Frank Peter Zimmermann et Martin Helmchen fêtent Beethoven à Monaco

By Tristan Labouret, 15 December 2020

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“Zimmermann et Helmchen unifient le style beethovénien en un jeu précis, aiguisé et spectaculaire”

Reviewed at Auditorium Rainier III, Monte-Carlo on 13 December 2020

Beethoven, Violin Sonata no. 6 in A major, Op.30 no.1

Beethoven, Violin Sonata no. 7 in C minor, Op.30 no.2

Beethoven, Violin Sonata no. 8 in G major, Op.30 no.3

Beethoven, Violin Sonata no. 3 in E flat major, Op.12 no.3

Beethoven, Violin Sonata no. 10 in G major, Op.96

Frank Peter Zimmermann, Violin

Martin Helmchen, Piano

Mozart and Bruckner in Birmingham

Simon Cummings, 12th December

The CBSO gives a vivid account of Bruckner’s Ninth Symphony, its structural and emotional convolution laid bare, and an athletic account of Mozart’s Piano Concerto no. 26 featuring Martin Helmchen.

*****

Vladimir Jurowski conducts an impressive Shostakovich Eight in Chicago

Edward Sava-Segal, 27th April

Jurowski and Martin Helmchen underline how much Mozart's Piano Concerto no. 25 in C major looks forward to the “Jupiter” Symphony and to Beethoven.

****1

Simplicity and sophistication: Blomstedt, Helmchen and the BSO

Kevin Wells, 18th February

The whole performance, which drew thematic parallels between Mozart and Bruckner, was a master class in eliciting more with less.

****1

Dima Slobodeniouk exhilarating in Bartók and Prokofiev in Stockholm

Chris Garlick, 9th April

Excellent playing from The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic and an interesting programme of less familiar works by familiar composers, made for an exhilarating musical experience.

****1

Bravura Strauss and Beethoven from Jakub Hrůša

Benjamin Poore, 8th December

Stylish Mozart and volcanic Beethoven from the Philharmonia orchestra and their principal guest conductor Jakub Hrůša.

****1

From stars and stripes to spikes in Kansas City

Hilary Stroh, 4th October

World premiere of Daniel Kellogg's The Golden Spike with the Kansas City Symphony.

****1

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Tristan Labouret

Musicologue diplômé du CNSMD de Paris, Tristan Labouret collabore avec de nombreux artistes et institutions musicales (Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo, Orchestre national d'Île-de-France, Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier, festivals de musique de chambre de Deauville, Just Classik Festival…), menant des activités de médiation à destination de tous les publics. Ex-altiste toujours passionné par les répertoires chambristes et symphoniques, il occupe depuis 2018 le poste de rédacteur en chef de la partie francophone de Bachtrack.