Werk: Leichte Kavallerie: Ouvertüre

L'ancien violoniste des Wiener Philharmoniker a dirigé une seconde partie de concert plus viennoise que nature, après la révélation María Dueñas en première partie.

Christoph Altstaedt conducts the Ulster Orchestra in a charming programme of quintessentially Viennese music for New Year.

I have to confess that an event like this is not within my normal musical radar. My music reviewing and listening is predominantly serious classical, and most of it is for a specialist part of that wide repertoire. So it was a slightly brave, or foolhardy, idea to offer to review one of these musical spectaculars at my local castle.