These two expressive charmers grabbed us by our hearts in the very first seconds of their piano-marimba-percussion-voice performance at the ancient Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord (opened in 1876), and never let go. Bach and then Mozart, and then a wild romp through jazz, improvisation, Fauré, rock, their own compositions, Piazzolla, chant…. Two hours without intermission, and with just a few remarks between some of the pieces. Their clever and often whimsical arrangements and masterful performances and movie star good looks held us as happy hostages.
They have made their first recording, for Deutsche Grammophon, and I read that it was supposed to come out in April, but I haven’t seen it in the online shops yet. The France “ARTE” channel was filming this concert for broadcast. The sold-out house was holding its breath during the performances and letting loose with shouts and applause and whistles at the end of each.
You can see a 2015 video of them here: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2ge7n6
OK, so who’s going to bring them to Mpls/St.Paul? MN Orchestra? Schubert Club? Chopin Society? MPR? Someone had better get on this soon!
 |
| check out the TV camera on tracks |
 |
| and the TV camera right next to me! |
No comments:
Post a Comment