Martin Helmchen offre au TCE son voyage d’hiver

By Suzanne Lay-Canessa, 09 February 2022

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“Cette lecture secoue, surprend mais ne manque cependant ni de justesse ni d’à-propos”

Reviewed at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris on 6 February 2022

Bach, Partita no. 3 in A minor, BWV827

Schubert, Piano Sonata no. 20 in A major, D.959

Martin Helmchen, Piano

Mozart and Bruckner in Birmingham

Simon Cummings, 12th December

The CBSO gives a vivid account of Bruckner’s Ninth Symphony, its structural and emotional convolution laid bare, and an athletic account of Mozart’s Piano Concerto no. 26 featuring Martin Helmchen.

*****

Vladimir Jurowski conducts an impressive Shostakovich Eight in Chicago

Edward Sava-Segal, 27th April

Jurowski and Martin Helmchen underline how much Mozart's Piano Concerto no. 25 in C major looks forward to the “Jupiter” Symphony and to Beethoven.

****1

Simplicity and sophistication: Blomstedt, Helmchen and the BSO

Kevin Wells, 18th February

The whole performance, which drew thematic parallels between Mozart and Bruckner, was a master class in eliciting more with less.

****1

Dima Slobodeniouk exhilarating in Bartók and Prokofiev in Stockholm

Chris Garlick, 9th April

Excellent playing from The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic and an interesting programme of less familiar works by familiar composers, made for an exhilarating musical experience.

****1

Bravura Strauss and Beethoven from Jakub Hrůša

Benjamin Poore, 8th December

Stylish Mozart and volcanic Beethoven from the Philharmonia orchestra and their principal guest conductor Jakub Hrůša.

****1

From stars and stripes to spikes in Kansas City

Hilary Stroh, 4th October

World premiere of Daniel Kellogg's The Golden Spike with the Kansas City Symphony.

****1

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Suzanne Lay-Canessa

Docteure en littérature comparée, passionnée de langues, Suzanne a consacré sa thèse de doctorat à Jean-Sébastien Bach. Elle enseigne le français, la littérature et l’histoire de l’Opéra à l’Institute for American Universities et à Sciences Po Aix. Collaboratrice régulière du journal Zibeline, elle publie dans les rubriques Musiques, Livres, Cinéma, Spectacle vivant et Arts Visuels.

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