Death and life: Lutosławski, Bartók, and Mozart at the Mostly Mozart Festival

Von Bachtrack reviewer, 13 August 2012

Laden, bitte warten...

Rezensierte Veranstaltung: Lincoln Center: Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall, New York City, am 10 August 2012

Lutosławski, Trauermusik für Streicher

Bartók, Klavierkonzert Nr. 3, Sz119

Mozart, Symphonie Nr. 39 in Es-Dur, KV543

Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra

Louis Langrée, Musikalische Leitung

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Klavier

David Wolfson, 8th August

Langrée's incoherent but enjoyable program skips through five centuries of music history from Lully to Valerie Coleman.

***11

Edward Sava-Segal, 4th August

Jessie Montgomery's 2016 Records from a Vanishing City enthralls, Barber’s Violin Concerto is exquisite; Schumann's Rhenish disappoints.

***11

David Wolfson, 1st August

Gemma New makes a positive impressive in the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra's lively rendition of the “Prague” Symphony.

****1

David Wolfson, 25th July

The world premiere of Iraqi-American composer Amir ElSaffar's ambitious Dhikra (Remembrance) very nearly succeeds in its ambitions.

****1

David Wolfson, 5th August

Amid an uncertain future for the Mostly Mozart Festival, conductor Louis Langrée led a fiery program that overflowed with rage rather than grief.

****1

Linda Holt, 30th July

Romanticized but highly enjoyable Mozart performances, monumental Brahms, but more gusto than tenderness characterized the program.

****1