Bons baisers de Russie : le Quatuor Oistrakh à la Biennale

By Julius Lay, 16 January 2020

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“L'énergie de l'ensemble est jouissive”

Reviewed at Philharmonie de Paris: Salle des concerts de la Cité de la musique, Paris on 14 January 2020

Shostakovich, String Quartet No. 4 in D major, Op.83

Beethoven, String Quartet no. 3 in D major, Op.18 no.3

Shostakovich, String Quartet no. 9 in E flat major, Op.117

Bartók, 6 Romanian Folk Dances, Sz 56 (transcr. Andreï Shishlov)

David Oistrakh String Quartet

Une grande fête pour Ivry Gitlis, violoniste et témoin de son siècle

Alain Lompech, 7th January

Né en 1922, Ivry Gitlis est non seulement un violoniste mais aussi un citoyen, témoin d'un siècle qu'il n'est pas loin d'atteindre. Retour sur l'hommage que la Philharmonie de Paris lui a réservé lundi soir.

****1

Turangalîla underwhelms at the Southbank’s Multitudes festival

Roy Westbrook, 23rd April

Serious music ill-matched by filmic limitations as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra tackles Messiaen’s epic “symphony” as part of the Southbank’s cross-genre festival.

**111

Immersive OAE submerged at Southbank’s Multitudes festival

Mark Valencia, 22nd April

The road to immersion is paved with modish deflections as the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment performs 20th-century English string music.

**111

A dream of a Gerontius from Pappano, the LSO and Chorus

Roy Westbrook, 21st April

Giving their 27th performance of the oratorio, the London Symphony Chorus excel as angelic angels and demonic demons.

****1

Benedetti ablaze with the Philharmonia

Christopher Woodley, 19th April

As gifts to the Philarmonia's 80th birthday season, Nicola Benedetti gives a barnstorming account of Elgar's Violin Concerto before Cristian Mӑcelaru gets emotionally drained by La Mer.

*****

Nicholas McGegan brings delicacy and elegance to Mendelssohn

Erica Miner, 18th April

The Seattle Symphony offers an enchanting evening immersed in the joy and brilliance of both the young and the mature genius of Felix Mendelssohn.

****1

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Julius Lay

Professeur de formation musicale et de violon à l'Académie Inter-Musicale de Paris, Julius Lay est un musicien éclectique. Etudiant au conservatoire de Marseille, il y obtint son DEM de formation musicale ainsi que son baccalauréat technologique musical (TMD). Il eut son DEM de violon et de musique de chambre -notamment contemporaine- au conservatoire d'Aix-en-Provence. Il est actuellement en classe de composition électroacoustique au CRR de Paris chez Denis Dufour.