MUSIC REVIEW : Carmit Zori at Bing Theater

The playing of Carmit Zori may not move mountains. It did, however, move more than one heart Wednesday in a Pro Musicis recital in Bing Theater at the County Museum of Art.

The eclectic program included a baroque chamber sonata, several romantic warhorses, and an atonal work from the 1950s, Leon Kirchner’s Sonata Concertante. With one notable exception, all were stylishly played and well chosen to exhibit the talents of the young Israeli violinist.

The uninspired reading of Corelli’s Sonata, Opus 5, No. 9, would have benefited from more ornamentation; something must be amiss when the continuo part is more elaborate than that of the soloist.

This was soon forgotten, however, as Zori undertook Schumann’s A-minor Sonata, Opus 105, and Brahms’ first and second Hungarian Dances in Joachim’s arrangements. The playing grew more assertive as the emotional range broadened.

Most challenging, perhaps, was Franck’s Sonata in A. Though the work is long enough to provide problems for the interpreter, it is tightly organized, and the violinist succeeded in keeping the listener’s attention.

Henryk Wieniawski’s “Souvenir de Moscou” is equally challenging in its stunning virtuosity. Although Zori’s tone is weak in the lower register and the soft end of the dynamic spectrum, she brought cries of “brava!” and a single encore, Kreisler’s “La Guitarra.”

Pianist Charles Abramovic provided refined accompaniments.