The Week in Reviews, Op. 530: Veronika Eberle & Jean-Guihen Queyras; James Ehnes; Randall Goosby

December 16, 2025, 1:00 PM · In an effort to promote the coverage of live violin performance, Violinist.com each week presents links to reviews of notable concerts and recitals around the world. Click on the highlighted links to read the entire reviews.

Violinist Veronika Eberle and cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras with Chamber Orchestra of Europe, at their recent Luxembourg performance. Photo by Sebastien Grébille, courtesy Chamber Orchestra of Europe.

Veronika Eberle and cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras performed Brahms’ Double Concerto with Chamber Orchestra of Europe and Yannick Nézet-Séguin at Carnegie Hall.

New York Classical Review: "The final movement had the best playing in the piece, lively and with a nice rhythmic touch from the orchestra."

James Ehnes performed Britten’s Violin Concerto with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Gianandrea Noseda.

Chicago Classical Review: "From the flickering vibrato of his opening statement, the Canadian violinist brought a compelling human quality as the narrative’s solo protagonist via his intimate style and pure tone. Ehnes brought faultless technique to the Spanish-tinged fast sections as well as the driven, nerve-wracked middle movement, making a compelling soliloquy out of the cadenza."
Splash Magazine: "Noseda, elegant and articulate in control, and Ehnes, enormously proficient and confident, were in full accord with the Orchestra in this complicated piece."

Randall Goosby performed the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with the San Diego Symphony Orchestra, and Kahchun Wong.

San Diego Jewish World: "He brought warmth and passion to the ethnic melodies and dispatched the technical hurdles with great competence. His cadenza in the first movement was particularly stunning. The audience erupted into tumultuous applause after the first movement, something even sophisticated audiences often do because of its breathtaking climax. But this time, the listeners even rose for a standing ovation."

Chad Hoopes, Julian Rhee, Kristin Lee and Richard Lin performed Vivaldi's "Four Season" and Arnaud Sussmann performed Bach’s Violin Concerto - at Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

New York Times: "The emotional heart of the concert was Arnaud Sussmann’s performance of Bach’s Violin Concerto in E with its deeply affecting Adagio. Written in 1730, a quarter century after the two newly attributed pieces for organ, it brought home the genius of the mature Bach to infuse lucid structures with deep meaning."

The Esmé Quartet and cellist Paul Wiancko performed a recital of works by Schubert for SF Performances.

San Francisco Classical Voice: "The String Quintet, an enormous work nearly an hour in length, received a wonderful performance from the Esmé Quartet and Wiancko. Their overall approach was light and transparent, a strategy that worked well for nearly the entire quintet."

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