Martha Argerich’s Israeli lineup
mainShe has announced a chamber concert with members of the Philharmonic in Tel Aviv next month.
Programme:
Prokofiev: Overture on Hebrew Themes
Mendelssohn: Piano Trio no. 1 in D minor, op. 49
Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, op. 44
Players:
Martha Argerich, pianist
David Radzynski, Concertmaster
Dumitru Pochitari, violinist
Miriam Hartman, violist
Linor Katz, cellist
Yevgeny Yehudin, clarinetist
Boycott? What boycott?
Uh-huh.
Salut to Martha
I hope very much that she will have recovered fully from her recent accident.
How do you know she really had an accident? We only heard of a rumor, at least in this space. Rumors are not famous for being accurate.
OK, then – I hope very much that she will have recovered fully from her recently reported accident, assuming said report to be correct; happy now?…
Sorry, I shouldn’t have directed at you my frustration over the circulation of rumors.
Fake news is all around us.
She has recovered and really had an accident…I played Liszt concerto with her last sunday!
Maybe bathrooms should be added to the verboten list for pianists, along with baseball, cycling etc. Look what happened to John Glenn, hero of heroes.
He played the piano too?1
Whether or not he played I don’t know. In 1964 Glenn suffered a serious fall in a bathroom; the resulting concussion sidelined him for up to a year and forced withdrawal from his first senate campaign. I was suggesting that if even a hero astronaut wasn’t safe from life-threatening injuries there (and serious inner ear damage) pianists should take note.
That’s all.
Just trying to be helpful here. Don’t anyone to get hurt…
The chamber music concert is (of course) in addition to six performances of Schumann piano concerto with the IPO and Mehta in Tel-Aviv, Haifa and Jerusalem
I don’t understan why she keeps repeating the Schumann, Ravel G major and Prokofiev 3rd concertos! She’s been doing this for years now!
Well- at least she hasn’t yet performed it in Israel.
last September she played here in the Jerusalem Chamber Festival, the first time she played in Israel for almost 20 years
Glad to see her coming back.
This is mostly true.
A little more than a decade ago, I reluctantly headed to Tanglewood to hear her play, well, Prokofiev’s Third concerto. I was rolling my eyes about her concerto choice. But when she started playing, I stopped rolling my eyes.
For those of you who are getting bored with Argerich’s Prokofiev 3, Ravel G major and Schumann, may I recommend her recordings of Tchaikowsky 1 and Rachmaninov 3. Volcanic!
Indeed they are! – although she had Rachmaninoff 3 in her repertoire for quite a short time and a good many years ago. I just wish that, in her live performances, she’d widen her repertoire!
I wish she’d play Shostakovich’s 24 Preludes & Fugues for Piano, all in a single performance.
Also I wish she’s play all six of the English Suites, and of the Partitas, not just #2 of whichever one it was; and I wish she’d do both books of the WTC; and the five Martinu concerti; Gershwin’s Concerto in F; and…
Buxtehude, I really think you should approach Marta Argerich personally with your -how shall I put it- eclectic wish list! Let’s see: Bach’s 48, followed by Shostakovich’s 48, both in a single performance. Also Bach’s English Suites (not the French),and the Partitas (if she’s in a good mood she might throw in the Toccatas as well). Then, after the interval, Martinu (5x) and Gershwin. Fancy an encore or two? Alkan? Liszt? What are you trying to do to the poor woman? Obviously you love her, so that’s OK.
Dream on, Dietrich!
@Robt G — I didn’t say ALL of this in one perf, or did I?
If I did I meant the Shosta Op 87. It’s a killer, @over 2 1/2 hours but that’s the way it’s done, as opposed to a pair here and there as encores &c.
Her interpretation of this would be of sensational interest, for me anyway. But a huge commitment, I admit. Maybe a little less travel…
I am still waiting for Beethoven opp. 58 & 73; Brahms 15 & 83, Saint-Saëns 22 & 44, Franck Piano Quintet.
Hey wait a minute. I was first in this line…
Don’t get pushy, Dietrich! 🙂
Poor Mehta! He’s just recovering from doing the Schumann with Khatia Buniatishvili!
After Buniatishvili’s rendition of the Grieg piano concerto at the Royal Albert Hall (BBC Proms), on 13th August, Paavo Järvi and the Estonian Festival Orchestra appear to have gone into deep cover.
(Seriously though, hopefully they are all back in Tallinn and doing well. Very good orchestra and a superb conductor).
Does she, and has she done anything for the Palestinian community in the region? Or for black Jews in Israel, whom Israel injected with contraceptive medication without their consent? Does she remember these?
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/harrowing-images-capture-palestinian-boys-3873689
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/israel-gave-birth-control-to-ethiopian-jews-without-their-consent-8468800.html
Her friend Barenboim has done a great deal for the Palestinian cause, and she is an honorary member of the West East divan. In reference to other issues, she has supported Syrian refugees. Also, one can remember one horrendous injustice without, in that moment, considering others – and indeed, the treatment of Palestinians and Black Israelis has been a great injustice.
Long live Queen Martha !
Mazel tov.
Like Richter, she has never performed Beethoven concertos 4 and 5.
Apparently she once played Liszt concerto 2 (with Barenboim) but never again.
Her Debussy Fantaisie, also with Barenboim, was sensational.