The Week in Reviews, Op. 532: Augustin Hadelich, Vadim Gluzman, Randall Goosby

January 13, 2026, 12:44 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 Augustin Hadelich. Photo by Suxiao Yang.

Augustin Hadelich performed the Barber Violin Concerto with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Dalia Stasevska.

Bach Track: "The angular rhythms and cutting triplets of the Presto finale eviscerate the relative calm of the Allegro and Andante preceding it, requiring a soloist who can turn from repose to urgency on a dime. Hadelich had no problem here, from his unadorned entrance in the first movement to his finger-twisting double stops near the end."

Vadim Gluzman performed Bernstein's "Serenade after Plato's 'Symposium'" with the Seattle Symphony and Alevtina Ioffe.

Bach Track: "Gluzman’s playing leaned unapologetically into the work’s Romantic side, his richly saturated vibrato lending warmth and immediacy, complemented by wit and bite in the piece's more incisive moment. His rapport with the ensemble was evident in lively exchanges with the orchestral violins and in a tenderly passionate dialogue with principal cellist Efe Baltacigil."

Randall Goosby performed the Barber Violin Concerto with the New Jersey Symphony.

NJ.com: "In the wrong hands, Barber’s tonal music can sound fussy, but with the Stradivarius in Goosby’s hands, the violin concerto sounded special: a uniquely American take on what the instrument can do."

Dudok Quartet Amsterdam performed at Northwestern University's Winter Chamber Music Festival.

Chicago Classical Review: "The Dudok’s interpretation took on a confessional quality that sympathized with that diaristic view. Shostakovich’s Third Quartet has no shortage of brooding themes that hold an edge when sharpened by a more aggressive approach, but the Dutch quartet’s softer reading revealed an earnest, even tender quality to this music. "

Anne Akiko Meyers performed Eric Whitacre’s "The Pacific Has No Memory" with for St. Matthew’s Music Guild.

Classical Voice North America: "Meyers' performance was a master class in how to use technical skill and sincerity of purpose to deliver emotional truth without a hint of the cloying or maudlin. It’s hard to imagine a better musical expression of loss, pain, and memory or a more healing balm to collective trauma."

Joshua Bell performed and led the Academy of St Martin in the Fields at Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg.

Bach Track: "The slow movement (of Schumann's Symphony No. 1) proved especially rewarding. One of the most touching passages in Schumann’s symphonic writing, it benefited from the Academy’s close-knit string sound. The inner voices blended so intimately that the ensemble felt like an expanded string quartet."

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