With his longtime collaborator Rohan de Silva on piano, violin virtuoso Perlman dazzled the capacity crowd.
By Michael Vincent
Itzhak Perlman and Rohan de Silva
Roy Thomson Hall, Dec. 1, 2014
Itzhak Perlman is one of the last of the Violin Rat Pack — an exclusive club with members including Jascha Heifetz, Yehudi Menuhin, David Oistrakh and Isaac Stern. It is a club in decline, making virtuosi like Perlman all the more valuable.
Perhaps this was why it felt so surreal to watch Perlman, whom I’ve seen countless times on television, perform at Roy Thomson Hall on Monday night.
Ever since my days as a conservatory student, I’ve followed his recordings — from his devil in the detail Paganini Violin Concerto No. 1, to Sarasate’s fiendish Carmen Fantasy. Now I follow him on Facebook, where he posts daily aphorisms, and his profile photo shows his Guarneri del Gesu tucked assuredly under his chin.
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