Dazzling Milda Daunoraite takes the Wigmore Hall by storm
Radiance, vitality, ravishing beauty combined with an irresistible ‘joie de vivre’ was the hallmark of an artist with a mission to share her undying love and passion for music with others.
An immediate sense of communication holds her audience spellbound following every move of her hypnotic mastery …….
An all French programme with a refreshing difference. Poulenc, Boulez , Ravel and Messiaen all different musical languages each made to speak with immediacy and eloquence by a true poet of the keyboard.
Milda chose eight of the fifteen Improvisations by Poulenc to open her short lunchtime recital. Immediately imbuing the ‘Presto ritmico’ with startling, arresting character that took us by surprise.There followed the 13th of improvised beauty with subtle colouring of sumptuous decadence; there was the impish fun of n.3 and Poulenc’s humorous bustling call to attention of n. 6. Followed by the gentle radiance to n. 7 in C major of purity and rich golden harmonies with its barely suggested blues note ending. The 8th was a Parisian free for all of ‘Baba’ proportions and the 9th was thrown off with masterly ease as the chattering unmistakable voice of Poulenc shone through. The 15th a ‘Homage to Piaf ‘ is the best known of these improvisations and was played with a masterly sense of colour and sophisticated elegance.
