...although we all wish her a speedy recovery from her unsurprising and recurrent "exhaustion".But as it happens, the vacancy was filled by 20-year-old Yuja Wang, who hasn't even completed her work at the Curtis. The concerto was changed from Beethoven to Tchaikowsky and I very nearly did not listen. Man was she good! I can't recollect hearing the piece done better.
Digression: here in town (well, Cambridge) we have a young violinist of the same age, Stefan Jackiw, who two weeks ago gave us the Beethoven concerto in a rendition that rose to the heights of the great Isolde Menges, which meant, it too was the best performance I'd ever heard live. Plus the Bach encore was perfection, technically but especially musically. Wonder if I should introduce these two young people?...
Charles Dutoit conducted a glorious Russian Easter Overture, with the orchestra in luminous form, and Stravinsky's Symphony in C, somewhat understated in my opinion, but then who am I? If the Bostoners did not already have the best living conductor, I'd agitate for Dutoit to assume the podium position.
Needless to say, I'll be listening to the Saturday concert as well.
clark
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Topic - Martha Argerich cancelled her BSO appearances. Turned out to be good news... - clarkjohnsen 13:20:36 03/09/07 (25)
- Snippets were played . . . - psgary 21:42:56 03/14/07 (0)
- The Boston Globe review, with details -- meant to post this alongside. nt - clarkjohnsen 09:37:48 03/10/07 (0)
- How are concerts at the Gardner Museum? - ArdRi 20:56:44 03/09/07 (4)
- Lovely place. Horrible acoustics. nt - markrohr 11:13:16 03/10/07 (2)
- Thanks. The Group are playing Jordan Hall later on - ArdRi 11:26:32 03/10/07 (1)
- Absolutely. - markrohr 04:19:51 03/11/07 (0)
- Great, great quartet; not a great room; straight-back chairs. nt - clarkjohnsen 09:36:50 03/10/07 (0)
- Dutoit is one of the finest of our age, IMO. n/t - hesson11 16:58:47 03/09/07 (0)
- So James Levine is the world's greatest living conductor? - Pat D 16:37:19 03/09/07 (2)
- One wonders. - markrohr 04:42:38 03/10/07 (1)
- Re: I might not go so far as the worlds best, but what he has done with the BSO is amazing. n/t - LongPlay 20:55:16 03/11/07 (0)
- I'll bet those two youngsters were every bit as good as the Hatto recordings? nt - tinear 15:33:09 03/09/07 (0)
- what's Dutoit doing these days? - docw 13:49:18 03/09/07 (11)
- Re: what's Dutoit doing these days? - pt109 15:39:24 03/10/07 (2)
- how does KN do? - docw 09:14:22 03/11/07 (0)
- Re: what's Dutoit doing these days? - Todd Krieger 23:25:55 03/10/07 (0)
- Went To Japan..... - Todd Krieger 17:20:53 03/09/07 (7)
- The old different strokes game - psgary 22:52:54 03/09/07 (4)
- Re: The old different strokes game - Todd Krieger 23:17:09 03/09/07 (3)
- I agree - psgary 08:27:10 03/10/07 (2)
- Re: I agree - Todd Krieger 11:58:12 03/10/07 (1)
- Interesting points - psgary 19:21:10 03/10/07 (0)
- Was he just appointed to Philadelphia? - docw 17:47:17 03/09/07 (1)
- Oh Man...... - Todd Krieger 18:22:22 03/09/07 (0)