This performance is simply excellent. It feels like a conversation between the two voices; nuanced, intimate, at times fiery, at times melancholic, but always heartfelt. I’m so glad to have stumbled upon this video recording. It’s really chamber music at its finest. The variety of tone colors achieved with such apparent ease is dazzling. Getting to see and hear a concert like this is so instructive and rewarding.
You’ve always been a brilliant cellist (decades ago János Starker, comparing your work to that of a certain great Russian cellist, once said to me, “But Gary can really play!” Don’t tell that to anybody). You have also matured into a superb musician.
The way Gary Hoffman navigates the fingerboard looks so effortless!
This performance is simply excellent. It feels like a conversation between the two voices; nuanced, intimate, at times fiery, at times melancholic, but always heartfelt. I’m so glad to have stumbled upon this video recording. It’s really chamber music at its finest. The variety of tone colors achieved with such apparent ease is dazzling. Getting to see and hear a concert like this is so instructive and rewarding.
Bravo! Great music making
You’ve always been a brilliant cellist (decades ago János Starker, comparing your work to that of a certain great Russian cellist, once said to me, “But Gary can really play!” Don’t tell that to anybody). You have also matured into a superb musician.
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