Potency and mischief at Wigmore Hall

By Mark Thomas, 29 March 2017

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“Kopatchinskaja arching demonically over her instrument, as if in aggressive combat”

Reviewed at Wigmore Hall, London on 27 March 2017

Webern, Four Pieces, Op.7

Schumann, Violin Sonata no. 2 in D minor, Op.121

Bartók, Violin Sonata no. 2, Sz 76

Ravel, Tzigane

Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Violin

Polina Leschenko, Piano

Young Romantic masters played by the ACO and Polina Leschenko

Zoltán Szabó, 11th November

A terrific collaboration between Russian pianist Polina Leschenko and the Australian Chamber Orchestra in music by Chopin and Mendelssohn.

****1

A quest for fresh interpretations

Edward Sava-Segal, 28th March

There is a very strong bond between two interpreters that approach music with the same unbridled passion

*****

“White light containing all colours”

Zoltán Szabó, 12th September

Richard Tognetti (violin) and Polina Leschenko (piano) display an intensely concentrated, yet good-humoured rapport in Sydney.

****1

A curious evening from Noseda, Kopatchinskaja and the LSO

Mark Valencia, 26th February

Good, bad, but never ugly, a curious evening unfolds at the Barbican, inspired at times, ill-judged in places.

***11

The art of connection: the Toronto Symphony visits Vienna

Chanda VanderHart, 9th February

On their European tour, the Toronto Symphony calls in at the Wiener Konzerthaus for a diverse program conducted by Gustavo Gimeno.

****1

Rattle and the LSO sell a travel package to Hungary and Spain

Roy Westbrook, 18th January

Opening her LSO Artist Portrait series, Patricia Kopatchinskaja plays Béla Bartók’s Second Violin Concerto before Rattle and the LSO whisk the audience to Falla’s Andalusia.

****1

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Mark Thomas

A lifelong devotee of classical music, Mark caught the bug after listening to The Planets, The Rite of Spring and Beethoven’s Fifth when he was knee-high to a grasshopper. He has degrees in non-musical subjects and currently works as a Chartered Governance Professional, but these have proved to be mere distractions from the wonders of sonatas, concertos and symphonies. He has been reviewing for Bachtrack since 2016, plays viola and violin (very shakily) and used to sing a bit (even more shakily).

Potency and mischief: Enterprising duos from imaginative Kopatchinskaja and Leschenko