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A double cause for celebration in Paris

Klaus Mäkelä/ Orchestre de Paris Philharmonie de Paris, 9th July 2020 What the English would call “a red letter day”, the French would call “un jour à marquer d’une pierre blanche” – a day to be marked with a white … Continue reading

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In Paris, Lugansky and Abduraimov reveal Rachmaninov the poet and the lover

Rachmaninov Week-end: Kochanovsky/ Orchestre de Paris Philharmonie 1, Paris, 28th April 2019 The members of a relay team often have different strengths. For this second Orchestre de Paris leg of the Philharmonie’s Rachmaninov Weekend concerto marathon, Denis Matsuev – who … Continue reading

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Rachmaninov gets a hammering at the hands of Denis Matsuev in Paris

Rachmaninov Week-end: Kochanovsky/ Orchestre de Paris Philharmonie 1, Paris, 27th April 2019 “I feel like a ghost wandering in a world grown alien,” complained Sergei Rachmaninov in a 1939 interview. “I cannot cast out the old way of writing and … Continue reading

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McBurney paints The Rake’s Progress onto a blank canvas in Aix

Stravinsky: The Rake’s Progress **** Théâtre de l’Archevêché, Aix-en-Provence A blank sheet of paper can intimidate or inspire. The fresh page can stifle a writer, trapped in the glare of expectation, or can encourage daring originality, be it words in … Continue reading

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Carmen as therapy: Tcherniakov challenges clichés but is stumped in Aix

Bizet: Carmen ** Grand Théâtre de Provence, Aix-en-Provence, 4th July 2017 Love may well be a rebellious bird, but that’s as nothing to maverick director Dmitri Tcherniakov. In his beloved Russian repertoire he displays genius – his recent Snow Maiden in Paris fully … Continue reading

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