Bach, Cage, Tristano: Similarities and Differences at Kings Place

By Paul Kilbey, 29 May 2012

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Reviewed at Kings Place: Hall Two, London on 28 May 2012

Tristano, Introit

Bach, Partita no. 1 in B flat major, BWV825

Cage, In a Landscape

Cage, The Seasons

Bach, Duet in E Minor, BWV802

Bach, Duet in F Major, BWV803

Bach, Duet in G Major, BWV804

Bach, Duet in A Minor, BWV805

Cage, Etudes Australes (VIII, Book I)

Tristano, Introit Remix

Francesco Tristano, Piano

Full throttle: finger crunching pianism at the QEH

Mark Pullinger, 11th June

The Rite of Spring provides the centrepiece of Alice Sara Ott and Francesco Tristano's "Scandale" programme, an often fatiguing programme, but thrillingly performed.

****1

Brandt Bauer Frick and Aufgang

Leopold Tobisch, 27th January

Part of a festival exploring technological innovations moving “beyond” the piano, Aufgang and Brandt Brauer Frick presented an evening of music in Paris that didn’t reinvent the instrument in quite the expected way.

***11

La música desconfinada de Francesco Tristano

Maria Sánchez, 6th October

El pianista luxemburgués se marcó un caluroso retorno al escenario del Palau con una ristra de propuestas muy personales.

*****

Feu et grâce : le Philharmonique de Strasbourg, de Bizet à Ravel

Jean Landras, 14th November

De Bizet à Ravel en passant par Gershwin, l'orchestre strasbourgeois a encore une fois mis en évidence ses qualités sous la direction de Marko Letonja, malgré un Francesco Tristano un peu léger.

***11

A special relationship renewed: Leonard Slatkin returns to Prague

Frank Kuznik, 16th April

Leonard Slatkin returns to the Prague Symphony Orchestra with one of his own pieces, a Schubert tribute that steals the show.

****1

Cummings and the AAM win ‘Leipzig's Got Talent’

Nick Boston, 16th April

The Academy of Ancient Music poses the question what might have been in Leipzig with stunning performances of Bach and his competitors to be the new Thomaskantor.

*****

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Paul Kilbey

Paul was Reviews Editor at Bachtrack from 2012 to February 2014. He has written on music and culture for publications including Culture Wars, the Huffington Post, the Independent and the Guardian. He holds BA and MPhil degrees in music from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and is particularly passionate about contemporary music of all types. His website is here.