Embrahmsez-vous ! La Musikfest Parisienne vit sa deuxième édition

By Tristan Labouret, 27 May 2021

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“Que cette spontanéité fait du bien !”

Reviewed at Salle Cortot, Paris on 25 May 2021

Brahms, String Quintet no. 2 in G major, Op.111

Brahms, Piano Quartet no. 3 in C minor, Op.60

Brahms, Piano Quintet in F minor, Op.34

Liya Petrova, Violin

Pierre Fouchenneret, Violin

Shuichi Okada, Violin

David Petrlik, Violin

Lise Berthaud, Viola

Adrien Boisseau, Viola

Grégoire Vecchioni, Viola

Yan Levionnois, Cello

Bruno Philippe, Cello

Éric Le Sage, Piano

Frauenliebe und -sterben: Kratzer’s triple bill at Staatsoper Hamburg

Mengguang Huang, 15th April

Director Tobias Kratzer engineers a haunting pasticcio of Schumann, Bartók and Zemlinsky, tracing the domestic sphere’s shift from romantic surrender to the blood-soaked secrets of a century-spanning house.

****1

Exciting and uplifting Respighi from the Belgrade Phil and Feltz

Peter Connors, 24th May

Two colourful, atmospheric and evocative pieces by Respighi contrasted with a Bach Piano Concerto with Eric Le Sage.

****1

Orchestre Métropolitain renders a poignant Mahler 9

Ian Cochrane, 21st December

Eighteen years ago Montreal’s Orchestre Métropolitain took a huge gamble by appointing the youthful local Yannick Néget- Séguin as its Music Director. Now, when the Maestro returns to conduct in his native city, a lovefest ensues.

****1

Delightful evening of flute trios at Wigmore Hall

Nahoko Gotoh, 19th September

Jean-Guihen Queyras chose to open his Wigmore Hall residency with an evening of flute trios together with two of his illustrious chamber-music friends, Emmanuel Pahud and Eric Le Sage.

*****

Les Vents Français: Musical alchemy at Wigmore Hall

Mark Pullinger, 11th December

Les Vents Français are musical alchemists, turning some rather humdrum wind repertoire into something approaching musical gold.

****1

Denève Conducts a Choreographic Concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra

Stephen Raskauskas, 28th February

Stéphane Denève’s astute dramatic sensibilityis to the fore in dance-related Prokofiev, Poulenc and Stravinsky in Philadelphia.

****1

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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.