Reflections on Ravel: a three-course piano feast in Ciboure

Bertrand Chamayou

Pierre-Laurent Aimard

Hyunji Kim

By Mark Pullinger, 03 September 2025

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“like looking at Ravel in a cracked mirror; you can still recognise his reflection”

Reviewed at Église Saint-Vincent de Ciboure, Ciboure on 2 September 2025

Ravel, Fugue in F minor, for string quartet

Ravel, La Parade

Ravel, Menuet in C sharp minor

Ravel, Prélude

Ravel, Sérénade grotesque

Ravel, Menuet antique

Ravel, Menuet sur le nom de Haydn

Ravel, A la manière de Chabrier

Ravel, À la manière de Borodine

Ravel, Sonatine in F sharp major

Ravel, Valses nobles et sentimentales

Sciarrino, De la nuit

Ravel, Jeux d'eau

Jolas, Signets: hommage à Maurice Ravel

Ravel, Pavane pour une infante défunte

Durieux, Pour tous ceux qui tombent

Ravel, Le Tombeau de Couperin

Bertrand Chamayou, Piano

Hyunji Kim, Piano

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Reviewed at Église Saint-Vincent de Ciboure, Ciboure on 2 September 2025

Ravel, Miroirs

Boulez, Piano Sonata no. 1

Boulez, Incises

Ravel, Gaspard de la nuit

Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Piano

Pierre Bleuse and the Singapore Symphony raise the roof again

Chang Tou Liang, 30th January

High decibel hits arrive via Prokofiev’s Scythian Suite and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, sandwiching Liszt from Bertrand Chamayou.

****1

Fiesta! Philippe Jordan’s Spanish postcard from the Festival Ravel

Mark Pullinger, 4th September

Born to a Basque mother just ten miles from the Spanish border, Ravel excelled at authentic Spanish flavours as heard in this splendid festival concert by the Orchestre National de France.

*****

Mirrors and echoes: Pierre Boulez celebrated at the Lucerne Festival

Elodie Olson-Coons, 27th August

Liv Redpath and Bertrand Chamayou shine at the Lucerne Festival in this celebration of Pierre Boulez's legacy.

****1

Beautiful but underwhelming Ravel from Morlot and the BBC Philharmonic

Nick Butters, 21st February

The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, under former Associate Artist Ludovic Morlot, serve chilled Ravel at the Glasshouse, Gateshead.

***11

Boulez and Ravel anniversary celebrations launched by the BBC Phil

Peter Connors, 11th January

A rare performance of Boulez' Rituel is followed by four Ravel works, including a fine Piano Concerto in G major featuring Bertrand Chamayou.

****1

Barbara Hannigan beguiles in Philadelphia recital

Cameron Kelsall, 10th December

The Canadian soprano and her accomplished accompanist, Bertrand Chamayou, offer a thoughtful and eclectic program of Messiaen, Scriabin and John Zorn.

*****

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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.

Reflections on Maurice Ravel: a three-course piano feast in Ciboure