last night:
Lisa Batiashvili Violine
Gautier Capuçon Violoncello
Jean-Yves Thibaudet Klavier
Dmitri Schostakowitsch Klaviertrio Nr. 1 c-Moll op. 8
Maurice Ravel Klaviertrio a-Moll
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Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Klaviertrio Nr. 2 c-Moll op. 66
Quite wonderful indeed! I really wish there'd be more occasions to hear chamber music on such a high level, there's hardly anything (voices, of course!) that I find so beguiling. Batiashvili and Capuçon's tones meshed fabulously, their interactions were splendid, so alive that at times you got the illustion of improvisation. The Shosti was a nice and tasty opener, dark, brooding, with a cutting sharpness at times. The Ravel then almost seemed like a somewhat restrained continuation, and the trio built even more intensity, ending the second movement with a bang that evinced sighs of relief from the audience. The Mendelssohn, after the break, was quite different of course but probably my favourite of the evening. They did two encores (first sounded like a slow movement of something Russian - Tchaiko? -, second was a charming little thing ... they may have been arrangements, I don't really know, neither sounded very familiar).
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Tonight:
Il Giardino Armonico
Giovanni Antonini Leitung
Patricia Kopatchinskaja Violine
Antonio Vivaldi
Violinkonzert C-Dur RV 191
Violinkonzert Es-Dur RV 253 "La Tempesta di mare"
Violinkonzert D-Dur op. 11 Nr. 2 RV 208 "Grosso Mogul"
Konzert g-Moll RV 157 für Streicher und Basso continuo
Konzert e-Moll RV 550 für vier Violinen, Streicher und Basso continuo aus "L'Estro Armonico" op. 3
plus short pieces by L. Francesconi, S. Movio, A. Cattaneo, M. Stroppa and G. Sollima, as well as "L’âme ouverte" by G. Scelsi