Classical music: Irish Chamber Orchestra - UCH, Limerick
Russian-born pianist Igor Levit has rocketed to fame collecting reviews laden with superlatives marking him out as one of the brightest stars in the piano firmament. So there was a heightened sense of anticipation at UCH, Limerick when Levit joined the Irish Chamber Orchestra in its exploration of Mendelssohn’s oeuvre under Jorg Widmann.
After a brief arpeggio, Levit, leaned in close over the keyboard and smiled as if to coax the sound out of the house Steinway and opened a musical dialogue with the orchestra in Mendelssohn’s second concerto.
