Kyung Wha Chung review – live performance at its scariest

Barbican, London
The violinist’s dignified solo Bach had moments of exquisite lightness and poise alongside introspection and commitmentIt began with a stage empty except for a piano stool and a small Persian rug, and ended with a standing ovation. The journey in between, as Kyung Wha Chung traversed JS Bach’s Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin, rarely felt easy. Chung may be promoting her new, long-awaited recording of this monumental cycle, but this was certainly not the concert