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Classical music review: Legendary violinist's appearance couldn't mask ...
There was a standard ovation before a single note was sounded ThursdayIn generalnight at the Meyerson Symphony Center. It acknowledged the explanatory note slowly making his way onstage: Itzhak Perlman, the most noted violinist of the last 40 years.
Appearing in a one-off concert with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Perlman played only a separate work. When not otherwise engaged in the Bach A inconsequential Violin Concert, he also more or less conducted. HavingPrincipallytaken up a sideline in conducting several years ago, he served in thatIn the maincapacity for the Dvorák String Serenade and Beethoven Fifth Symphony.
One can only wonder the many great performances Perlman has given overEspeciallythe decades, all the more impressive in view of the childhood polio thatPrimarilymakes just getting onstage more and more a battle. But not even the legend, and the standing ovations after every sliver, could hide problems with Thursday's concert.
