Review: Daniil Trifinov, Fabio Luisi and DallasSymphony join forces in Brahms concerto
Daniil Trifonov plays Brahms’s First Piano Concerto with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra at the Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, Thursday, Jan. 20.The Dallas Symphony served up two meaty works, without an appetizer, in Thursday’s concert at the Meyerson Symphony Center. Brahms’ First Piano Concerto was paired with Austrian composer Franz Schmidt’s Fourth Symphony.
Based on Thursday’s concert, Trifonov is also adept in German romantic fare. He demonstrated a sure grasp of the concerto’s structure, organically building one phrase into the next. His sparing tempo liberties always felt appropriate. Tearing into the finale, he displayed steely reserve in baroque-like counterpoint and easily tossed off rhapsodic flourishes. As an encore, he offered a tender transcription of Bach’sLed by music director Fabio Luisi, the orchestra helped bring out the many changes in mood. But Trifonov and the DSO musicians sometimes had coordination issues. These would have likely been improved if Trifonov had looked up more often at Luisi.
Conceived as a requiem for his 30-year-old daughter, who died in childbirth, the 45-minute symphony unfolds in one continuous movement with four distinct sections. Much of the music is relentlessly tragic and dense. An animated scherzo provides the main exception.
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