Deux anges passent : Kanneh-Mason et Rouvali à Radio France

By Tristan Labouret, 10 February 2019

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“une prestation honnête mais peu ébouriffante”

Reviewed at Maison de la Radio et de la Musique: Auditorium, Paris on 8 February 2019

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

Elgar, Cello Concerto in E minor, Op.85

Britten, Phantasy Quartet for oboe, violin, viola and cello, Op.2

Stravinsky, Petrushka

Aurore Doise, Violin

Julien Dabonneville, Viola

Karine Jean-Baptiste, Cello

Olivier Doise, Oboe

Sheku Kanneh-Mason, Cello

Santtu-Matias Rouvali, Conductor

Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France

Mirga and the Philhar': impressive Shostakovich in Paris

David Karlin, 14th November

The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France impress mightily under the baton of their new Principal Guest Conductor. Gidon Kremer disappoints in Weinberg.

****1

Thrills without chills in Aix-en-Provence

Charlotte Gardner, 24th April

Beatrice Rana, Mikko Franck and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France bring a thrilling Tchaikovsky First Piano Concerto to the Festival de Pâques, even if their Shostakovich 10 is more of a beauty than a bully.

***11

Magnifique! L'Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France in Antwerp

Marc Haegeman, 21st October

Franck conducts Franck! In Antwerp Mikko Franck and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France play the Symphony in D minor and are joined by Sol Gabetta for Lalo.

*****

Blasts from the ancient past at Prague Spring

Frank Kuznik, 27th May

The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France brings a contemporary burnish to the Year of Czech Music with Kryštof Mařatka's new violin concerto, Sanctuaries – In the Depths of Cave Paintings.

****1

In love with Stravinsky, Offenbach and Barbara Hannigan in Paris

Laurence Vittes, 28th May

Audiences return to the Maison de la Radio for Barbara Hannigan and l'Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France.

*****

French programme with Franck and Gabetta at the Elbphilharmonie

Alexander Hall, 15th December

On tour with Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Mikko Franck and Sol Gabetta present an odd programme of mixed fare.

***11

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Tristan Labouret

Musicologue diplômé du CNSMD de Paris, Tristan Labouret collabore avec de nombreux artistes et institutions musicales (Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo, Orchestre national d'Île-de-France, Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier, festivals de musique de chambre de Deauville, Just Classik Festival…), menant des activités de médiation à destination de tous les publics. Ex-altiste toujours passionné par les répertoires chambristes et symphoniques, il occupe depuis 2018 le poste de rédacteur en chef de la partie francophone de Bachtrack.