Work: Pièces de clavecin, Ordre no. 6: Les Baricades Mistérieuses

After spending a short time away on the Southern coast of France, it was welcoming to attend a concert drawn from both sides of the continent shortly after returning: a French composer, two English composers and a work of a Frenchman arranged by a contemporary English musician.

The London Sinfonietta presented a fascinatingly diverse programme for this concert, one of three themed ‘Remix’ evenings at King’s Place in collaboration with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Both ensembles are renowned for their expertise in music of a particular period, but this evening the stylistic boundaries were rather more blurred.

Après Haydn et Schubert interprétés avec une simplicité et un naturel émouvants, le pianiste allemand a époustouflé en associant de manière étonnante mais ô combien convaincante Couperin et Poulenc.