Mihai Ritivoui at St Martin in the Fields
Simple great Beethoven from a musician that thinks more of the music than himself
At the centre of Mihai Ritivoiu’s recital is the timeless music of that greatest of composers, J.S. Bach and the influence he had on many composers through the ages. Father of the fugue, Beethoven was to emulate this musical device in his Op.110 sonata, and Busoni was inspired to make his own transcriptions of many of Bach’s works. Similarly Mihai himself brings us right up to date with his own variations on one of Bach’s Chorales as well as performing a new work by Stephane Delplace, which he recently premiered.
Read more here at Christopher Axworthy’s blog
