Captivating command and a striking Risser première from Jean Rondeau

Von Nick Boston, 25 Juli 2018

Laden, bitte warten...

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“I’d like to see anyone march at that pace!”

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Cadogan Hall, London, am 23 Juli 2018

Rameau, Pièces de clavecin, Book 1 – Prelude in A minor

Rameau, Pièces de clavecin, Book 3 – excerpts

Couperin, Pièces de clavecin, Book 1 – Sarabande ‘La lugubre’; Chaconne ‘La Favorite’

Royer, Pièces de clavecin, Book 1 – La sensible; La marche des Scythes

Risser, Furakèla (BBC commission: world premiere)

Jean Rondeau, Cembalo

An den Rand des Universums und wieder zurück mit Jean Rondeau

Benedikt Zacher, 7th December

Der Cembalo-Virtuose Jean Rondeau verzaubert in der Münchner Allerheiligen-Hofkirche die Goldberg-Gemeinde.

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Ein fantastisches Spiel mit dem Kulturerbe in Valletta

Jens Klier, 20th January

Exquisit und unterhaltsam war, was Jean Rondeau und Thomas Dunford in intimer Atmosphäre aus ihren Instrumenten und den Kostbarkeiten der weniger bekannten französischen Hofmusik holten.

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Dances without movement: Couperin reconsidered by Jean Rondeau

Mengguang Huang, 31st January

Jean Rondeau’s anniversary tribute to Louis Couperin reveals a refined but inward-looking aesthetic – beautifully controlled, yet ultimately lacking the rhetorical energy, physicality, and communicative spark essential to this music.

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In at the deep end for harpsichordist Jean Rondeau in Lucerne

Stephen Pritchard, 7th February

Lucerne’s new festival “Le Piano Symphonique” showcases the orchestral qualities of the piano... and the harpsichord, with a recital in what was once a swimming pool!

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Le Biber étincelant de Sophie Gent envoûte les Bouffes du Nord

Philippe Ramin, 23rd May

Dans un programme qui mettait à l'honneur le compositeur autrichien, la violoniste était accompagnée de Jean Rondeau, Thomas Dunford et Myriam Rignol, donnant lieu à un concert d'une grande beauté.

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Jean Rondeau illuminates La Chaux-de-Fonds with “Melancholy Grace”

Elodie Olson-Coons, 11th November

French harpsichordist Jean Rondeau’s showcase of late Renaissance music shines.

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Nick Boston

Nick has an MA in Music, specialising in performance and repertoire. His particular passions are choral music, chamber music and opera, with a particular interest in early music. He sings in a number of choirs in the south east of England, plays the piano and occasionally dusts off the violin. He writes about music here.

Captivating command, and a striking première by Risser from Jean Rondeau