Celebrating his 100th performance with the New York Philharmonic, Pinchas Zukerman yesterday evening led the orchestra in an offering that centered on Mozart's music from vastly different periods in his career as a composer.
In the first half, Zukerman showcased himself very well as both conductor and soloist, though he apparently wasn't wearing the standard conductor's tails. One of the greatest living violinists, his playing on both Bach's brief Violin Concerto in A minor (BWV 1041) and Mozart's famous "Turkish" Violin Concerto in A (K 219) was a tour de force. In the second half, his choice of Stravinsky's Concerto in D (which Jerome Robbins had choreographed as The Cage) and Mozart's 39th Symphony in E Flat (K 543) not surprisingly emphasized the Philharmonic's talented string sections. In fact, the most striking element of the concert was the richly textured sound that Zukerman was able to elicit at every moment from the orchestra.
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