Kyle Hutchings at St Mary’s Perivale
Radiance and beauty of a poetic soul
Quite a coincidence that two of the most introverted players of dedicated humility and a wondrous gift for communication should both be playing in the same city at the same time Kyle is a great admirer of Christian Blackshaw that Sir David Scholey has been trying to introduce to one another.
Kyle had played for the Keyboard Trust in the Harold Acton Series and Sir David was so moved by his playing he wanted to introduce him to a kindred spirit. It is playing that may on first acquaintance seem introverted but it is of exquisite making. The music does not roar as a Lion but has a much greater strength that is undemonstratively within the very notes themselves. Artists that delve deeply into the notes and find sounds that can speak louder than words . It is concentrated playing that requires the same concentration from the listener, with the pianist who does not project out but draws us in to the very heart of the creation.
The centre of their repertoire lays with the Viennese Classics of Schubert, Beethoven, Haydn and Mozart. The Russian militaristic or heart on sleeve showy repertoire is not for them. Liszt, of course, but more the later works or the poetical rather than the ‘sturm und drang’ of the passionate showpieces inspired by Paganini.
Read more here at Christopher Axworthy’s blog
