Simone Tavoni in the shadow of Eros seduces and excites the senses in Thalberg’s nuptial church
An oasis of peace in its own grounds slightly set back from the hustle and bustle all around. Simone Tavoni giving a lunchtime recital for the Talent Unlimited organisation of Canan Maxton.
Mendelssohn, the favourite at the court of Queen Victoria, opened the concert with his ‘Variations Sérieuses’ and the Nocturne from ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ in the arrangement by Moszkowski. There was a continual forward movement to the Variations following the theme that Simone played with subtle delicacy and exquisite phrasing. Variations propelled forward by an inner force of a dynamic drive of ease and extraordinary invention. A coda that just exploded with energy and scintillating brilliance before dying to a mere whisper.
