqué le chant choral et s'étant exercé au chant lyrique – ce que l'état de sa voix, entre autres, ne lui permet malheureusement plus – il est à l'écoute de l'actualité musicale, avec un penchant pour les claviers : orgue, piano, clavecin. Les concerts des artistes qui le passionnent, leurs enregistrements, l'écoute fréquente de France Musique, la recherche assidue de ce qui satisfait la curiosité d'un mélomane, alimentent sa vie culturelle de retraité. Il partage volontiers ses coups de cœur, son enthousiasme étant encore fortifié lorsqu'il parvient à le communiquer à autrui.