A pianist for all seasons: Argerich crowns festival with a debut

Par Mark Pullinger, 03 juillet 2021

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“soulful, intimate performances, almost as if Argerich was unaware of her audience”

Critique faite à Laeiszhalle: Großer Saal, Hamburg, le 30 juin 2021

Bach, Partita no. 1 en si bémol majeur, BWV825

Vivaldi, L'estro armonico: Concerto pour 4 violons en si mineur, Op.3 no. 10, RV 580

Couperin, Les Ombres errantes

Couperin, Pièces de clavecin, Ordre no.18: Le Tic-Toc-Choc ou Les Maillotins

Bartók, Sonate pour deux pianos et percussions, Sz. 110

Tchaïkovski, Les Saisons pour piano, Op.37a ou Op.37b (excerpts)

Piazzolla, 4 Estaciones portenas (Les 4 Saisons de Buenos Aires) (piano trio)

Martha Argerich, Piano

Akane Sakai, Piano

Akiko Suwanai, Violon

Tedi Papavrami, Violon

Adrian Iliescu, Violon

Thomas Lefort, Violon

Lea Petra, Piano

Iddo Bar-Shaï, Piano

Nelson Goerner, Piano

Alexej Gerassimez, Percussions

Lukas Böhm, Percussions

Eugene Lifschitz, Violoncelle

Alexander Gurning, Piano

Symphoniker Hamburg – Laeiszhalle Orchester

Revolutionary voices in Hamburg with Sylvain Cambreling

Alexander Hall, 25th May

Three aspects of fate were on display in this intriguing combination of the new, the less familiar and the unashamedly popular given by the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra under its chief conductor.

****1

German Romanticism from Argerich, Cambreling and Symphoniker Hamburg

Alexander Hall, 21st November

The octogenarian phenomenon that is Martha Argerich still has something different to say about Schumann's Piano Concerto, while Sylvain Cambreling adopts a bright and breezy approach to Schubert's Ninth Symphony.

***11

Catriona Morison joins Martha Argerich in outstanding performances

Edward Sava-Segal, 20th June

An enjoyable first live stream of the 2021 edition of the Martha Argerich Festival in Hamburg's Laeiszhalle.

****1

Martha Argerich brings magical Ravel to Hamburg

Chris Garlick, 19th February

A performance of Ravel's concerto to savour as a beacon of light and hope in these dark times.

*****

Argerich, Dutoit and Russian revelry in Hamburg

Alexander Hall, 28th June

Argerich is predictably a force of nature in Tchaikovsky and Dutoit shows his mettle in Ravel and Stravinsky.

****1

Glanerts Requiem für Hieronymus Bosch in Hamburg

Stefan Pillhofer, 28th November

Die Hamburger Symphoniker brachten unter Markus Stenz Detlev Glanerts Requiem für Hieronymus Bosch zusammen mit der Europa Chor Akademie auf die Bühne der Elbphilharmonie.

****1

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.

A pianist for all seasons: Martha Argerich crowns her festival with a Tchaikovsky debut