The Peru Gazette

Lise de la Salle will perform a solo recital at the Saranac Methodist Church on Route 3 in Saranac on Sunday, May 6 at 3:00 pm.  Her program “BACH UNLIMITED” has been conceived as a profound and shining tribute to the timeless genius of J.S. Bach.  Beginning with Bach’s Italian Concerto, the program features works from three centuries of great composers who were deeply inspired by Bach, including the Liszt Fantasy & Fugue on the Theme B.A.C.H. and the Bach/Busoni Chaconne, as well as shorter works by Roussel, Poulenc, and Thomas Enhco.

In just a few years, through her international concert appearances and award-winning recordings, 29 year- old Lise de la Salle has established a reputation as one of the most exciting young artists performing today and as a musician of uncommon sensibility and maturity.  Her playing inspired a Washington Post critic to write, “For much of the concert the audience had to remember to breathe… the exhilaration didn’t let up for a second until her hands came off the keyboard.” 

A native of France, Lise de la Salle first came to international attention in 2005, at the age of 16, with her Bach/Liszt recording that Gramophone Magazine selected as “Recording of the Month.”  She has since released eight critically acclaimed recordings on the Naïve label, featuring works of Bach, Mozart, Schumann, Chopin, Liszt, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, and Shostakovich.  Ms. de la Salle has performed as concerto soloist with many of the world’s leading orchestras, including Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, London, Paris, Munich, Vienna, and Tokyo.  A sought-after recitalist, she has captivated enthusiastic audiences and critics in major series in New York, Boston, Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Montreal, and Toronto, and at such exalted venues as the Philharmonie in Berlin, Wigmore Hall in London, and the Louvre in Paris.

Lise de la Salle is a Steinway Artist and will perform on a vintage 1925 Model D, a re-built nine-foot concert-grand piano from the period considered to be the “golden age” of the Steinway Company.  Seating is open with a suggested donation of $15; children under 12 attend free.  For further information telephone 518-293-7613, e-mail hillholl@hughes.net or visit www.hillandhollowmusic.org.