Amalia Hall explores the passion of Bartók

From Upbeat, 12:00 am on 6 June 2018

Orchestra Wellington opens its 2018 season with Golden City: a concert featuring its concert master Amalia Hall as soloist in Bartók’s Violin Concerto No 2. The young New Zealand violinist is just back from performing in Uzbekistan. She will tackle the demanding concerto  which Bartók wrote in 1938 as the shadows of fascism loomed large over Europe. That tension finds plenty of expression in the music’s rapid twists and turns, always both challenging and  fascinating