Subtlety and gravity: Paul Lewis delves deep

Par Mark Thomas, 06 juin 2018

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“Lewis brought out every twist and turn of these brief but remarkable pieces”

Critique faite à Royal Festival Hall, Londres, le 5 juin 2018

Beethoven, 11 Bagatelles for piano, Op.119

Haydn, Sonate pour piano en mi bémol majeur, Hob XVI: 49

Haydn, Sonate pour piano en si mineur, Hob XVI: 32

Brahms, Quatre Pièces pour piano (Klavierstücke), Op.119

Schubert, Allegretto en ut mineur, D.915

Paul Lewis, Piano

Émouvant hommage rendu à Lars Vogt par l'Orchestre de chambre de Paris

Alain Lompech, 4th October

Entourée de Daniel Harding, Ian Bostridge, Christian Tetzlaff, Alban Gerhardt et Paul Lewis, la phalange parisienne a livré un concert exceptionnel, fidèle à la façon qu'avait Lars Vogt de faire la musique.

*****

Paul Lewis balances delicacy with power in understated RLPO Beethoven

Glyn Mon Hughes, 12th March

Understatement is key in Paul Lewis' interpretation of Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic under Adam Hickox.

***11

Sprechstimme and yodelling: Schubert’s birthday bash at Wigmore Hall

Mark Pullinger, 31st January

A double-header celebrates Schubert featuring Allan Clayton and Paul Lewis in Winterreise and the Austrian folk/rock band The Erllkings.

****1

Denève, Lewis and the Netherlands Radio Phil in Utrecht

Laurence Vittes, 23rd January

At TivoliVredenburg’s Grote Zaal: a program of Beethoven, Liszt, and Schumann that, intentionally or not, invited reflection on long-range musical continuity.

***11

Concerto Budapest delivers Beethoven with high-octane fire in Dublin

Andrew Larkin, 29th November

András Keller’s orchestra offers intensity, finesse and sheer dramatic sweep, from Tchaikovsky’s infernal tragedy to a Beethoven Fifth Symphony driven with exhilarating momentum.

****1

Magnificent Beethoven and Sibelius, intriguing Nørgård in Manchester

Peter Connors, 22nd March

Per Nørgård’s Eighth Symphony is the unusual opener in a programme of magnificent Beethoven and Sibelius from the BBC Philharmonic, Paul Lewis and John Storgårds at the Bridgewater Hall.

****1

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Mark Thomas

A lifelong devotee of classical music, Mark caught the bug after listening to The Planets, The Rite of Spring and Beethoven’s Fifth when he was knee-high to a grasshopper. He has degrees in non-musical subjects and currently works as a Chartered Governance Professional, but these have proved to be mere distractions from the wonders of sonatas, concertos and symphonies. He has been reviewing for Bachtrack since 2016, plays viola and violin (very shakily) and used to sing a bit (even more shakily).

Subtlety and gravity: Paul Lewis delves deep in mature Haydn, Beethoven and Brahms