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Lise de la Salle (pictured in New York in 2007) played a program from Ravel to Debussy, Beethoven to Prokofiev, in her Boston recital debut at Jordan Hall on Saturday. (HIROYUKI ITO FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES/FILE 2007) |
MUSIC REVIEW
De la Salle shows perfect touch in recital debut
The physical connection between pianist and piano takes varied forms. Some pianists press deep into the keyboard for an organ-like sonority; some seem to pull the vibrations of the strings into their hands. But in Lise de la Salle’s excellent Celebrity Series concert on Saturday-the French pianist’s Boston recital debut-the focus of energy was the point of contact between finger and key. The effect was both vintage, foregrounding a clavichord-like primacy of touch, and modern: clarity as an illusion of objectivity.
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