La Messe en si intense de l'Ensemble Pygmalion à la Philharmonie

By Clara Leonardi, 26 May 2019

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“une Messe en si mineur de Bach construite en une montée d’intensité ininterrompue”

Reviewed at Philharmonie de Paris: Grande salle Pierre Boulez, Paris on 24 May 2019

Bach, Mass in B minor, BWV232

Joanne Lunn, Soprano

Lea Desandre, Mezzo-soprano

Lucile Richardot, Contralto

Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, Tenor

Christian Immler, Baritone

Ensemble Pygmalion

Raphaël Pichon, Conductor

Luigi Rossi's Orfeo makes it a hat trick for Pygmalion in Adelaide

Sandra Bowdler, 4th March

A wonderful performance of a hitherto little known 17th-century version of the Orpheus legend is performed by Raphaël Pichon and Pygmalion at the Adelaide Festival.

****1

Totally stunning Monteverdi Vespers by Pygmalion at Adelaide Festival

Sandra Bowdler, 2nd March

It is hard to imagine a better performance of Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610 than this one by the French ensemble Pygmalion under the direction of Raphaël Pichon.

*****

Good Night World: Pygmalion opens the Adelaide Festival in style

Sandra Bowdler, 27th February

The French ensemble Pygmalion enraptures the audience at the first night of the Adelaide Festival with a concert of music by JS Bach and his predecessors.

****1

Implacable Werther at Opéra-Comique from Pichon and Huffman

Romain Daroles, 19th January

Tight orchestral playing, minimalist stage design: the conductor and director are perfectly in tune with each other, transforming Massenet's work into an intimate and timeless drama.

****1

Luxury casting in Aix for a radiantly transcendent St Matthew Passion

Stephen Pritchard, 2nd April

Even outstanding soloists had to wait their turn in this Rolls-Royce performance in Aix-en-Provence.

*****

Operatic magic: Ercole Amante at the Opéra Comique

Jean-Marc Piriou, 6th November

Voices, orchestra staging: everything in this Ercole Amante is light and magic, to the great delight of the Salle Favart audience.

*****

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Clara Leonardi

Formée au Conservatoire de Metz, Clara Leonardi y obtient son DEM de violon et son prix de Perfectionnement de quatuor à cordes. Elle s’implique aujourd’hui dans plusieurs orchestres amateurs parisiens en parallèle de ses études de commerce et fréquente assidûment les grandes salles parisiennes. Passionnée par le répertoire des compositrices, elle est aussi la co-fondatrice de ComposHer, un média en ligne dédié aux femmes dans la musique classique.