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I was also there

Posted by TGR on June 17, 2012 at 10:47:52:
Row N, on the right side of Davies. Where I sat (and Davies is variable in this way) the orchestral sound was solid and deep, but I didn't think that Yuja's sound was very big. Fluent, but not that big. I was in the back of the hall for her encore, and that actually carried better, so it might have been my seat location.

I was actually there for the performance of Sibelius' 3rd...turns out it was only the third time that the SFS has programmed it, and the first since the early 90s under Blomstedt. It was a terrific performance, although I thought MTT took a longer than usual ritard at the end (here, the symphony is over now). Nice to hear this piece - Sibelius was a great composer.

I have to say that piano concertos in general are not my cup of tea.....many of them, and the Rach 3rd is one, come across as a piano solo with orchestral accompaniment.....to me, boring compared to an actual symphony. I have come to the point where I actively loathe Tchaikovsky #1.