Much has been written in the canon of music history about the virtuoso performer. Starting with the likes of Paganini and Liszt, there has been an unbroken line of artists who continue to stun us with their seemingly effortless performances of the most finger-twisting repertoire. David Stabler put it well in his recent review of
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If you don’t have your ticket to see Yefim Bronfman play the Bartók Second Piano Concerto this weekend (Sat, Sun, Mon), get it now – Fima is kicking some serious ass. He has one of the most clear and precise touches of any pianist, but couples it with a tremendous dynamic range and loads of
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On this coming weekend’s performances there are two seminal works of two major composers who blazed a trail for their respective nation’s modern musical heritage: the composers are Charles Ives and Béla Bartók, and the works are Ives’ Three Places in New England and Bartók’s Second Piano Concerto. To round out the theme (intended or
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