Feb 22, 2020
Beethoven: Sonata No 14
Schubert: Emprompty op. 142
Grieg: Lyric Pieces
Ravel: La Valse
Feb 29, 2020
Boulez Ensemble
Francois-Xavier Roth conductor
Boulez: Flute Sonata
Boulez: Eclat/Multiples for orchestra
January 26th, 2020
w/ RTE National Symphony
Jaime Martín conductor
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3
Brahms: Fantasies No. 1 in D minor
“In Beethoven anniversary year, there will probably be many more “Moonlight”s, meaning the Sonata, than the real thing (though we’ve been lucky to see the crescent in close conjunction with Venus these past two nights). Not many pianists would dare to place it at the beginning of a programme. Denis Kozhukhin’s paradoxically no-nonsense poetry meant that a constant sense of motion culminated in the whirlwind of the finale, a steady move towards implosion mirrored in the piano transcription of Ravel’s La Valse at the end of the programme. In between came perfection in the form of pure song from Schubert and Grieg.”
