Baroque’n’roll: Sunday morning with Jean Rondeau

By Leopold Tobisch, 02 February 2015

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“it is no giant leap to call Rondeau a veritable keyboard master”

Reviewed at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris on 1 February 2015

Bach, Suite no. 2 in C minor, BWV997 (extraits)

Bach, Prelude and fugue in A minor, BWV894

Bach, Violin partita no. 2 in D minor, BWV1004: Chaconne

Bach, Italian Concerto, BWV971

Bach, The Musical Offering (Musikalisches Opfer), BWV1079

Jean Rondeau, Harpsichord

Nevermind

Anna Besson, Flute

Louis Creac'h, Violin

Robin Pharo, Viola da Gamba

Nevermind y su singular visión del barroco francés en el CNDM

Jorge Baeza Stanicic, 29th April

Asistimos a un compromiso bien comprendido entre la rigidez de la estructura establecida y la libertad del carácter improvisado en la concepción del grupo Nevermind.

****1

Dances without movement: Couperin reconsidered by Jean Rondeau

Mengguang Huang, 31st January

Jean Rondeau’s anniversary tribute to Louis Couperin reveals a refined but inward-looking aesthetic – beautifully controlled, yet ultimately lacking the rhetorical energy, physicality, and communicative spark essential to this music.

**111

In at the deep end for harpsichordist Jean Rondeau in Lucerne

Stephen Pritchard, 7th February

Lucerne’s new festival “Le Piano Symphonique” showcases the orchestral qualities of the piano... and the harpsichord, with a recital in what was once a swimming pool!

****1

Jean Rondeau illuminates La Chaux-de-Fonds with “Melancholy Grace”

Elodie Olson-Coons, 11th November

French harpsichordist Jean Rondeau’s showcase of late Renaissance music shines.

*****

Strangers in the night: Poulenc makes a rare visit to Paris

Mark Pullinger, 10th March

Corinna Niemeyer conducts the Orchestre de Paris, which had never played Poulenc's Concert champêtre before, and had only given one performance each of the Sinfonietta and Organ Concerto. Incroyable !

***11

Captivating command and a striking Risser première from Jean Rondeau

Nick Boston, 23rd July

A striking première by Eve Risser following Jean Rondeau’s captivating display of the virtuosic heights of French Baroque harpsichord writing.

****1

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Leopold Tobisch

Leopold is currently working on his PhD, examining the music and politics in Paris during the events of May '68. A violinist, amateur photographer and overall musical omnivore, he is currently living in Paris in order to further his PhD research.

Baroque’n’roll: Sunday morning with Jean Rondeau and the Nevermind Baroque Ensemble