{"id":11726,"date":"2013-04-19T21:49:22","date_gmt":"2013-04-20T02:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/?p=11726"},"modified":"2013-04-19T21:49:22","modified_gmt":"2013-04-20T02:49:22","slug":"concert-review-a-spectacular-parnership-between-nadia-salerno-sonnenberg-and-anne-marie-mcdermott-at-koerner-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2013\/04\/19\/concert-review-a-spectacular-parnership-between-nadia-salerno-sonnenberg-and-anne-marie-mcdermott-at-koerner-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"Concert review: A spectacular parnership between Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg and Anne-Marie McDermott at Koerner Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg and pianist Anne-Marie McDermott at Koerner Hall on Friday night (John Terauds phone photo).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A great musical partnership like violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg and pianist Anne-Marie McDermott’s was a recipe for recital magic at Koerner Hall on Friday night.<\/p>\n

The two performers were of one mind on all of the music they played, emphasizing a dialogue between two collaborators while also giving the music an immediate sense of excitement that felt as if it were being born in the moment.<\/p>\n

McDermott is graceful and elegant, sometimes a bit mannered. Salerno-Sonnenberg is passionate and intense, devoid of manner or pretention. Yet it’s hard to imagine a finer partnership.<\/p>\n

They knew, like complementary business or love partners, how to bring out the best in each other.<\/p>\n

It was a relatively short but weighty programme.<\/p>\n

The evening began with Arvo P\u00e4rt’s contemporary minimalist-style classic Spiegel im Spiegel<\/em>, which helped the audience centre and switch from the stress and bustle of a big-city week to a different plane of perception.<\/p>\n

Koerner Hall fell silent. Even typically bronchial Torontonans didn’t let go a single cough.<\/p>\n

It fully prepared everyone for the intensity of Sergei Prokofiev’s Violin Sonata No. 1<\/em>, which dates from 1946. Both pianist and violinist worked their way gradually up to the fire of the second movement before collapsing into ethereal delicacy in the third.<\/p>\n

The emotional roller-coaster of the Prokofiev Sonata<\/em>, rendered in often harsh dissonances, continued in the late-19th century harmonies of Ceesar Franck’s well-loved Violin Sonata<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The degree to which the violin and piano parts are arranged as dialogues has rarely been as apparent as at the hands of McDermott and Salerno-Sonnenberg. Their rendition was a breathtaking mixture of strength and nuance and expertly shaped thematic developments.<\/p>\n

Both of the evening’s sonatas were great programming choices, in that they showcased the complete artist — from technical ability to musicality. Both women possessed these attributes in abundance.<\/p>\n

It was hard to imagine these great pieces being played any better.<\/p>\n

The evening’s only downside was seeing some empty seats at Koerner Hall, a reminder that there could have been more people out to witness these two fine artists making beautiful music together.<\/p>\n

John Terauds<\/em><\/p>\n

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