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...Tracey J. Kim...
...Jordan Hall was not sold out that Thursday night. With 45 years of performance experience behind it, the Beaux Arts Trio showed once again why it has continued to be perhaps the world's most acclaimed piano trio. The trio's current members-pianist Menahem Pressler, violinist Young Uck Kim and cellist Antonio Meneses-dazzled a polished audience composed mostly of middle-aged Boston society and a sprinkling of the conservatory's students...
What was most apparent from the performance was how Pressler, Kim and Meneses, each a charismatic soloist in his own right, blended so seamlessly. Throughout its history of ever-changing faces (Kim and Meneses are in just their third year with the trio), the Beaux Arts Trio has set the standard for piano trios as well as other chamber ensembles. The group has performed at all the world's major music centers from New York to London to Vienna, as well as some of the most prestigious music festivals including Tanglewood, Aspen and Ravinia. In addition, their recordings have...
...especially triumphant arrival, the passionate Meneses had his eyebrows furrowed painfully as Pressler perhaps unconsciously began to sing at the piano. In the third movement, Pressler showed again the flair of a seasoned performer as he maintained a strong rhythm and constant tempo that kept the anxious intensity. Kim was the great showman in the playful fourth movement. His energy propelled not only his bowstrokes, but also his limbs; indeed, at times he seemed to be lifted from his seat...
...Beaux Arts Trio ended its performance with Mendelssohn's Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Opus 66. Kim highlighted the beautiful second movement, with one pure note bleeding out of a great swell. The frantic third movement was all the more breathtaking and agitated with the trio's crisp strokes and articulation, subito pianos and roars. As the last note faded away, the audience became visibly relaxed, as they half-chuckled at how easy the trio made the movement seem...