By Laurie Niles: In an effort to promote the coverage of live violin performance, Violinist.com each week presents links to reviews of notable concerts and recitals around the world.![Rachel Barton Pine]()
Violinist Rachel Barton Pine. Photo by Lisa-Marie Mazzucco.Rachel Barton Pine performed Billy Childs' Violin Concerto No. 2 with the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra.Jennifer Frautschi performed Haydns Violin Concerto No. 1 in C Major at Music@Menlo.Anna Da Silva Chen performed He Zhanhao and Chen Gangs "Butterfly Lovers" Violin Concerto with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra.
Violinist Rachel Barton Pine. Photo by Lisa-Marie Mazzucco.
- Chicago Tribune: "Pines sound was both unflagging and attentively modulated, spinning a dizzying spectrum of dynamics and phrasing from full, uncompromising bows. Pines encore of her own colorful, Bach-y arrangement of Astor Piazzóllas Tango-Etude No. 3 con Libertango showcased more of the same, and dazzlingly."
- Chicago Classical Review: "The miracle on Friday was how Pines solo violin became a sort of moral compass, giving even more profound resonance to the turmoil and search for solace that Childs concerto so deeply explored....Pines solo violin arrived like a long-awaited prophetess, seizing the spotlight with her powerful, sweetly singing, melancholy song."
- Hyde Park Herald: "This is the third work that Childs has composed expressly for Barton Pine, and from the very beginning you could tell that they were well matched. The composer offered arresting music with a wide sweep of ideas in his Violin Concerto No. 2, and the violinist gave the listeners a performance of technical brilliance and musical sensitivity."
- Third Coast Review: "Violin virtuoso Rachel Barton Pines brilliant, furious performance on composer Billy Childs Violin Concerto No. 2 was worthy of the standing ovation she received at the end of the concerts first half..."
- The Aspen Times: "...in the moments where they are exposed, these remained tightly connected, occasionally even seamlessly trading off strands of the same phrase. They looked to be having fun, especially Shaham, who broke into a grin several times at the byplay."
- San Francisco Classical Voice: "The highlight of this concerto was the central Adagio, which consists mostly of a long aria for soloist accompanied by plucked chords from the orchestra evoking a strummed guitar. This was entirely beautiful and was executed by Frautschi with great charm."
- San Francisco Classical Voice: "This concert featured a grippingly precise and gleaming rendition of Edvard Griegs Violin Sonata in C Minor, Op. 45, by violinist Oliver Neubauer a veteran of Menlos Young Performers Program and the son of regular festival violist Paul Neubauer and pianist Sahun Sam Hong."
- Limelight: "Da Silva Chens already impressive reputation is well-deserved her ease with even the most fiendish of runs was striking, and QSO clearly relished the interplay between soloist and orchestra."
- Limelight: "... he succeeded (in) leading a fascinating and entertaining program, with two of J.S. Bachs finest orchestral works at its core."
- The Sydney Morning Herald: "Sato plays with nimble freedom and fluid ease. In the Double Concerto, he seemed to sit back on the beat, allowing plenty of time to fill in the divisions which flowed with grace and occasional ornamentation."
- The Week in Reviews, Op. 361: Esther Yoo; Randall Goosby; Aisha Orazbayeva"
- The Week in Reviews, Op. 360: Chad Hoopes; Aisslinn Nosky
- The Week in Reviews, Op. 359: Richard Lin; Simone Lamsma; Pekka Kuusisto
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