Tag Archives: Ravel

From the Auvergne to St Petersburg: a travelogue with the Orchestre de Paris

Posted on May 19, 2017 by Mark Pullinger

Ravel, Canteloube, Mussorgsky: Orchestre de Paris/Hengelbrock *** Philharmonie de Paris, 18th May 2017 How fluent is your Occitan? Joseph Canteloube’s Chants d’Auvergne, his arrangement of folksongs from central France, are in the local language, not dissimilar to Catalan. They mostly … Continue reading →

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Poisoned with absinthe: Ravel dances with death at the Garnier

Posted on May 18, 2017 by Mark Pullinger

Ravel: La Valse; En Sol; Boléro Ballet de l’Opéra de Paris, Palais Garnier, 17th May 2017 The spectre of death loomed large over this Ravel triple bill at the Palais Garnier. Erich Kleiber once described La Valse as “poisoned with absinthe”, an … Continue reading →

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Mediterranean heat: a scorching Daphnis et Chloé from Altinoglu and the LSO

Posted on March 24, 2017 by Mark Pullinger

Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Ravel: LSO/Altinoglu **** Barbican Hall, 23rd March 2017 It’s over twenty years since I last saw Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé danced by the Royal Ballet, yet every step of Sir Frederick Ashton’s choreography is imprinted on my memory: Stuart … Continue reading →

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Shrill frenzy: fierce Walton from Nicholas Collon and the Philharmonia

Posted on December 2, 2016 by Mark Pullinger

Walton, Vaughan Williams, Ravel: Philharmonia/Collon *** Royal Festival Hall, 1st December 2016 Breaking up is hard to do. If his First Symphony is anything to go by, William Walton took it particularly badly. A turbulent love affair with his mistress, … Continue reading →

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Watch with Mother (Goose): Child’s play with Les Siècles

Posted on November 3, 2016 by Mark Pullinger

Ravel, Debussy: Roth/Les Siècles **** Royal Festival Hall, 2nd November 2016 Games of various types pirouetted in and out of Les Siècles’ Gallic programme last night, from Debussy’s play of the waves in La Mer to the shenanigans of a distinctly … Continue reading →

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