À la Philarmonie, Pappano invente à mains nues des paysages de rêve

By Mariette Crochu, 12 May 2017

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“une énergie musicale explosive, en même temps qu’intensément poétique”

Reviewed at Philharmonie de Paris: Grande salle Pierre Boulez, Paris on 10 May 2017

Rossini, The Siege of Corinth: Overture

Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto no. 1 in B flat minor, Op.23

Respighi, Fontane di Roma (Fountains of Rome)

Respighi, Pini di Roma (Pines of Rome)

Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

Sir Antonio Pappano, Conductor

Yuja Wang, Piano

Yunchan Lim, Daniel Harding and the Santa Cecilia in Seoul

SangKwon Lee, 4th December

Daniel Harding and the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia choose proportion over spectacle as their Asian tour reaches Seoul.

****1

Sir Antonio Pappano returns to Santa Cecilia for Mozart and Bruckner

Pia Maltri, 30th October

Now Director Emeritus of the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Sir Antonio Pappano conducts the rarely heard Mass in F minor by Anton Bruckner.

****1

Lorenzo Viotti conducts the death and rebirth of Spring in music

Alissa Balocco, 8th February

The Swiss conductor returns to the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, presenting a triptych of pieces by Schumann, Debussy and Zemlinsky inspired by the season of renewal.

****1

Bereft blues as the Santa Cecilia and Hrůša play at Prague Spring

Frank Kuznik, 18th May

Lackluster Gershwin undercuts an otherwise impressive outing by Jakub Hrůša and the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia.

****1

Kirill Gerstein: a Mozartian master with the Santa Cecilia

Alissa Balocco, 25th January

The pianist enchants the audience with Mozart's Piano Concerto no. 20 in D minor, conducted by Leonidas Kavakos.

***11

Pappano and Levit take the Santa Cecilia on an incredible journey

Alissa Balocco, 2nd November

Levit offers impeccable Beethoven, while Pappano enchants the Rome audience with Cherubini and Sibelius.

****1

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Mariette Crochu

Diplômée de l’École normale supérieure de Paris et agrégée de musique, Mariette Crochu est aussi élève du Conservatoire de Paris en classe d’esthétique et chef de chœur formée au conservatoire de Boulogne-Billancourt. Ses recherches sont consacrées au répertoire vocal en lien avec la littérature ; elle prépare une thèse sur la genèse de la ballade et du lied dans l’Allemagne de Goethe.