Beauty and purpose from Vengerov and Trpčeski at the Barbican

By David Karlin, 11 January 2022

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“some of the most sumptuously persuasive violin playing that I have ever heard”

Reviewed at Barbican Hall, London on 10 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

Ravel, Tzigane

Ravel, Violin Sonata no. 2 in G major: Blues

Kreisler, Three Old Viennese Dances: Liebesleid

Kreisler, Three Old Viennese Dances: Liebesfreud

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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David Karlin

David is a co-founder of Bachtrack. He is a musical omnivore interested in almost all types of music, but with a particular love of Italian opera. You can contact him from this link.