Captivating command and a striking Risser première from Jean Rondeau

Por Nick Boston, 25 julio 2018

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

Crítica hecha desde Cadogan Hall, Londres el 23 julio 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, 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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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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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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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