Did anybody else go to the Zimerman concert on Monday in London? I thought it was great, some of the best Chopin playing ive heard.
Did anybody manage to capture it? Apparently, the reason why Zimerman was constantly glaring into the audience throughout the 2nd half was because he caught somebody recording the recital.
apparently he is quite stingy wif da encores, so when i saw him in HK which he played 3 encores (chop bal 4, bareciew zon and some other one)
he apparently really lyked da HK crowd or sth
i wunder how many encorez he played
(btw, da Zokolov apparently played 6 encore in the Frankfurt recital last week)
I did go, as Jeff said - he played Op. 15 no.2, Op.35, Op.31, intermission; Op.58, Op.60. He encored with Op.64 no.2.
It was great playing and perfectly enjoyable, but I didn’t feel that it was Zimerman at his finest. Certainly his Carnegie rendition of Op.35 in 2003/4 (?) left a far greater impression on me. I did notice the glaring, and assumed he had caught a telltale red light in the audience somewhere.
Off to see Pollini tonight in Op.27, Op.28, Op.23 and Op.25!
(For what it’s worth, I have no problem with Zimerman’s decision to voice his views from the stage.)