Bachtrack top ten: Maurice Ravel

By Mark Pullinger, 07 March 2023

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“That flowing phrase! How I worked over it bar by bar! It nearly killed me!”

Danny Riley, 28th October

From fulfilling funerary functions, to eulogising friends and fellow artists, or lamenting the waste of war: here are some of the finest examples of music written in mourning.

Routes beyond: Junyan Chen on curating Leeds Chamber Series

Lawrence Dunn, 14th October

Award-winning pianist Junyan Chen talks about curating this year’s Leeds International Chamber Series, making new arrangements of repertoire, and the importance of chamber music for pianists.

The scent of Ravel: Hiroaki Kanda on Daphnis et Chloé

Bachtrack, 3rd October

The NHK Symphony Orchestra’s principal flautist talks about playing Ravel’s largest orchestral work, which features virtuosic solos for players all across the orchestra.

ラヴェルの音楽の香り：神田寛明が語る《ダフニスとクロエ》

Bachtrack, 3rd October

NHK交響楽団の首席フルート奏者が、オーケストラの各奏者が華麗なソロを披露する、ラヴェルの最大規模の管弦楽曲について語る。

Willingness to take risks: Jesús Herrera joins the LPO

Peter Quantrill, 5th September

The London Philharmonic new Artistic Director talks of his enthusiasm for the orchestra's forthcoming ventures, both in London and in its travels across the South Coast.

Immersed in Ravel: Seong-Jin Cho

Mark Pullinger, 21st August

The South Korean pianist talks about his love of Ravel, and performing with the Czech Philharmonic, in their season opener and Asian tour this autumn.

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.