| Summary: | Gustav Holst is currently being quoted by various jazz musicians such as Ed "Tenderlonious" Cawthorne, a rising flautist who describes the classical composer's work as dramatic and captivating. Author of the symphonic work The Planets, based on an epic cycle around seven stars of our solar system, the English composer is revisited here by Dave Clarke and Mathilde Marsal. Renowned for his numerous remixes (Depeche Mode, Leftfield, Mirwais ...) and for a rather faithful approach to the sound of Detroit, the techno DJ starts the set with different interstellar sounds. Fundamentally expressionist but never perceived this way, the main synthetic composition unfolds a hypnotic musical carpet, on which hover the chords of the violinist Mathilde Marsal. However, the French soloist does not stop at illustrating the transcendental programming of Dave Clarke. Fond of electronic rhythms, she feels, understands, and confronts her strings and her bow to the sometimes sustained tempo of the British producer. These are rather skillful arrangements, developed sparingly, as in the last part of the concert, where Mathilde Marsal streaks the frantic rhythms with short but dazzling solos. Vincent Caffiaux.
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