Kilkenny Arts Festival 2024: The Russian pianist is extraordinarily resourceful, but his style says far too much about him and too little about the composer
Pavel Kolesnikov: his delivery would have you believe there’s not a colour, effect or nuance that is not at his commandat St John’s Priory on Friday with a solo performance of another towering masterpiece, the Goldberg Variations by Bach.
Samson Tsoy & Pavel Kolesnikov: Always absorbing take on Rite of Spring sounds as if it’s from a parallel universe He is an extraordinarily resourceful keyboard player. His delivery would have you believe there’s not a colour, effect or nuance that is not at his command. He can whisper to make you lean forward in your seat, thunder to make you want to recoil. He can spin silk or cut with sound of steely sharpness, pick any note out of a flurry for either emphasis or de-emphasis, or shape runs with the effect of the blur that cartoonists are so fond of.
It is unfortunate that he chooses to do all of this and more in the Goldberg Variations. His is a supremely egotistical approach. It speaks in detail about Kolesnikov and says far too little about Bach.
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