Thursday, April 27, 2006

Perlman, Zukerman and De Silva at Symphony Hall

Itzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman returned to Symphony Hall for a duet program last night with pianist Rohan De Silva. Richard Dyer was there and was kind enough to turn a review around overnight. Here's a bit:



"Mozart's First Duo for violin and viola found Zukerman playing from strength as
a violist -- he may play this instrument even better than he plays the violin.
This performance was as warm-hearted, elegant, and communicative as anyone could
hope for."



Full text: For fans of the violin, a perfect pairing.



The pair added 8 Bartok duets to the first half (I'm sorry I don't have the specific selections, hey it was 8 out of 44...), and here are the final encores:



Shostakovich, Three Duets for Violin & Piano (Prelude, Gavotte, and Waltz) and
Shostakovich, Five Duets (Fifth Duet Only, "Polka")



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