Maurice Steger thrills with his virtuosic wizardry

By Nahoko Gotoh, 06 July 2017

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“Steger could dazzle with his virtuosity, but he could equally seduce with his pure, singing tone”

Reviewed at Wigmore Hall, London on 3 July 2017

Fontana, Sonata Seconda

Falconieri, Il melo

Falconieri, Il Spiritillo

Falconieri, La suave melodia

Storace, Ciaccona

Corelli, Violin Sonata in E minor, Op.5 no.8 (Arranged for recorder)

Castrucci, Sonata for recorder and continuo

Scarlatti, Keyboard Sonata in D minor, K213

Scarlatti, Keyboard Sonata in D major, K119

Sammartini, Sonata in G major, for recorder and basso continuo, Op.2 no.4

Vivaldi, Concerto for recorder, oboe and violin in D major, RV 95 "La pastorella” (Cantabile movement only)

Maurice Steger, Recorder

Jean Rondeau, Harpsichord

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

Baroque’n’roll: Sunday morning with Jean Rondeau

Leopold Tobisch, 1st February

Jean Rondeau is now taking the French radio and concert halls by storm, quickly making a name for himself and his mastery of the harpsichord.

****1

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Nahoko Gotoh

Nahoko is a UK-based Japanese music journalist with a background in musicology. She writes regularly for various Japanese media including Ongaku no tomo and Mostly Classic magazines.

Maurice Steger thrills with his virtuosic wizardry at Wigmore Hall