Maxim Vengerov and Itamar Golan at the Barbican

By Professor Vivienne Suvini-Hand, 13 January 2014

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Reviewed at Barbican Hall, London on 10 January 2014

Elgar, Violin Sonata in E minor, Op.82

Prokofiev, Violin Sonata no. 1 in F minor, Op.80

Brahms, F-A-E Sonata: Scherzo in C minor

Brahms, Hungarian Dance no. 2 in D minor

Dvořák, Slavonic Dance no. 2 in E minor, Op.46 no.2 (arr. Kreisler)

Wieniawski, Legende, Op.17

Kreisler, Three Old Viennese Dances: Schön Rosmarin

Kreisler, Three Old Viennese Dances: Liebesfreud

Paganini, Caprice no. 24 for solo violin in A minor, Op.1 no.24

Ysaÿe, Violin Sonata no. 3 in D minor "Ballade", Op.27 no.3

Saint-Saëns, Étude en forme de valse, Op.52 no. 6 ("En forme du valse", arr. Ysaÿe)

Maxim Vengerov, Violin

Itamar Golan, Piano

Mercurial Prokofiev and genteel Schubert in Proms Chamber Music 4

David Karlin, 11th August

Sakari Oramo swaps his baton for a bow to join Janine Jansen in a fine performance of Prokofiev's double violin sonata; imperfect balance and coordination affect Jansen and pianist Itamar Golan's Prokofiev and Schubert.

***11

Music and cycling on the Tour d’Utrecht

Sanne Thierens, 28th June

The International Chamber Music Festival offered a cycling tour along some of the finest buildings in Utrecht, where music was performed in this special setting.

***11

Rencontres inédites prove hit and miss at the Verbier Festival

David Allen, 31st July

The Recontres inédites series is what makes the Verbier Festival famous among aficionados. The title translates – roughly – as “Unprecedented Meetings”, and that is certainly what the concerts represent: world-class soloists brought together on minimal but far from non-existent rehearsal time to play chamber music.

***11

Mintz, Golan et Wieder-Atherton à la salle Gaveau

Wenceslas Godel, 12th June

Un véritable écho a résonné à la Salle Gaveau, en compagnie de Shlomo Mintz, Itamar Golan et Sonia Wieder-Atherton.

*****

Janine Jansen au Wigmore Hall

Luce Zurita, 12th January

Flamboyante Janine Jansen qui entraînait son cavalier Itamar Golan dans une danse étourdissante sur une piste aux mille couleurs.

****1

Budapest Festival Orchestra plays – and sings – at Carnegie Hall

Susan Stempleski, 6th February

Joined by violinist Maxim Vengerov, the Hungarian orchestra, under Music Director Iván Fischer, is in top form in a program of three highly contrasting pieces.

****1

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Professor Vivienne Suvini-Hand

Vivienne has a doctorate from the University of Oxford and is an Emeritus Professor of Italian Literature and Music at Royal Holloway, the University of London. She is the author of three self-authored, academic books, including Sweet Thunder (Oxford: Legenda, 2006): a study of music and its relationship to literature in 1960s Italy. She has published many articles on Niccolò Paganini and his representation in literature and the visual arts. She has a passion for the violin and for Italian and French opera. Her webpage with a full list of publications and activities is here.

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