An outstanding evening of chamber music at Carnegie Hall

By Edward Sava-Segal, 21 January 2022

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“music just naturally flows from his fingers”

Reviewed at Carnegie Hall: Stern Auditorium, New York City on 20 January 2022

Mozart, Violin Sonata in E minor, K304 (K300c)

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

Franck, Violin Sonata in A major

Ysaÿe, Caprice – Étude en forme de valse

Kreisler, Three Old Viennese Dances: Liebesleid

Kreisler, Three Old Viennese Dances: Liebesfreud

Fauré, Après un rêve, Op.7 no.1

Maxim Vengerov, Violin

Simon Trpčeski, Piano

Eliahu Inbal enlivens the Singapore Symphony

Chang Tou Liang, 28th March

The nonagenarian conductor enlivens Singapore's Esplanade Concert Hall with masterly readings of Shostakovich and Rachmaninov

****1

Echoes of the Americas: Sierra and Ginastera meet Dvořák in Vienna

Chanda VanderHart, 5th April

Under the baton of Domingo Hindoyan, the Tonkünstler brings Latin America and Dvořák's New World Symphony to the Musikverein.

***11

Intruiging French and Polish programme from Søndergård and the RSNO

David Smythe, 7th June

Filmic Grażyna Bacewicz, virtuosic Saint-Saëns with Simon Trpčeski, intruiging Lutosławski and a freshly minted Ravel’s Boléro are expertly conducted by Thomas Søndergård.

****1

Vänskä and Trpčeski make an incandescent match with Seattle Symphony

Thomas May, 21st March

Thrilling Tchaikovsky, chilling Prokofiev and a discovery filled with sonic imagination mark the return of Osmo Vänskä and Simon Trpčeski to Seattle Symphony.

****1

Spectacular Saint-Saëns at the RSNO’s Valentine’s Concert

Simon Thompson, 16th February

Trpčeski sparkles in Saint-Saëns' Second Piano Concerto in an adventurous Valentine's treat, while a slimmed-down fantasia makes Szymanowski's King Roger digestible.

****1

A rare outing for Prokofiev 4 with Noseda and the LSO

Alexander Hall, 10th December

Gianandrea Noseda’s awareness of colour, texture and detail repays dividends in the symphony, whereas Simon Trpčeski’s absence of muscle and full-blooded Romantic sentiment does Brahms no favours in the concerto.

***11

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Edward Sava-Segal

Edward has been living in New York for the last 25 years, one of the reasons being the extraordinarily rich cultural life in this city. He has studied piano and classical music in his early years. He switched later on to computer science and data architecture but he kept an unwavering interest in following the classical music phenomenon here in New York and in his travels. Edward occasionally reviews fine arts events for the most prestigious literary magazine in Romania, his home country.