One man and his flute: Pahud's solo journey in Tokyo

By Nahoko Gotoh, 14 July 2022

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Reviewed at Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall, Tokyo on 11 July 2022

Telemann, Fantasia no. 3 in B minor, TWV 40:4

Boulez, Mémoriale

Telemann, Fantasia no. 4 in B flat major, TWV 40:5

Montalbetti, Memento Emmanuaile

Telemann, Fantasia no. 8 in E minor, TWV 40:9

Manoury, Soubresaura, for solo flute

Telemann, Fantasia no. 9 in E major, TWV 40:10

Desplat, Airlines

Telemann, Fantasia no. 11 in G major, TWV 40:12

Jarrell, Le Point est la source de tout..., for solo flute

Telemann, Fantasia no. 12 in G minor, TWV 40:13

Debussy, Syrinx

Emmanuel Pahud, Flute

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Ian Cochrane, 27th January

Emmanuel Pahud dazzles in Marc-André Dalbavie's Flute Concerto with Montreal's Orchestre Métropolitain and guest conductor Victorien Vanoosten.

***11

Flute royalty joins conducting royalty in Montreal

Ian Cochrane, 16th October

Montreal’s Orchestre Métropolitain, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, is inspired by the flute virtuosity of Emmanuel Pahud.

****1

Pahud premieres Hosokawa's Ceremony to open the Tonhalle season

Sarah Batschelet, 14th September

The season’s opening concert at Zurich’s historic Tonhalle features the world premiere of a commissioned work by Toshio Hosokawa, this season’s Focus Artist, and a symphony by Anton Bruckner.

****1

Paavo Järvi conducts a feast for the musical intellect in Berlin

Zenaida des Aubris, 26th May

The world premiere of Erkki-Sven Tüür's Flute Concerto, written for Berliner Philharmoniker principal Emmanuel Pahud, is the main dish in Järvi's three-course programme.

*****

Barenboim takes the Berlin Philharmonic on a French excursion

Mark Pullinger, 28th November

The stylish boulevards of Ibert's Flute Concerto are the destination for the Berliners before a wild journey into Berlioz' frenzied psyche in his Symphonie fantastique.

****1

A Festival of New Music closes with an Empty Space

Roy Westbrook, 12th July

After four evenings and ten world premieres, Pierre Boulez Saal's A Festival of New Music comes to a haunting end.

****1

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Nahoko Gotoh

Nahoko is a UK-based Japanese music journalist with a background in musicology. She writes regularly for various Japanese media including Ongaku no tomo and Mostly Classic magazines.