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Mayke Rademakers and Matthijs Verschoor perform with unstinting dedication, passionate and urgently expressive. They can hold their heads high... The work's rhapsodic and lyrical intensity is beautifully captured, emotions pass fluently from one player to the other and they excel in exploring its seams of rich colour and texture. Moments of repose are also relished, the duo switching seamlessly from heroic striving to delicate and tender paragraphs of infinite regret, with a naturalness of flow and onward movement which is captivating. The dialogues are beautifully shaped and the long lines are supported by ultimate subtlety in the smallest details. This is playing of the highest possible level...
The still young duo operates one-minded, with great intensity, refined and very colourful... At concerts I usually listen to notes, lines and structures, but after listening to Mayke & Matthijs, I came to the astonishing conclusion that I have not been thinking at all, but felt totally 'kidnapped' by the intensity of both their intimate ànd extravert playing... Mayke Rademakers erschien dem Anlass entsprechend in einem wunderbar eleganten Kleid aus schwarzer Spitze und Taft. Klanglich entfürhten die beiden hervorragende niederländischen Musiker das Publikum dezent und souverän in eine spätromantische Welt der Melancholie. Mayke & Matthijs are masters on their instruments. Their artistry, superb interaction and musical integrity turned this concert into a touching experience. An unforgettable evening... Matthijs is a pianist with a great musical personality and a wonderful toucher. Mayke creates a whole specter of the most beautiful colours. The question is whether she's playing with a bow or with a magic stick...
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