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2023-11-11 03:24:05
Hannu Lintu showed his skill as a conductor most strikingly in his able control of Peter Lieberson’s Drala and his carefully reserved support in the Alban Berg Violin Concerto (with Leonidas Kavakos), and the Schumann Fourth certainly got a rousing performance. [] The post appeared first on The Boston Musical Intelligencer.
2023-05-09 20:56:00
New York Philharmonic. Gianandrea Noseda, conductor; Leonidas Kavakos, violin. May 5, 2023.
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center. Orchestra (Seat BB103, $66.50).ProgramViolin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 99 (1947-48) by Shostakovich (1906-75).Sinfonia No. 1 (1984) by Walker (1922-2018).Feste romane (Roman Festivals) (1928) by Respighi (1879-1936).Kavakos and Noseda after the Shostakovich violin concerto.The intermission was moved to right after the Shostakovich piece. Which made sense as the seating rearrangement can be made during intermissionLooking over my blog entries, I have encountered this Shostakovich violin concerto a couple of times before, performed by Christian Tetzlaff (2009) and Lisa Batiashvili (2014). There was much about how unconventional the structure of the concerto was, whether the delay in its premiere was due to the shifting political climate in Russia or to David Oistrakh's neglect, and to what is the proper opus number for the work (No. 77 according to the composer's output, 99 per its publication date).Those are interesting, but don't really add to how […]
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