The Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra has for a very long time enjoyed the enthusiastic support of a sizeable, loyal local cohort of music aficionados who attend many (in a few cases, all) of each season's concerts as a significant part of their essential cultural experience. Following the latest outing by Thailand's most august classical symphony orchestra, a particularly ardent concertgoer who follows the entire Bangkok music scene very closely could be overheard stating in the foyer: "That was one of the finest concerts I have ever heard by the RBSO!"
Joined on this occasion by the impressively authoritative Russian violinist Eugenia Karni, Tchaikovsky's evergreen Violin Concerto received a particularly invigorating interpretation by the amassed forces, with German-Indonesian guest conductor Adrian Prabava bringing out all of the exquisite subtleties of this sunniest of scores, while allowing the soloist to sail atop the texture with a blissful expressivity. One could immediately anticipate something special from the way that Karni engaged herself so persuasively with the first subject of the concerto -- coaxingly at first, building assertively with the double-stopped reprise. Every subsequent phrase ensued with an effortless vitality, while her interpretive style came across very much in the traditional Russian, romantic manner.
