Les Vents Français: Musical alchemy at Wigmore Hall

Von Mark Pullinger, 12 Dezember 2014

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Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Wigmore Hall, London, am 11 Dezember 2014

Farrenc, Sextet for piano and winds in C minor, op. 40

Thuille, Sextet for piano and wind quintet in B flat major, Op.6

Ibert, Trois Pièces Brèves

Caplet, Quintet for Piano and Winds

Poulenc, Sextett C-Dur, für Klavier und Bläserquintett, FP 100

Roussel, Divertissement, Op.6

Les Vents Français

Emmanuel Pahud, Flöte

François Leleux, Oboe

Paul Meyer, Klarinette

Radovan Vlatković, Horn

Gilbert Audin, Fagott

Éric Le Sage, Klavier

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Alain Lompech, 20th September

François Dumont, Shani Diluka, Éric Le Sage, Juliette Journaux et Vincent Mussat se sont succédé sur la scène de Radio France pour un marathon riche et contrasté.

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Tristan Labouret, 25th May

Lancé par Liya Petrova pendant le premier confinement, le festival donnait son premier concert avec public Salle Cortot, premier événement d'un triptyque entièrement consacré à Johannes Brahms.

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Exciting and uplifting Respighi from the Belgrade Phil and Feltz

Peter Connors, 24th May

Two colourful, atmospheric and evocative pieces by Respighi contrasted with a Bach Piano Concerto with Eric Le Sage.

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Orchestre Métropolitain renders a poignant Mahler 9

Ian Cochrane, 21st December

Eighteen years ago Montreal’s Orchestre Métropolitain took a huge gamble by appointing the youthful local Yannick Néget- Séguin as its Music Director. Now, when the Maestro returns to conduct in his native city, a lovefest ensues.

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Julien Hanck, 10th June

L’intégrale de la musique de chambre de Brahms en 4 jours et 8 concerts ? Un événement tel qu’on n’en voit qu’au Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord.

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.