Aleksandr Vustin \u2013<\/strong> Lamento Leif Ove Andsnes\u2019s performances are all the time very nicely value listening to; this programme, mixing the acquainted and unfamiliar was no exception. The first half provided quick items by Russian and Ukrainian composers, both facet of Jan\u00e1\u010dek\u2019s tribute to Franti\u0161ek Pavl\u00edk, a employee killed demonstrating for a Czech college in Brno, adopted by Beethoven\u2019s penultimate sonata: nonetheless one considers it, and nonetheless clich\u00e9d this will sound, a chic tune from and to the human spirit and what it would but obtain.<\/p>\n Aleksandr Vustin, invited by Andsnes in 2019 to his Rosendal Chamber Festival, in what was solely Vustin\u2019s second journey exterior Russia, died the next yr, an early sufferer of the coronavirus pandemic. His Lamento<\/em>, itself impressed by the funeral of a good friend and its sounds, is tonal, but strikes in usually stunning methods. Opening two-part left-handwriting quickly has a right-hand melody soar above \u2014 a recollection, I discovered later, of a hen that started to sing on the funeral and wouldn’t cease. It made for an fascinating prelude to Jan\u00e1\u010dek\u2019s Sonata 1.X.1905, \u2018From the Street\u2019, its first motion in Andsnes\u2019s efficiency each exact and suggestive: like work and composer, one may say. Proudly turbulent in its post-Romanticism, passages of its music appeared nearly to amass proto-filmic character, maybe in sluggish movement, in remembrance. The composer\u2019s profound nationwide delight sang forth nonetheless extra immediately within the second motion, the stubbornness of his writing, not least in sheer persistence of figures, transmuted as soon as extra right into a declaration of spirit, made with a nice sense of musical drama.<\/p>\n One of Valentin Silvestrov\u2019s Bagatelles<\/em> provided cool distinction, behaving (not less than I fancied) not fully not like Vustin\u2019s piece. The quiet dignity of Andsnes\u2019s efficiency once more made for an fascinating prelude to a sonata, this time Beethoven\u2019s in A-flat main, Op.110. Its first motion sang with a simplicity each fragile and powerful. Welcome, one may say, to late Beethoven. Fractures had been usually solely implied; this was not probably the most modernist of accounts, nor was there any motive it needs to be. Yet implied they had been. The flip to the minor was communicated with ineffable disappointment, but by no means mawkishness. Again, this was Beethoven. The scherzo\u2019s gruff humour didn’t try to hide the difficulties of the trio. The overriding impression was of stunning concision. Mournful dignity characterised Beethoven\u2019s Klagender Gesang<\/em> within the finale, the fugue first providing launch and<\/em> intensification, its voicing to die for: stunning, little question, but above all truthful. Contrast and complement of fabric registered and developed all through, the inverted fugue enabling but in no sense guaranteeing final triumph. There was, rightly, no simple path.<\/p>\n The second half was given to Dvo\u0159\u00e1k\u2019s Poetic Tone Pictures<\/em>, Op.85: new, I confess to me, and fairly a discovery. Andsnes had explored them throughout lockdown, welcoming the invention of \u2018life-affirming music of the greatest invention and imagination\u2019. Dvo\u0159\u00e1k can often pale alongside Jan\u00e1\u010dek, however not right here. This work emerged as a Schumannesque assortment, performed with affection, characterisation, and acute understanding. Indeed, the scene-setting of its first piece, \u2018Night journey\u2019 instantly introduced Schumann to thoughts: not that it sounded \u2018like\u2019 Schumann, however when it comes to the function it performed in introduction, and its vein of fantasy. Andsnes\u2019s communication of the appeal and Romantic snares of this evening was finely judged certainly. An exquisite procession of characters, scenes, sketches in a robust sense ensued: not not like a great novel, or maybe higher, a group of quick tales. \u2018At the old castle\u2019 haunted. A vigorous \u2018Furiant\u2019 put Andsnes\u2019s fingers duly by their paces. Dances of every kind, goblins and all, invited us in \u2014 not all the time with out hazard. Exuberance and introspection knowledgeable each other throughout extra elevated canvases and earthier songs. Andsnes\u2019s cantabile<\/em> within the \u2018Serenade\u2019 was simply the factor, as was his Lisztian grandiloquence in \u2018At a hero\u2019s grave\u2019. Fascinating \u2014 and nourishing.<\/p>\n Mark Berry<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n [ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [ad_1] United Kingdom Various: Leif Ove Andsnes (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 21.11.2022. (MB) Leif Ove Andsnes \u00a9 Helge Hansen Aleksandr Vustin \u2013 LamentoJan\u00e1\u010dek \u2013 Piano Sonata 1.X.1905, \u2018From the Street\u2019Valentin Silvestrov \u2013 Bagatelle, Op.1 No.3Beethoven \u2013 Piano Sonata No.31 in A-flat main, Op.110Dvo\u0159\u00e1k \u2013 Poetic Tone Pictures, Op.85 Leif Ove Andsnes\u2019s performances are all the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-23592","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-theatre"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"United](\"https:\/\/seenandheard-international.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/world-flags\/images\/flags\/24\/gb.png\" "\\"United")
United Kingdom<\/span><\/span><\/span> Various: <\/span><\/strong>Leif Ove Andsnes (piano). Wigmore Hall, London, 21.11.2022. (MB)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/seenandheard-international.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/LO-Andsnes5732322-\u00a9-Helge-Hansen_Sony-Music-Entertainment-1-e1669110533223-334x250.jpg\")
<\/em>Jan\u00e1\u010dek \u2013 <\/strong>Piano Sonata 1.X.1905, \u2018From the Street\u2019
Valentin Silvestrov \u2013 <\/strong>Bagatelle, Op.1 No.3
Beethoven \u2013 <\/strong>Piano Sonata No.31 in A-flat main, Op.110
Dvo\u0159\u00e1k \u2013 <\/strong>Poetic Tone Pictures<\/em>, Op.85<\/p>\n