Taka Kigawa sails through Zorn and Carter at (Le) Poisson Rouge

By Rebecca Lentjes, 28 August 2013

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Reviewed at (Le) Poisson Rouge, New York City on 26 August 2013

Shepherd, Preludes

Zorn, Carny

Carter, Piano Sonata

Carter, Night Fantasies

Taka Kigawa, Piano

Nightclub Boulez: Taka Kagawa at (Le) Poisson Rouge

Kurt Gottschalk, 22nd September

It was, very much, Kigawa’s recital – not Boulez’, not Ligeti’s. The force of personality might have gotten in the way had the flair on pianoforte not been so strong.

****1

A Midsummer meditation mix from the SCO Chorus

David Smythe, 20th June

The SCO Chorus in a meditative mood for midsummer in music by Glass, Taverner, MacMillan and Duruflé.

****1

From Florence to Venice: an Italian tour with Renato Dolcini

Sandra Bowdler, 18th June

The impressive Italian baritone features in a tour of Renaissance and Baroque Italian works with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra in Melbourne.

****1

Black American music finds a new voice at the Concertgebouw

Clare Varney, 18th June

Dutch premieres, new faces and new arrangements result in a concert quite unlike any other from the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under Antony Hermus.

****1

Apollonian radiance and women scorned: the Britten Sinfonia at Snape

Roy Westbrook, 18th June

Hell holds no fury like a woman scorned, and it was certainly so in Greek mythology, celebrated in this outstanding Aldeburgh Festival performance by the Britten Sinfonia and Helen Charlston.

*****

Marin Alsop brings unexpected pleasures to Philadelphia Orchestra

Kurt Gottschalk, 18th June

The Philadelphia Orchestra celebrates the 50th birthday of the Highmark Mann Center for the Performing Arts in Fairmont Park, with Marin Alsop serving up a surprise in Ravel's Boléro.

****1

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Rebecca Lentjes

Rebecca graduated from New York University in 2012, where she studied Music and Romance Languages. She now works as an assistant editor at RILM (Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale) and as manager of contemporary music collective ensemble mise-en.