Homage to Ravel with a 150th Anniversary Tribute by Seong-Jin Cho of the complete works for solo piano. Many of the smaller lesser known works added in between the five recognised masterworks of a composer who wrote with a clockwork precision seen through a multicoloured prism. A pianistic perfection from an artist who with humility and mastery acts as a medium between the composer and the public.This youthful looking young man plays with such effortless mastery but also a musicianly intelligence where every note has an important part to play like the bricks of a great Gothic cathedral. A full hall listened in complete silence to over two hours of music and greeted this young man with an ovation and whistle calls more often seen in the sports stadium than in the concert hall !
There comes a very rare moment when in the face of pure genius ,criticism or commentating become superfluous .As Maude Tortelier said to me they are Angels lent to us for a short period on earth to light the way for us mortals.
Seong-Jin Cho and Yunchan Lim are two such beings and we can only bow to them as we do to Michelangelo or Da Vinci and thank them for sharing their genius with us mortals
ChristopherAxworthy-MusicCommentary 