It's a rare treat to hear Spanish opera in London; Josep Pons and the BBC SO made a worthy case for hearing Falla’s El amor brujo and Granados’ Goyescas more often.
The pianist’s ability to easily bring out the melodic qualities, the shifts in mood and color from amidst the swirling pyrotechnics is remarkable for someone so young.
The Katona twins guitar duo conjured up the many moods of Spain and South America in a lunchtime recital of music by Falla, Albéniz, Granados and Piazzolla.
Both composers whose music was performed in Garrick Ohlsson’s Sydney solo concert were motivated by other artists, namely painters, thus an originally visual experience became audial in the resulting compositions.
A series of cancellations resulted in an unusual triple bill: a rare Spanish opera, an impromptu concert by Plácido Domingo and Woody Allen's brilliant Gianni Schicchi.
In collaboration with the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, musicians of the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal presented late 19th century chamber music of Spanish and French composers.
What a treat to discover the 1901 Arts Club and to be treated to such an intimate and enjoyable evening of music making with the Erato Piano Trio and friends.
An intriguing combination which mixes up together the exuberant sensuality of Granados’ one-act-opera, the gloomy shades and the melancholy liturgy of Suor Angelica.
For whatever reason, performers have always seemed to fear the fourth wall. They are content to let their music speak for itself, and any attempt to address the audience verbally is often considered lowbrow. This makes sense in some regards, as it facilitates the image of performer as master and lends artistic integrity to the music.
If Benjamin Grosvenor were a wine, his tasting notes might read something like: “an outstanding early vintage, this is already a fine, well-balanced red, with subtlety of flavour. Can be quaffed now though should mature exceedingly well.
Young British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor has been much in the news lately: the recipient of two Gramophone Awards (Young Artist of the Year and Instrumental Award for his debut disc), and winner of the Critics’ Award at the 2012 Classic Brits. And he’s in great demand as a performer, if his diary is anything to go by.
Une petite heure avant le récital qu'il va donner à l'Abbaye de Silvacane, Luiz Fernando Pérez repasse une partie du programme espagnol qu'il va bientôt offrir au public qui occupera le déambulatoire. Vide, ce lieu mi-clos, résonne encore bien davantage que quand les 380 sièges sont occupés.
A l'occasion du week-end "Y Viva Espana", l'Auditorium de Radio France invite le pianiste russe Andrei Korobeinikov dans un programme sulfureux constitué de l'intégralité des Goyescas de Granados et du Grand Concert-Fantaisie sur des thèmes espagnols de Liszt.
La Compañía Nacional de Danza propuso un delicado programa que recorre los puntos fuertes de la agrupación en el Teatro Real, y donde la elección estrella fue In the nigth de Jerome Robbins.
Les premières incartades d’Ivo Pogorelich lui ont valu une volée de bois vert de la presse spécialisée. Pourtant, quel détracteur saurait expliquer son agacement, sinon parce qu’il connaissait les œuvres et ne les reconnaît plus ?
Il ne m’appartient pas de savoir exactement à quoi tient la supériorité des pianistes espagnols dans Granados, mais entre autres choses, ils en possèdent naturellement l’idiome… Attention cependant à ne pas en contaminer le reste du répertoire ! Ce soir, même Chopin avait goût d’huile d’olive, la moindre Nocturne se payant des airs d’Alborada.
Una velada de repertorio netamente español a cargo del Cuarteto Quiroga y Javier Perianes, con el estreno de la obra más reciente de Antón García Abril y la presentación de la primera grabación de los quintetos con piano de Enrique Granados y Joaquín Turina.
