Brothers in the night: Jan Lisiecki impresses in Jūrmala

By Roy Westbrook, 24 August 2019

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“iron control and ferocious concentration”

Reviewed at Dzintari Concert Hall: Small Hall, Jūrmala on 23 August 2019

Bach, Capriccio sopra la lontananza del suo fratello dilettissimo, (On the departure of a most beloved brother), BWV992

Schumann, 4 Nachtstucke for piano, Op.23

Ravel, Gaspard de la nuit

Rachmaninov, Cinq Morceaux de fantasie, Op.3

Chopin, Nocturne no. 19 in E minor, Op.72 no.1

Chopin, Scherzo no. 1 in B minor, Op.20

Schumann, Kinderszenen: Träumerei (Reverie), Op.15 no.7

Jan Lisiecki, Piano

Wiener Symphoniker parties in style at the Concertgebouw

Clare Varney, 3rd November

Jan Lisiecki joins Petr Popelka and the touring Wiener Symphoniker at the Concertgebouw for Grieg's Piano Concerto.

****1

Seoul Arts Center: Renes and Lisiecki play Beethoven and Mahler

SangKwon Lee, 10th August

After Jan Lisiecki clarifies the architecture of Beethoven's Third Piano Concerto, Renes' Mahler felt like a letter written in the dark.

***11

An awesome Rite of Spring from Aziz Shokhakimov in Strasbourg

David Karlin, 25th April

The Uzbek conductor shows that he's a force to be reckoned with, revealing unimaginable amounts of detail in Stravinsky's score. Jan Lisiecki gives a carefully weighted account of Mozart.

****1

Peter Oundjian bridges the centuries in Seattle

Erica Miner, 15th March

The Seattle Symphony co-commissions a new work, Jan Lisiecki plays Mozart with religious fervor, and Stravinsky's Sacre still creates an uproar.

***11

Elim Chan commands powerful Prokofiev with Pittsburgh Symphony

Sam Jacobson, 7th March

The debutante conductor made her mark in Prokofiev, with Jan Lisiecki joining in for Mozart.

****1

Season opener places the Toronto Symphony Orchestra centre-stage

Michelle Assay, 25th September

Gustavo Gimeno kicks off the TSO’s new season with new perspectives on the familiar and not-so-familiar

***11

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Roy Westbrook

Roy Westbrook gained a diploma in music history at London University (Morley College) and was for some years the head of music day schools at Oxford University, where he also led music summer schools. After some years leading the University's business school he has returned to music teaching and writing, and recently took part in the Arts in Residence courses on Bruckner, Mahler and Bach He is co-author (with Terry Barfoot) of a history of opera, and has taught day schools on Sibelius in Oxford and elsewhere.