Date and Time
Sat, 18th Jul, 2026 at 19:30 - 21:30

Hellens is delighted to welcome the world renowned French pianist Pascal Rogé to the Great Barn.  

The celebrated French pianist Pascal Rogé has performed in almost every major concert hall in the world and with every major orchestra across the globe, often collaborating with the most famous conductors. As a prolific recording artist, he has won countless prestigious awards. He is especially renowned for his performances of the music of his homeland, exemplifying as he does the finest in French pianism. In such repertoire, which provides the music for Pascal’s entire recital at Hellens, his playing is noted for its wonderful elegance and very real beauty.

Programme:

Poulenc Trois Novelettes
Ravel Miroirs
Debussy Estampes
Debussy Preludes Book 1

The recital opens with three charming, engaging miniatures by Francis Poulenc, full of lyricism and wit. The suite of five pieces which make up Ravel’s Miroirs follows the Poulenc. The musical impressions, which abound in local colour, cover the flickering of moths at night; sorrowful birds in a forest; the dangers of a ship on the ocean; a dawn song; and the sonority of the tolling of bells.
The first half ends with the pictorial imagery of Debussy’s Estampes: the ‘engravings’ are of pagodas, an evening in Granada and raindrops in a garden. Book I of Debussy’s Preludes, comprising twelve self-contained evocative and atmospheric pieces, fills the second half: the subjects here include both a whispering and a terrifying wind; a melancholy winter landscape with footsteps in the snow; the legend of a submerged cathedral; and, most famously, ‘the girl with the flaxen hair’.

‘ …he produces beautiful sounds and has that kind of poetry peculiar to the French at their most sensitive.’ Naxos

Haywain bar and doors open 30 minutes prior to performance.
Tickets £22 (full-time students and carers free).

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