Simone Alessandro Tavoni at St Mary’s – a recital of beauty, simplicity and authority
A beautiful programme played with simplicity, sensitivity and intelligence. It was the hallmark of Simone Tavoni’s programme that he had dedicated to the memory of Radu Lupu a few months ago at Leighton House. It was in 1969 that Radu Lupu had shown us the beauty of Schubert when played with simplicity and a kaleidoscopic range of sounds that we had never heard the like of before. It was the same dedicated musicianship that was to be revealed again in Leeds three years later when Murray Perahia astounded a jury of celebrated pianists with a miraculous performance of the Sonata op 106 by Mendelssohn. These two great musicians fast became friends and their recording of Schubert F minor Fantasy is one of the wonders of our age. Simone had chosen a programme that was a continuous outpouring of song which was so much part of Radu Lupu’s ever more intimate musicianship.
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