Labèque sisters captivate with Schubert and Glass

By Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres, 31 October 2016

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Reviewed at St George's Bristol, Bristol on 28 October 2016

Ravel, Rapsodie espagnole

Ravel, Ma mère l'Oye (Mother Goose)

Ravel, Pièce en forme de Habanera

Schubert, Fantasia for piano 4 hands in F minor, D.940

Bernstein, Other (songs from West Side Story)

Glass, Four Movements for Two Pianos

Katia Labèque, Piano

Marielle Labèque, Piano

Brilliant showpieces from Fabien Gabel, the Labèques and the OSM

Phillip Nones, 8th May

Fabien Gabel showcases his French music bona fides, while Katia and Marielle Labèque offer a trademark Philip Glass concerto with the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal.

****1

Bychkov and the Labèques give New York premiere of Dessner concerto

David Wolfson, 30th November

Semyon Bychkov leads the New York Philharmonic in flattened Strauss, wondrously physical Rachmaninov, and the New York premiere of Bryce Dessner’s terrific Concerto for two pianos.

****1

Slavic homelands: Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic in Edinburgh

David Smythe, 20th August

Festive Dvořák, intense Martinů with Katia and Marielle Labèque, and an awesome performance of Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass at the Edinburgh International Festival.

****1

Music-making of polish and commitment from Bychkov and the BBCSO

David Truslove, 5th August

A world premiere, a rarely performed concerto and a slice of late Rachmaninov formed a well-conceived programme that also featured the internationally renowned Labèque sisters.

****1

Fabien Gabel brings the maison down in Paris with rare Florent Schmitt

Phillip Nones, 12th May

Outstanding performances of two Florent Schmitt scores anchor a winning concert by the Orchestre National de France at the Maison de la Radio.

*****

Gimeno and The Cleveland Orchestra serve French-inflected feast

Sam Jacobson, 26th November

Gustavo Gimeno conducts The Cleveland Orchestra in works by Ravel and Franck, along with a recent Bryce Dessner concerto featuring the Labèque sisters.

***11

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Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres

Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres is a Bristol-based film composer and classical electronic artist. Alexandra's passion in scoring and as a performer lie in the duality between the classical and electronica worlds, moving picture and her love for the piano. Her music has been described by The White Room Magazine as “majestic, at times monumental…the force and vastness of nature”.