PS Un “blogger” non è un oracolo e commette inevitabilmente errori (il minimo possibile..). Ricevo spesso “correzioni” non sempre fondamentali e non sempre precise. Così come io mi sottopongo al giudizio altrui con nome e cognome così chi vorrà avere la bontà di segnalarmi eventuali errori o imprecisioni dovrà farlo unicamente mandando un commento: a ognuno la propria responsabilità. In base alla nuova normativa chi si fosse iscritto e desidera de-iscriversi è sufficiente che mi invii un messaggio e-mail..

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It’s not the first time that on these pages I complain about these concerts “a little bit of everything” lacking unity and difficult to evaluate. Individual instrumentalists? Separate reviews for the various sections? Here we are really at the negative peak of this type of concerts in which not only there are different formations but even of a sonata (that of Bartòk) only a part is performed and we are certainly not in the case of Bach’s Chaconne, a piece that due to its complexity can be enucleated from the partita it belongs to.  When will only one part of a tempo of a music piece be performed?  And so you can only evaluate the concert by parts. Starting with the very poor performance of Brahms’ last piano pieces. The Hamburg composer is not an epigono of Chopin but belongs to that classical musical trend that he strongly defended, being part of the group headed by Clara Schumann (also in the quarrel of the late 1800s with the Wagnerians). This is to say that it is not accptable to abound in the rubatos that are transformed in the hands of Lupo into robberies with romantic nuances and nocturnal tones (Field and Chopin to be clear), but it is necessary to maintain a rigorous style in which, of course, it is permissible to insert one’s own interpretation but always in a controlled and respectful way of the composer’s equirement.  It would be enough to know a little about the history of Brahms and his evolution in the late works to understand how certain sound deliquities are totally out of place. The concert had started without the usual and boring presentation and many thanked heaven for this absence. Instead, at the end of Brahms’ performances, Lupo could not resist the call of the microphone with a devastating speech, causing the audience to wonder whether the pianist or the speaker was worse. Is it possible that those who play music don’t understand that publicicly speaking requires skill and preparation and that improvisation is a speaker’s worst advisor? Afterwards the trio finally recomposed itself in the interpretation of a piece by Ligeti, not one of the best of the Hungarian composer (but it is also true that the literature for horn as a soloist is not particularly rich even if a concert with only horn and piano would be more than desirable. It seems that the management of Musica Insieme forgets entire musical sectors starting with singing, almost as if it were a third-rate branch. Or is it a matter of pleasing a provincial public for economic reasons?).  In the second part, the Chaconne already above mentioned was performed. Apart from the unfortunate choice of a piece detached from its natural context, it should be emphasized the excellent quality performance of Marco Rizzi, but not fully assessable in such a small performance. The concert was finally redeemed with the excellent performance of the Brahmsian trio, made famous above all for its overwhelming second movement, also performed again as an encore (but wasn’t there another piece without repeating what had already been performed?).  As always, an audience is uncritically warm.

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PS A “blogger” is not an oracle and inevitably makes errors (the minimum possible..). I often receive “corrections” not always fundamental and not always accurate. Just as I submit myself to the judgement of others with the name and surname so those who want to have the goodness to report errors or inaccuracies will have to do so only by sending a comment: everyone has his own responsibility.

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PS  Vorrei ringraziare tutti coloro che inseriscono commenti  ai posts utilizzando l’opzione “Lascia un commento”  (o “commenti” se ne sono già stati inseriti) prevista nella sezione sinistra (o prima del testo per schermi ridotti come i tablets) dei posts stessi affinchè tutti possano leggerli.  Il dibattito è sempre interessante per tutti…..grazie (è indispensabile lasciare nome e cognome – i commenti anonimi non saranno pubblicati)!!