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.![Nathan Olson]()
Violinist Nathan Olson. Photo courtesy Dallas Symphony Orchestra.Nathan Olson performed Benjamin Britten's Violin Concerto with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.Randall Goosby and pianist Zhu Wang performed in recital in Atlanta.Philippe Quint performed Beethoven's Violin Concerto with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic.
Violinist Nathan Olson. Photo courtesy Dallas Symphony Orchestra.
- Texas Classical Review: "As the violin soloist, DSO co-concertmaster Nathan Olson proved an effective solo protagonist, alternating between a fervent singing tone that reflects the somber mood and brisk dance gestures that try but fail to escape the angst."
- Dallas Morning News: "Olsons performance of the concerto was by turns virtuosic, atmospheric and properly unsettling. Technical challenges were dispatched with utter authority and musicality. "
- Bach Track: "A musician of rare sensitivity, she navigated the challenges of the three sonatas with aplomb at Wigmore Hall."
- Opera +: "Anne Akiko Meyers captured the strong side of the composition (and indeed the author's entire work) in her passages by highlighting the important harmonic breaks of the pattern together with the orchestra....Perhaps that is why the dramaturgy of the concert allowed her to play Antonín Dvorák's captivating Romance for violin and orchestra in F minor, where her historically valuable instrument, the Ex-Vieuxtemps Guarneri del Gesú from 1741 with Larsen strings, sang to an unimaginable beauty."
- EarRelevant: "The performance, as a whole, was enlightening, impressive, and informative. Goosby gave his own interpretations of each piece and some historical background, which I welcome at any performance. Each piece is rooted in history, which allows it to be personified further and make a lasting impact."
- South Florida Classical Review: "From the onset of the opening Moderato mobile, Hsiehs rich dark tone, embellished by shades of chiaroscuro, carried the melodic lines adapted from Korngolds film scores. She phrased in a long fluent arc, and dashed off the rapid sections with devilish zeal."
- San Francisco Classical Voice: "The sprightly tempo Sato took (in the second movement) on Thursday at Herbst Theatre facilitated such fluid phrasing that it felt almost rude to continue with the last movement, whose every run achieved greater heights."
- WBOI: "The first movement was quite powerful and effective, especially with the outstanding solos by Quint."
- Bach Track: "Ioudenitch demonstrated why she is already making waves: secure intonation, fearless technical virtuosity and expressive richness, her burnished and earthy tone matched by the dark woodiness of the Dresden strings."
- Bach Track: "Szeps-Znaider exuded a warm and fulsome tone for the opening Allegro energico, contrasted by the aria-like Andante doloroso, its heart-on-sleeve emotions being more a comforting balm than evoking pangs of sorrow. "
- Bach Track: "The outstanding star of the RLPOs latest concert was their Young Artist in Residence, Johan Dalene, who played Carl Nielsens Violin Concerto with astonishing flair and musicality. In this concerto the composer aimed to combine musical substance with solo virtuosity and that is exactly what Dalene, the orchestra and conductor Andrew Manze gave us."
- Bach Track: "From her very first entry, after a weighty orchestral introduction, it was clear that this would be a dramatically inflected, rhythmically taut reading. There was plenty of bone and technical assurance: she made light of the countless technical difficulties including rapid broken chords, scales and double stopping."
- The Week in Reviews, Op. 444: Orion Quartet Farewell Concert; David Coucheron; Christian Tetzlaff
- The Week in Reviews, Op. 443: William Hagen, Ray Chen, A Far Cry
- The Week in Reviews, Op. 442: Joshua Bell; Philippe Quint; Nicola Benedetti
Enjoying Violinist.com? Click here to sign up for our free, bi-weekly email newsletter. And if you've already signed up, please invite your friends! Thank you.