Music Toronto presents us with a rare opportunity to hear contemporary piano music in a mainstream concert series. Louise Bessette brings the full spectrum from familiar to brand-new to her Tuesday-evening recital at the Jane Mallett Theatre.
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Bessette plays with a combination of a deep iron will leavened by a lyrical surface — perfect for the music of Olivier Messiaen, with which she is most closely identified.
To give you a sample, here is the promotional clip from Les oiseaux, a 2008 album Bessette recorded for Analekta:
John Terauds
(Photo of Louise Bessette courtesy of the Centre de musique canadienne au Québec)