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Sunday, 14th March 2010

Review: Chloe Hanslip *****

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Published Date: 27 November 2009
The audience were left in no doubt that Chloe Hanslip is the finest and most exciting young violinist this country has ever produced.

Still only 21, she performed four works, each of which would normally form the big virtuoso ending to a recital, yet her unfailing energy and technical brilliance just dismissed the demands they each made.

I don't suppose we will ever hear a finer performance of the Ravel sonata, the smoochy second movement a moment of sexy relaxation before the fireworks of a finale that was taken just about as fast as human fingers can manage.

From her small slight body she produces such a massive tone that the pianist, Charles Owen, had the opportunity to open up the texture of Chausson's Poeme into waves of erotic passion.

He could equally savour that rare opportunity of the full dynamic range of Cesar Franck's sonata, Hanslip shaping the score to perfection before she moved to that final test of a violinist's technique in Ravel's Tzigane.

They threw caution to the wind in 10 minutes that were as much pure adrenalin for the performers as it was for the audience.

The Venue, Leeds




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  • Last Updated: 27 November 2009 10:36 AM
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