Le Quatuor Ellipsos donne de la voix à l'Abbaye de Valmagne

By Augustin Javel, 03 August 2021

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“les Ellipsos surprennent par un jeu sur les couleurs et les textures sans cesse renouvelé”

Reviewed at Abbaye Sainte-Marie de Valmagne, Villeveyrac on 29 July 2021

Decruck, Pavane

Debussy, Préludes, Bk 1 no. 6: Des Pas sur la neige

Debussy, Préludes, Bk 2 no. 5: Bruyères

Decruck, Saxophonia di camera

Debussy, Suite bergamasque: Clair de lune

Di Bacco, Four Sax in Paris, fantaisie sur Un Américain à Paris de George Gershwin

Quatuor Ellipsos, Saxophone ensemble

Paul-Fathi Lacombe, Saxophone

Julien Bréchet, Saxophone

Sylvain Jarry, Saxophone

Nicolas Herrouët, Saxophone

Black American music finds a new voice at the Concertgebouw

Clare Varney, 18th June

Dutch premieres, new faces and new arrangements result in a concert quite unlike any other from the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under Antony Hermus.

****1

Apollonian radiance and women scorned: the Britten Sinfonia at Snape

Roy Westbrook, 18th June

Hell holds no fury like a woman scorned, and it was certainly so in Greek mythology, celebrated in this outstanding Aldeburgh Festival performance by the Britten Sinfonia and Helen Charlston.

*****

Improvisatory Gershwin from Ryan Wang with Chromatica Orchestra

Nick Boston, 17th June

Energetic yet atmospheric performances from Chromatica Orchestra, with Ingunn Korsgård Hagen providing firm yet spirited direction.

****1

A perfect landing with Harding and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra

Mengguang Huang, 17th June

Håkan Hardenberger joins the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and Daniel Harding for a thrilling night concluding with a breathtaking, high-energy Beethoven Four.

****1

Poise over fire: McGegan, Chen and the Orchestra of St Luke’s

Edward Sava-Segal, 16th June

A late substitution turns a violinist-led showcase into a polished, orchestra-centred Bach Festival evening at Carnegie Hall.

***11

Quatuor Diotima and Stéphane Degout haunt Wigmore Hall

Christopher Woodley, 15th June

An enterprising trio of works by Ligeti, Respighi and Schoeck leave a lasting impression of oppression, alienation and dark nights of the soul.

*****

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Augustin Javel

Étudiant à l’IEP de Lyon, Augustin Javel est aussi hautboïste amateur, étudiant au CRR de Lyon. Passé par le Maroc, l’Espagne et la Pologne, il se passionne pour la musique et ses interprètes, facilitateurs d’échanges entre les cultures. Également passionné par le cinéma, il porte un grand intérêt aux compositeurs de musique de film. Gustav Mahler, Olivier Messiaen, Maurice Ravel ou Nino Rota font partie de ses compositeurs préférés.