In Reply to: Jaap van Zweden! posted by Ivan303 on January 27, 2016 at 08:39:52:
OK, so he did not set the world on fire. I have heard some good things from him. Why I will always have good things to say is that in certain orchestral works that have a moment where the timing and execution have to be "just right" to hit a climax or a major change in color - Gilbert came through. Moments from Dvorak's 8th and Brahms piano concerto #2 come to mind, but there were others, in Nielsen for instance. Anyway, I have heard and own may recorded performances where the moments are missed/botched/glossed over, so I am always happy that Gilbert does his homework or listens to my mentally projected interpretation before the concert.
Though they are my local band I never loved the NYP. Even under Gilbert you could write off a committed first moment of any work, I have no idea why? They take a while to get going I guess (it does not mean that the first movements are bad, they can play anything and have over and over again). My girlfriend and I have series to the NYP and to Carnegie hall, I'll take a lot of orchestras over the NYP; still, I have a great deal of respect to anyone who gets litmus test moments in a score the way I do.
I look forward to new blood however. The NYP looks so different that it did ten years ago any thoughts about an imperial orchestra have to be over blown. I will relish a little shake up.
Looking forward to a complete NYP Haydn cycle in Zweden's first season, everyone does Mahler and Sibelius now it's time to push boundaries!
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- In Praise of Gilbert. - gd 10:25:06 01/27/16 (0)