Fête des Lumières à l'Auditorium de Lyon : Synesthésie et Correspondances

By Camille Grimaud, 13 December 2016

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“Trois interventions [...] glaçantes d'intensité.”

Reviewed at Auditorium de Lyon: Grand Hall, Lyon on 10 December 2016

Fauré, Pelléas et Mélisande, Op.80

Debussy, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

Alain, Litanies

Saint-Saëns, Carnival of the Animals

Saint-Saëns, Danse macabre

Rachmaninov, The Isle of the Dead, Symphonic poem, Op.29

Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition

Mussorgsky, Night on the Bare Mountain

Pierre-Yves Fleury, Organ

Étienne Rochefort, Dancer

Aurélie Sarf, Harp

Roméo Monteiro, Percussion

Staatskapelle Dresden’s sonic alchemy at the Elbphilharmonie

Mengguang Huang, 2nd June

From the earthy joy of Meistersinger to the sublime textures of Debussy, Daniele Gatti channels the Dresdeners' legendary, layered warmth into an unforgettable evening of pure acoustic luxury.

****1

Jurowski marks Hans Werner Henze’s centenary at the Elbphilharmonie

Mengguang Huang, 31st May

Vladimir Jurowski and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin deliver a lean, razor-sharp exploration of captivity and survival, balancing Beethoven’s and Brahms’ structural clarity against the devastating, high-fidelity distortion of Henze’s Ninth Symphony.

****1

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

Edward Sava-Segal, 31st May

Solomon Rosowsky, Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky form a matinee programme whose deeper connections gradually came into focus.

****1

Mischievous Pan at Hong Kong Sinfonietta’s French May

Christopher Halls, 30th May

French clarinettist Raphaël Sévère unearths beauty in Nielsen’s concerto and the Hong Kong Sinfonietta impress in two settings of Pan’s antics at the French May Festival.

****1

Alsop conducts a substitute Marsalis symphony at Carnegie Hall

David Wolfson, 29th May

The premiere of Wynton Marsalis’ Symphony no. 5 is postponed, substituted by selections from his Jungle Symphony, along with a disappointing Beethoven’s Seventh at Carnegie Hall.

***11

It's a hero's life for Gustavo Dudamel at Disney Hall

Néstor Castiglione, 29th May

Dudamel closes in on the end of his Disney Hall tenure in heroic style with Richard Strauss' tone poem, Ein Heldenleben.

****1

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Camille Grimaud

Jeune chanteuse lyrique passionnée de littérature, Camille décide d'unir ses deux amours en écrivant sa joie de la musique. Ancienne étudiante de lettres modernes, la soprano n'a de cesse de convoquer les lettres au service de son art. Complémentarité et éclectisme seraient ses maîtres mots.