Debussy \u2013 <\/strong>En sourdine<\/em>; Fantouches<\/em>; Clair de lune In this recital Marie-Laure Garnier took the viewers on an attractive journey by some late Romantic French repertoire within the firm of C\u00e9lia Oneto Bensaid and the Hanson Quartet. It was unlucky that, on the small stage of the Holywell Music Room, Garnier was somewhat hemmed in between the top of the piano\u2019s entrance facet, and the string quartet in entrance in order that, not solely was she bodily submerged, however sonic steadiness amongst all of the performers was additionally typically not even.<\/p>\n Despite that, within the 9 songs of Faur\u00e9\u2019s cycle La bonne Chanson<\/em>, Garnier achieved an eloquent, lyrical reserve, generally overcome by the strings (however, oddly, not by the piano which additionally appeared recessed) though within the case of \u2018Puise l\u2019aube grandit\u2019 it was their mushy cushion of sound that was considerably throttled by extra strongly projected singing and fearsomely rippling piano. \u00a0Paradoxically, maybe, a effective equilibrium was attained within the extra passionate outpouring (and a uncommon distinction in texture on this somewhat monochrome cycle) in direction of the top of \u2018Avant que tu ne t\u2019en ailles\u2019, the place the instrumental harmonies moved extra fortunately and squarely alongside the voice.<\/p>\n The function of the piano quintet in Charlotte Sohy\u2019s not often heard, however rewarding, Trois Chants Nostalgiques<\/em> is extra intrinsic to those settings and musically richer than within the Faur\u00e9. In reality, they nearly sound like actions for piano quintet with accompanying soprano, although that will partly have been the problem of steadiness once more, seeming to render Garnier\u2019s contribution as provisional, regardless of the terser vocal strains and her grittier articulation because of this. Certainly, the strings had been prompted to darker, heavier colors on this music that had one thing of the extra angular, demonstrative harmonic qualities of Lili Boulanger or Frank Martin for instance than forbears corresponding to Debussy or Faur\u00e9.<\/p>\n The two gadgets by Chausson (each initially written with full orchestral accompaniment) are nearly within the nature of self-contained operatic scenes. But even in these smaller scale chamber variations (that of the Chanson<\/em> presumably by Chausson, the one of many Po\u00e8me <\/em>uncredited), Garnier was at her greatest in sustaining lengthy vocal strains which had been dramatically charged and soared throughout the longer spans of those scores. Her tone was equally targeted and commanding each in tense, feverish passages, in addition to quiet, reflective ones, not least within the concluding part together with her completely rapt, vibrato-less diction. The strings additionally secured a convincing sense of the music\u2019s ebb and stream with rigidity constructing after which discharged with the easefulness of respiration.<\/p>\n In the opening part of the recital by this night\u2019s chosen pair of rising artists, Angharad Rowlands and Joseph Cavalli-Price set the scene for the French repertoire to come back with animated performances of three Debussy songs. That urgency, and her vivid, wiry vocal manufacturing carried over into the items by Richard Strauss and Grieg, the place the German phrases appeared to swimsuit higher the stable projection of her singing. Cavalli-Price gave vigorous accounts of the accompaniments, telling the story and depicting graphic particulars with eager consideration.<\/p>\n Curtis Rogers<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n [ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [ad_1] United Kingdom Oxford Lieder Festival 2022 [3] \u2013 Faur\u00e9, Chausson, Charlotte Sohy: Marie-Laure Garnier (soprano), Angharad Rowlands (mezzo-soprano), Hanson Quartet, C\u00e9lia Oneto Bensaid, Joseph Cavalli-Price (pianists). Holywell Music Room, Oxford, 19.10.2022. (CR) Debussy \u2013 En sourdine; Fantouches; Clair de luneRichard Strauss \u2013 Das Rosenband, Op.36 No.1Grieg \u2013 Gruss; Zur Rosenzeit; Ein TraumFaur\u00e9 \u2013 La […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4117,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4115","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\/4115","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=4115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4115\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4115"}],"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> Oxford Lieder Festival 2022 [3] \u2013 Faur\u00e9, Chausson, Charlotte Sohy: <\/span><\/strong>Marie-Laure Garnier (soprano), Angharad Rowlands (mezzo-soprano), Hanson Quartet, C\u00e9lia Oneto Bensaid, Joseph Cavalli-Price (pianists). Holywell Music Room, Oxford, 19.10.2022. (CR)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/seenandheard-international.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/OL-250x250.jpg\")
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<\/em>Richard Strauss \u2013 <\/strong>Das Rosenband<\/em>, Op.36 No.1
Grieg \u2013 <\/strong>Gruss<\/em>; Zur Rosenzeit<\/em>; Ein Traum
<\/em>Faur\u00e9 \u2013 <\/strong>La bonne Chanson<\/em>, Op.61
Chausson \u2013<\/strong> Chanson perp\u00e9tuelle<\/em>, Op.37
Charlotte Sohy \u2013 <\/strong>Trois Chants Nostalgiques
<\/em>Chausson \u2013<\/strong> Po\u00e8me de l\u2019amour et de la mer<\/em>, Op.19<\/p>\n