Elegance and finesse: Marianne Crebassa in recital at La Scala

By Renato Verga, 29 January 2019

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“Crebassa indulged in mezza voci with a fresh timbre and light vibrato”

Reviewed at Teatro alla Scala, Milan on 27 January 2019

Debussy, Trois Melodies

Satie, Gnossienne no. 1

Satie, Gnossienne no. 2

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

Debussy, Préludes, Bk 1 no. 12: Minstrels

Ravel, Shéhérazade

Ravel, Pièce en forme de Habanera

Fauré, Cygne sur l'eau

Fauré, Danseuse

Duparc, Chanson triste, Op.2 no.4

Duparc, Au pays où se fait la guerre

Say, Piano Sonata "Gezi Park 2", Op.52

Say, Gezi Park III, for mezzo-soprano, string quartet and piano

Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K492: Voi che sapete

Marianne Crebassa, Mezzo-soprano

Fazıl Say, Piano

Fazıl Say’s jazzed-up Goldberg Variations in Berlin

Elena Luporini, 30th September

The Berlin Philharmonie welcomes Fazıl Say for a solo recital that dares the audience to keep their feet still, featuring Bach and Say’s own compositions.

****1

Istanbul metropolis in sound: Fazıl Say and Borusan in Hamburg

Mengguang Huang, 1st September

At the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Fazıl Say concluded his residency with the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic with an evening of jazz, Ravel and his own symphony, capturing the restless energy of an Istanbul-style metropolis.

****1

Yamada and the CBSO deliver an evening of stark contrasts

Simon Cummings, 16th April

A concert of French music reveals – and suffers from – contrasting styles, attitudes and coherence in works by Ravel and Poulenc.

***11

Paavo Järvi and the Tonhalle show their class at the Elbphilharmonie

Alexander Hall, 12th November

Fazıl Say's Mozart is an acquired taste, but Paavo Järvi's Bruckner is a masterclass in how to conduct this composer.

****1

Turkish delights with Fazıl Say in Hong Kong

Alan Yu, 23rd July

Fazıl Say dazzles as both composer and soloist with the Hong Kong Sinfonietta.

****1

Say and the Symphoniker lack bite in Ravel and Rachmaninov

Chanda VanderHart, 4th May

The Ravel G major piano concerto is in fact a mind-bogglingly virtuosic pianistic endeavour requiring fingers of steel and trills of satin.

***11

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Renato Verga

Renato graduated from Turin University in Physics. He has always had a particular passion for music and the stage. A former member of a choir, he was raised in the musical milieu influenced by the eminent Italian musicologist Massimo Mila. In 2014, Renato started his own blog, which now has 1000 posts.