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

Por Elodie Olson-Coons, 12 noviembre 2021

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“the result is astonishingly modern-sounding, like Keith Jarrett on the cusp of the Baroque”

Crítica hecha desde Salle de musique, La Chaux-de-Fonds el 11 noviembre 2021

Frescobaldi, Il Secondo libro di toccate (Canzoni)

da Roma, Fantaisie de Mr de Lorency

Rossi, Passacaille del Seigr Louigi

Gibbons, Pavan in A minor

Picchi, Ballo alla Polacha con il suo Saltarello

Bull, Melancholy Pavan

Bull, Melancholy Galliard

Scheidemann, Pavana Lachrymae in D minor, WV 106

Luzzaschi, Toccata del 4° Tono

Storace, Recercar di Legature

Frescobaldi, Il primo libro: toccata quarta

Valente, Sortemeplus, con alcuni fioretti

Strozzi, Toccata quarta per l’elevatione

Sweelinck, Fantasia Chromatica à 4, SwWV258

Jean Rondeau, Clave

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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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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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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Strangers in the night: Poulenc makes a rare visit to Paris

Mark Pullinger, 10th March

Corinna Niemeyer conducts the Orchestre de Paris, which had never played Poulenc's Concert champêtre before, and had only given one performance each of the Sinfonietta and Organ Concerto. Incroyable !

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Captivating command and a striking Risser première from Jean Rondeau

Nick Boston, 23rd July

A striking première by Eve Risser following Jean Rondeau’s captivating display of the virtuosic heights of French Baroque harpsichord writing.

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Elodie Olson-Coons

Originaire de Lorraine, Elodie Olson-Coons a fait ses études littéraires à Cambridge. Mezzo-soprano et pianiste, elle est particulièrement intéressée par la musique contemporaine et vocale.

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