The performance was utterly spellbinding, keeping the members of the huge audience in the cavernous hall as enthralled and emotionally involved as if we were in an intimate venue, focused on the most delicate of gestures. The trio’s interplay, though doubtless achieved through much hard work and experience, seemed instinctive and magical.
Les merMaybe none of the company’s releases comes closer than Mette Henriette’s music to the ideal expressed in ECM’s famous early slogan: “The most beautiful sound next to silence.” This was the second time I’ve seen her in concert, and on both occasions she demonstrated through her music as well as her poised presence a marked ability to cast a spell over an audience who may not have known much, if anything, about her in advance.
Les mer