“…there was a welcome calmness from the evening’s opening notes, when Ohlsson emerged alone to perform the first of Schubert’s Impromptus and made it an intriguing dialogue between the bright optimism of his right hand and the gripping gravitas of his left. […] O’Neill and Ohlsson then delivered a particularly playful take on Schubert’s Sonata for Arpeggione and Piano in…

“Ohlsson brought out the intimate characteristics of the piano writing, playing the many runs with distinct clarity in his still-agile fingers. In the development, where the keyboard mostly accompanies important lines in the orchestra, Ohlsson tended to move ahead, rather than yielding to what was happening around him. For the cadenza near the end of the first movement, Ohlsson played the…

“After intermission, the acclaimed American pianist Garrick Ohlsson took the stage to perform Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2. Ohlsson is known for his fine technique and huge hands, which allow him to tackle passages that challenge other pianists. He could make the piano thunder in passages such as the grandiose openings of the first and third movements. He made it sparkle in…