Water Reflections: Hélène Grimaud

By Mark Pullinger, 17 May 2015

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“Grimaud, our musical naiad, often seemed to be in her own world, swept up in the music”

Reviewed at Barbican Hall, London on 16 May 2015

Berio, Six Encores for piano: Wasserklavier

Takemitsu, Rain Tree Sketch II

Fauré, Barcarolle no. 5 in F sharp minor, Op.66

Ravel, Jeux d'eau

Albéniz, Iberia, Bk II: Almeria

Liszt, Années de pèlerinage, Troisième année: Les jeux d'eaux à la villa d'Este, S 163 no. 4

Janáček, In the Mists (I. Andante)

Debussy, Préludes, Bk 1 no. 10: La Cathédrale engloutie (The Sunken Cathedral)

Brahms, Piano Sonata no. 2 in F sharp minor, Op.2

Debussy, Etude no. 11 pour les arpèges composés

Rachmaninov, Études-tableau in C minor, Op.33 no.3

Brahms, Capriccio in D minor, Op.116 no.1

Hélène Grimaud, Piano

Grimaud’s glittering Gershwin highlights Pittsburgh Symphony program

Sam Jacobson, 7th November

Domingo Hindoyan’s Pittsburgh Symphony debuts spans sharp contrasts from Gershwin’s piano concerto to Franck’s symphony.

***11

No podiums required: Camerata Salzburg and Hélène Grimaud in Berlin

Elena Luporini, 19th May

Who needs conductors when you've got synergy? The Camerata Salzburg and Hélène Grimaud bring Mozart and Brahms to Berlin's Philharmonie.

****1

Unexpected delights abound with Grimaud and the Philadelphia Orchestra

Cameron Kelsall, 27th February

Yannick Nézet-Séguin smartly surrounds a guaranteed crowd-pleaser – Brahms’ First Piano Concerto – with less familiar works by Julia Wolfe and Louise Farrenc.

*****

Hélène Grimaud splendidly unites “The Three Bs” in Singapore

Chang Tou Liang, 17th October

Hélène Grimaud's Singapore recital sonorously unites Hans von Bülow’s “three Bs of music” – Bach, Beethoven and Brahms.

*****

Hrůša, Grimaud and the Bamberg Symphony dazzle at Carnegie Hall

Susan Stempleski, 24th April

In his Carnegie Hall debut, the young Czech conductor leads a meaty and memorable program of Brahms and Wagner, with joined by Hélène Grimaud for Robert Schumann’s sole Piano Concerto.

*****

Hélène Grimaud's delicious Mozart a highlight in Philadelphia

Linda Holt, 10th December

Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra give the world premiere of Esteban Benzecry’s MUYUY, The circle of life before a performance of Florence Price's Fourth Symphony.

***11

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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.

Water Reflections: an immersive recital from Hélène Grimaud