Stockhausen rediscovered: Donnerstag aus Licht shines brightly

By Chris Garlick, 22 May 2019

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“metaphorically embracing the whole universe”

Reviewed at Royal Festival Hall, London on 21 May 2019

Stockhausen, Donnerstag aus Licht

Maxime Pascal, Conductor

Damien Bigourdan, Michael

Lea Trommenschlager, Eva, Soprano

Damien Pass, Luzifer

Le Balcon

London Sinfonietta

Royal Academy of Music students

Royal Academy of Music Manson Ensemble

Henri Deléger, Trumpet

Emmanuelle Grach, Dancer

Iris Zerdoud, Basset Horn

Mathieu Adam, Trombone

Victor Virnot, Dancer

Alphonse Cemin, Piano

Alice Caubit, Clarinet

Ghislain Roffat, Basset Horn, Clarinet

Simon Guidicelli, Double Bass

New London Chamber Choir

Florent Derex, Director

Benjamin Lazar, Director

Elise Chauvin, Soprano

Russia meets France: Lully’s Phaéton in Versailles

Laura Servidei, 3rd June

A successful musical production of Lully’s masterpiece with Perm Opera’s MusicAeterna chorus and orchestra, Le Poème Harmonique, and a tremendous French-Russian cast.

****1

Egisto in Luxembourg

Fernando Remiro, 7th December

Francesco Cavalli's Egisto is a true feast for the senses in director Benjamin Lazar's conception, realised with conductor Vincent Dumestre at the Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg.

****1

Le Poème Harmonique at Columbia University

Zerbinetta, 12th September

In his 1995 book Text and Act, the musicologist Richard Taruskin wrote of the historically-informed performance movement, “the very recent concept of historical authenticity is implicitly projected back into historical periods that never knew it.

***11

À Radio France, un Grand Macabre tiré à quatre épingles

Pierre Liscia-Beaurenaut, 2nd December

Sous la direction précise et dynamique de François-Xavier Roth, l'unique opéra du compositeur hongrois, proposé dans une nouvelle version française, est servi par une distribution excellente.

****1

Heureuse résurrection à Montpellier : l’Orfeo d'Antonio Sartorio

Irma Foletti, 7th June

La direction de Philippe Jaroussky et la mise en scène de Benjamin Lazar servent magnifiquement une œuvre riche en airs et en péripéties.

****1

L'Actéon de Charpentier cherche son carquois au Châtelet

Philippe Ramin, 18th February

Le drame de Charpentier est saisi en un long plan séquence d'une cinquantaine de minutes. Une narration visuelle très réussie, malheureusement desservie par une réalisation musicale qui manque de sens.

***11

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Chris Garlick

Chris Garlick is the co-founder of Signal Gallery in Hoxton. His first degree was in music, training as a classical composer. Chris has written about art frequently in Art of England magazine, Artist and Illustrator for online blogs.