Performer: Shunske Sato

Violinist Shunske Sato leads the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra in an historically informed performance of early 19th-century music, including a spectacular rendering of Louis Spohr's Violin Concerto no. 8 in A minor.

We know what to expect from a virtuoso showpiece like Paganini's second Violin Concerto: a mighty contest between man and music, for us to be on the edge of our seats marvelling at how the violinist dazzles us with notes on the edge of possibility and grand gestures, with a mild frisson of "will he really manage it?"There is another way, demonstrated by the young Japanese-American violinist Shunsk

Wichen Klangbild, Artikulation und Verständnis in Farrenc und Schumann von eigentlich üblich Erwartetem ab, nutzte das Orchester in Mayers Symphonie die Gelegenheit, vorher vermisste Vorzüge nachzuholen.