The power of communication: Piano duets from Nézet-Séguin and Jennifer Bourdages in Montreal

By Richard Turp, 19 March 2013

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Reviewed at Montreal Museum of Fine Arts: Bourgie Hall, Montreal on 16 March 2013

Brahms, Waltzes for Piano, Op.39

Ravel, Ma mère l'Oye (Mother Goose): Suite

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

Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Piano

Jennifer Bourdages, Piano

Amy Beach’s Gaelic returns to Philadelphia after 100-year absence

Cameron Kelsall, 12th March

Conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the Philadelphia Orchestra’s latest concert also features Liszt’s Second Piano Concerto with Marc-André Hamelin.

****1

Tristan und Isolde at the Met: staging gets in the way of the music

No’a L. bat Miri, 9th March

Michael Spyres shines in his debut as Tristan alongside powerhouse soprano Lise Davidsen as Isolde in Yuval Sharon's new, beguiling production at the Metropolitan Opera.

***11

When we dead awaken: Mahler 2 returns to Philadelphia

Cameron Kelsall, 8th March

Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra deliver a supreme meditation on the power of music and faith.

*****

Met Orchestra brings a long neglected symphony back to life

Susan Stempleski, 4th February

William Levi Dawson’s Negro Folk Symphony, overlooked for decades, heads an all-American program of 20th-century works in New York.

****1

Chamber Orchestra of Europe brings all-Brahms evening to Philadelphia

Cameron Kelsall, 10th December

Conducted by honorary member Yannick Nézet-Séguin, the COE’s all-Brahms concert features the composer's First Symphony and final major work, the Double Concerto for Violin and Cello.

****1

María Dueñas enlivens Philadelphia Orchestra's holiday weekend concert

Cameron Kelsall, 30th November

The Spanish-born, Vienna-based violinist performs Lalo's Symphonie espagnole for her subscription debut.

***11

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Richard Turp

Born in Montreal but raised in London, Richard Turp has worked in music for the last 30 years in his hometown, first as an operatic tenor and subsequently as an artistic administrator. He is presently Artistic Director of Les Concerts Lachine and the Lachine Music Festival.