Autour de la Sonate de Debussy : rêverie à l'Auditorium du Louvre

By Julius Lay, 22 March 2019

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“leur écoute est admirable et chacun se passe généreusement l'occasion de briller”

Reviewed at Auditorium du Louvre, Paris on 21 March 2019

Debussy, Sonata for flute, viola and harp

Kanga, Sonatine en trio (d'après la Sonatine pour piano de Maurice Ravel)

Takemitsu, And then I knew 'twas wind

Bax, Elegiac Trio for Flute, Viola and Harp

Adam Walker, Flute

Timothy Ridout, Viola

Anneleen Lenaerts, Harp

Masterly Boulez from Shibe and friends at the BBC Proms in Gateshead

Nick Butters, 27th July

Intimate playing from Sean Shibe, a deconstruction of Maria Callas’ vibrato and a deeply committed Boulez mid 20th-century masterpiece.

****1

Albéric Magnard steals the show in all-French recital at Wigmore Hall

Nick Boston, 15th November

How many of Albéric Magnard's 22 works do you know? Jean-Efflam Bavouzet and the Orsino Ensemble perform his Quintet in D minor to Wigmore Hall and it becomes the sixth star of the evening.

*****

From Cornwall to the Malverns: John Wilson leads a musical tour

Mark Pullinger, 16th July

The Sinfonia of London excels in works by British composers at the BBC Proms, launching some of the season's themes.

****1

A glimpse down the corridors of time

Aaron Davies, 12th December

Showcasing the talents of two highly proficient chamber musicians, this was a terrific insight into a lost world spanning the Baroque and early Classical periods.

****1

Bostridge's Shakespeare Songs at Wigmore Hall

Louise Flind, 14th November

Shakespeare songs turned out to be more of a Shakespeare feast starring Antonio Pappano, Ian Bostridge and the exceptional Eve Best.

***11

Profundity and musical freshness: Huw Watkins world première

David Fay, 23rd February

The LSO, under Daniel Harding, gives the world première of Huw Watkins’ impressive Flute Concerto, before offering a spectacular performance of Mahler’s Symphony no.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.