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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With  a completely different program from what was previously announced, the concert was held despite the rain warnings. Perhaps it would have been better if the rain had continued given the result. Let’s immediately get out of the way the performance of the pianist Pierdomenico, a serious professional (already heard on other occasions) who confirmed his talents and not least that of having recovered in the last bars of Franck’s sonata a serious “misalignment” of some bars between violin and piano. An evening plagued by an incompetent, parochial, local audience, clearly come only to applaud the concert, uncritically missing all the applauses and denoting the absolute lack of familiarity with the concert “etiquette” and knowledge of the pieces performed (“par dessus le marché” it did not notice the end of the piece by N.Boulanger….).  The cornerstones of the evening were the two sonatas by Fauré and Franck, two masterpieces of the late ‘800 of which there are many recordings that can be found on You Tube (for Fauré I suggest that of Joshua Bell). Here, the comparison is more than merciless. Benfenati (even with the small attenuating factor of the open location) has a faint, opaque and monotonous sound as well as dramatically subtle.  Although with correct intonation, all the performances lacked vitality and interpretation (notably in particular Franck’s dramatic second movement and Fauré’s sparkling third movement).  Everything was the same, also because Benfenati was clearly in executive anxiety, as demonstrated by the continuous adjustment of the tension of the bow, almost a superstitious gesture constantly repeated. Any in-depth examination of Benfenati’s execution would be useless. “Talenti” has always been a showcase of emerging young people but here we are in the presence of a young woman who in no way emerges and who in the end has provided the performance of a good, not exceptional, high school graduate.  A surname is not enough to have great musical talents (think of the case of Chiara Muti and her disastrous direction of Guillaume Tell at La Scala).  I left as soon as  the last bar of Franck’s sonata  was played and so I didn’t listen to the encore certainly requested by a dramatically “incompetent” audience. Never again.

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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)!!