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A long evening of very high class playing offered rich rewards in exploring modernist responses to a Debussian challenge. 

Pianist Yuja Wang and violonist Leonidas Kavakos demonstrated an outstanding chemistry

Tessa Lark’s recital of violin music on Wednesday evening, in the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, was a brilliant showcase of a promising young virtuoso, carefully planned and beautifully executed.

For its season finale, Soundings: New Music at the Nasher presented violinist Anthony Marwood and pianist Aleksandar Madzar in a program advertised as “a dialogue of caprice and masterpiece.

Choosing a programme for a recital is as important and nearly as difficult as all the practice that happens next. The programme must be the perfect length, provide a contrast of musical styles and yet be linked in some way so as not to be arbitrary. No-one could accuse violinist James Ehnes and pianist Andrew Armstrong of poor programming; however they certainly didn’t make it easy for themselves.

Das Wort von den Ausnahmekünstlern war hier einmal angebracht: Patricia Kopatschinskaja und Fazil Say spielten mit unerhörter Prägnanz und unbändigem Temperament Sonaten von Janáček, Brahms und Bartók, wie sie selten zu hören sind.

Avec de forts partis-pris interprétatifs, le pianiste turc et la violoniste moldave ont proposé un récital riche et spectaculaire.