Les sortilèges sonores de Pavel Kolesnikov envoûtent la Salle Cortot

By Philippe Ramin, 24 October 2022

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“un récital magnifique et porteur d’une magie singulière”

Reviewed at Salle Cortot, Paris on 21 October 2022

Couperin, Prélude no. 4 in G minor

Hahn, Le Rossignol éperdu (extraits)

Schubert, Atzenbrugger Tanz in A major, D.365 no.30

Hahn, Premières Valses (extraits)

Schubert, Waltz in B minor, D.145 no.6

Fauré, Nocturne for piano in E minor, Op.107 no. 12

Couperin, Sarabande in A minor

Franck, Prelude, Chorale and Fugue

Schubert, Piano Sonata no. 18 in G major, D.894

Pavel Kolesnikov, Piano

An evening of exceptional performances from Chauhan and the BSO

David Truslove, 10th January

Music by Elgar, Liszt and Brahms form an attractive and scrupulously prepared programme, delivered with great aplomb by Alpesh Chauhan and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.

*****

From Evil Empire to Grail Fellowship: The Symphony Orchestra of India

Roy Westbrook, 8th December

Richard Farnes conducts Andrew Gourlay's symphonic suite drawn from Wagner's Parsifal as the Symphony Orchestra of India returns to Cadogan Hall.

****1

Full English: Sinfonia of London provides sustenance at Snape

Roy Westbrook, 18th June

Elgar's Second Symphony crowns an all -English programme by John Wilson and his Sinfonia of London at the Aldeburgh Festival.

****1

Kolesnikov defines Celestial Navigation at Park Avenue Armory

Edward Sava-Segal, 24th May

In an homage to Joseph Cornel's “Celestial Navigation”, Kolesnikov conceived his own musical constellation with great insight.

****1

Intrigue in outer space plus a pair of Russian favourites in Hong Kong

Christopher Halls, 9th March

The Hong Kong Sinfonietta intrigues with the world premiere of Lam Lai's There is no place like home (beta), impresses in Shostakovich’s brooding Chamber Symphony, while Pavel Kolesnikov proves a fine soloist in Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto.

***11

Transcendental Goldbergs from De Keersmaeker and Kolesnikov

Graham Watts, 6th September

De Keersmaeker’s career-long exploration of the interrelationship between music and movement continues at Sadler's Wells with pianist Pavel Kolesnikov.

****1

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Philippe Ramin

Claveciniste formé auprès de Béatrice Berstel et Christophe Rousset à Paris et de Jesper Christensen à la Schola Cantorum de Bâle, Philippe Ramin a été accompagnateur au Centre de Musique Ancienne de Tours et au Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, tout en jouant avec diverses formations de la scène baroque : « l’Eclat des Muses », l’ensemble « XVIII-21 le Baroque Nomade » ainsi que la Maîtrise de Radio France avec Sofi Jeannin. Critique musical à Répertoire puis à Diapason depuis 2000, il enseigne actuellement le clavecin, la basse continue et la musique de chambre au Conservatoire à Rayonnement Départemental d’Évry.