Perpetuating a tradition: Gil Shaham at Tanglewood

By Edward Sava-Segal, 06 July 2020

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Reviewed at Linde Center, Lenox on 6 July 2020

Wheeler, Isolation Rag

Raimi, Anger Management

Bach, Violin partita no. 3 in E major, BWV1006

Bolcom, Suite no. 2 for solo violin

Prokofiev, Sonata for Solo Violin in D major, Op.115

Gil Shaham, Violin

Heritage and heart: Bychkov and the Czech Phil return to Carnegie Hall

Edward Sava-Segal, 4th December

Gil Shaham’s masterful artistry and amber tone illuminate Dvořák’s Violin Concerto, which masterfully fuses German Romanticism with Czech folk traditions.

****1

Meandering Mozart with Gil Shaham and the Philadelphia Orchestra

Cameron Kelsall, 5th January

A conductor-less concert of Violin Concertos and bagatelles fails to show orchestra and soloist off to their full potential.

**111

Vienna goes to Hollywood: Oksana Lyniv conducts the Wiener Symphoniker

Mark Pullinger, 5th May

Erich Korngold and Arnold Schoenberg – Viennese emigrés in Hollywood – formed the unlikely pairing in the Ukrainian conductor's Konzerthaus programme.

***11

Rarities brought back to life by Vladimir Jurowski and the LPO

Chris Garlick, 19th April

Conductor Emeritus Vladimir Jurowski returns to the London Philharmonic Orchestra, bringing with him some rare jewels such as Paul Hindemith's Violin Concerto.

****1

Audacious Brahms from Stutzmann and the Philadelphia Orchestra

Cameron Kelsall, 10th February

The principal guest conductor brings a rough edge to the orchestra's sound in Brahms' First Symphony, with Gil Shaham projecting lyrical elegance in the composer's Violin Concerto.

****1

Lahav Shani leads the Israel Philharmonic back to Carnegie Hall

Edward Sava-Segal, 14th November

After a three-years hiatus, the orchestra returns to New York, with violinist Gil Shaham playing Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto before an assured Prokofiev Fifth Symphony.

****1

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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.