Werk: Dolly Suite, Op.56

Dans un programme conçu sur-mesure pour illustrer l'exposition sur les années parisiennes de l'artiste américain John Singer Sargent, le duo franco-russe a montré sa virtuosité comme sa délicatesse.

Cristian Măcelaru and the Hallé give exemplary accounts of Fauré's Dolly Suite and Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet, whilst Mozart's “Jeunehomme” Concerto with soloist Heejae Kim is variable and lacks instrumetal balance.  

Question: what’s the connection between South Korea and 19th-century Bohemia? Answer: I have no idea, but there clearly is one, since Korean pianists Jaekyung Yoo and Yoon-Jee Kim play Smetana and Dvořák’s music as if they ingested it with their mothers’ milk.