Word: perlman
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...curiosities of Saturday's reading of the Mozart was a slightly uncoordinated set of slides that seemed to date the performance before its time. In his first playing of the main theme, Perlman slid the third pair of notes and was followed dutifully by Zukerman. However, in the recapitulation of the theme, Perlman also slid the second pair, and was not echoed by his partner...
...slow preceding section of the first movement also showed some difference of interpretation, as Zukerman took his again echoing part a bit faster than Perlman had. Zukerman showed his spirit for the outdoor concert by turning to spread his long notes over the whole audience. In the third movement, Zukerman again failed to follow Perlman in his rather unusual (for contemporary recordings) sliding in the first major theme...
Mehta and the soloists took the second movement a shade fast, but there were some pleasant surprises. Perlman showed his strength by hitting his high notes even better than he did on the recording. He also pulled off an amazing feat by constantly keeping even with Zukerman in volume despite the difference in their instruments timbre and size in this microphoneless (in the theater, not on the lawn) atmosphere...
...Perlman's reading became touching as he seemed to approach it less formally than he had the first movement. His playing was marred only by a quickly corrected tendency to sound flat on his longer notes that was probably a result of the changing temperature...
...tempo stood out again in the third movement as the soloists streaked to the end of the piece. Zukerman, finally able to speak fully in the broad chords of the second motif, was visibly enthusiastic. Perlman read the third movement flawlessly and contributed in volume and exuberance to the finale. Zukerman bit off a bit more than he could chew with his last low chord, but the mistake was hardly noticeable. In any case, the end was greeted by a lengthy and well-deserved standing ovation...