Majestic pathos and patriotic marches

By Zoltán Szabó, 18 August 2015

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“uniquely sweet vibrato – so recognisable that it could be patented to his name and person”

Reviewed at Sydney Opera House: Utzon Room, Sydney on 16 August 2015

Dvořák, Romantic pieces for violin and piano, Op.75

Schumann, Adagio and Allegro in A flat major, Op.70

Beethoven, Violin Sonata no. 1 in D major, Op.12 no.1

Dvořák, Piano Trio no. 4 in E minor "Dumky", Op.90

Pinchas Zukerman, Violin

Amanda Forsyth, Cello

Angela Cheng, Piano

Sublime Beethoven in Angela Cheng’s "Soirée viennoise"

Marc Wieser, 20th May

Angela Cheng’s recital featured a potentially intimidating quartet of sonatas by the Viennese masters, but under her hands the music was anything but intimidating.

*****

Smiles of a summer night: Paavo Järvi at the Pärnu Music Festival

Richard Bratby, 15th July

New music, old friends and supercharged Strauss from the Estonian Festival Orchestra.

****1

RPO and Pinchas Zukerman deliver safe as houses repertoire

David Truslove, 26th April

Assured and mostly rewarding performances from the RPO in standard fare that underlined Bruch’s nobility, Elgar’s masterly orchestration and the originality of Sibelius.

****1

Lacklustre interpretations of Romantic classics

Jack Johnson, 30th June

Despite some briliant orchestral playing and orchestral warhorses, Pinchas Zukerman's wooden conducting style made for an unmemorable evening at Cadogan Hall.

**111

Zukerman y la OSNCH: maestría colaborativa

Álvaro Gallegos, 10th August

El reconocido solista, junto a su igualmente virtuosa pareja brillaron a la par que la orquesta chilena en una colaboración equilibrada, y una oferta musical contundente.

****1

Shared language and living history: Zubin Mehta and the Vienna Phil

Chanda VanderHart, 19th March

Zubin Mehta, Pinchas Zukerman and the Vienna Philharmonic meet in repertoire they know intimately, illuminating it through mutual understanding.

*****

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Zoltán Szabó

Zoltán Szabó is a cellist and musicologist. Having migrated from his native Hungary to Australia in 1985, he worked with the Australian Chamber Orchestra in Sydney until 1991, when he became Principal Cello with Opera Australia. In 2017, he was awarded with a Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD). Currently, he is teaching music history and musicology at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

Majestic pathos and patriotic marches: the Zukerman Trio at the Sydney Opera House