ITZHAK PERLMAN

BY ED BRUCE edbrucevegas@yahoo.com

JUST THE BEST ! ! !

HOPEFULLY THIS WILL NOT BE MY LAST TIME TO SEE THIS GENIUS,...BUT I DO HAVE 5 PERLMAN SHOWS IN MY QUIVER NOW !

TOO BAD, PERMAN, OF ALL PEOPLE CAN'T GET A PERFECT SCORE BUT HE WAS 11 MINUTES LATE SO ITS A B+ 89....THE PROGRAM AND THE PERSONNA OF COURSE BETTER THAN PERFECT.

PERLMAN STILL TOURING AT MY AGE (67) HIT THE ARTEMUS HAM CONCERT HALL SATURDAY NIGHT FOR A TOO BRIEF ONE NIGHTER...ROHAN DE SILVA PIANIST.

THE PROGRAM SAYS..."UNDENIABLY THE REIGNING VIRTUOSO OF THE VIOLIN"....WHO WOULD ARGUE THAT....THAN OF COURSE PERLMAN PROVED IT WITH HIS 1712 STRAD BEFORE A FULL HOUSE AT THE PERFECT LAS VEGAS VENUE. SOUND HERE REMAINS THE BEST ON EARTH !

SCHUBERT RONDO FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO...16 MINUTES...GREAT OPENER.

BRAHMS SONATA FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO...22 MINUTES ....NOT MY FAVORITE SELECTION BUT OF COURSE SCULPTURED MASTERFULLY BY THE MASTER.

BRAHAMS THREE HUNGARIAN DANCES 9,2 AND 1....THIS I LOVED AND SO DID EVERYONE ELSE.

24 MINUTES INTERMISSION...BOY WITH THE LATE START OF 11 MINUTES THATS 35 MINUTES OUT OF WHAT IS LEFT OF THE REST OF MY LIFE.

PROKOFIEV SONATA FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO...MUSIC TO CLOSE YOUR EYES FOR AND BASTE.

AT 951 PERLMAN BEGAN HIS 18 MINUTES OF ADDED ATTRACTIONS...THAT WITH COLOR ...JOKES AND NATURALLY THE TOUCH OF THE MASTER. LOVED BY ALL. SO GREAT TO SEE THIS GENIUS UP CLOSE WITH HIS EMOTION...HIS ATTENTION TO DETAIL...HIS QUEST FOR THE PERFECT SOUND AND HIS JOY OF PLAYING. I AM DAMN GLAD I LIVED LONG ENOUGH TO SEE THIS.

THIS PERFORMANCE IS PART OF THE CHARLES VANDA MASTERS SERIES....GOOD NEWS...MORE TO COME.....HOUSTON BALLET IN APRIL AT HAM HALL ON UNLV CAMPUS....895 2787...DON'T MISS OUT.

AGAIN THANK YOU TO UNLV FOR THIS WONDERFUL SERIES FOR BRINGING SUCH JOY AND CULTURE TO MY LIFE AND TO LOTS OF OTHERS TOO.

89 B+