A gastronomical and musical French feast

By Phillip Nones, 01 May 2016

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Reviewed at Garth Newel Music Center: Herter Hall, Warm Springs on 30 April 2016

Schmitt, Hasards, Op.96

Chausson, Piano Trio in G minor, Op.3 (2nd movement)

Ravel, Piano Trio in A minor

Chopin, Cello Sonata in G minor, Op.65 (Largo)

Garth Newel Piano Quartet

Mozart, Ravel and Héritte-Viardot at Garth Newel

Phillip Nones, 21st July

Garth Newel's “Classic Masterpieces” weekend concludes with masterful Mozart, remarkable Ravel and a Héritte-Viardot number that's a hoot-and-a-half.

****1

Consequential Beach and Dvořák chamber pieces at Garth Newel

Phillip Nones, 20th July

Consequential compositions by Amy Beach and Antonin Dvořák are given convincing performances at Garth Newel's Summer Chamber Music Festival.

***11

Tarmo Peltokoski conducts the Hallé in Mahler and Vaughan Williams

Leighton Jones, 16th April

Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder provide an apt, if somewhat unexpected, partner to Vaughan Williams’ A Sea Symphony in Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall.

****1

Carlo Rizzi brings Respighi’s Rome to Birmingham

Robert Gainer, 15th April

Carlos Rizzi believes that Puccini’s orchestrations are good enough to stand alone, without their vocal lines, but can the drama compete with the romance of Respighi?

****1

Tharaud and Queyras celebrate 30 years together in Paris

David Karlin, 14th April

Crisp and elegant cello and piano playing is more successful in French and early repertoire than in Brahms.

****1

Poetry and precision: Seong-Jin Cho returns to Carnegie Hall

Susan Stempleski, 12th April

A little over a year after his marathon all-Ravel recital at the Hall, the Korean pianist returns with an exquisitely performed program of Bach, Schoenberg, Robert Schumann and Chopin.

*****

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Phillip Nones

Phillip Nones studied piano from age six, also playing percussion in educational and civic groups before moving to a rural area of the USA in 1990, where performance opportunities were few. Recently he has started performing again, participating in “side-by-side” orchestra performances and playing percussion in the World Doctors' Orchestra. His personal collection of music includes over 5,000 classical albums in all formats (CDs, LPs, 78s), plus downloads. In his professional life, he heads up a marketing communications firm in the state of Maryland. He blogs about the French composer Florent Schmitt here.

A gastronomical and musical French feast with the Garth Newel Piano Quartet