Israel Philharmonic in Cologne with Bronfman and Shani
A programme of Beethoven's Fifth Piano Concerto and Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony drowns out the protesters in Cologne’s Philharmonie
Trifonov transfixes the audience with nuanced, highly addictive Beethoven
Daniil Trifonov’s opening piano solo crept in before he dazzled us with his customary sparkling scales echoing the same orchestral lightness of touch. Passagework emerged from nowhere and blossomed with…