In Atlanta, Avi Avital delights in Jennifer Higdon's Mandolin Concerto

Par William E Ford, 03 avril 2022

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“his right hand moved extraordinarily fast, to the point of being a blur”

Critique faite à Atlanta Symphony Hall, Atlanta, le 2 avril 2022

Buller, The Parallactic Transits (world première)

Higdon, Mandolin Concerto

Rimski-Korsakov, Shéhérazade, op.35

Robert Spano, Direction

Avi Avital, Mandoline

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

Violin megastar Gil Shaham wows Atlanta with Korngold concerto

William E Ford, 12th November

Guest Conductor Hannu Lintu makes an auspicious Atlanta Symphony debut conducting Sibelius, Korngold and Higdon.

*****

Ksenija Sidorova returns to Symphony Hall and Astor Piazzolla

William E Ford, 3rd February

Kalmar and Sidorova pair up for a powerful performance of Piazzolla's Aconcagua in Atlanta.

***11

Thrilling Brahms from Sir Donald Runnicles and the Atlanta Symphony

William E Ford, 2nd December

An impressive concert at Symphony Hall also features Melody Eötvös' The Deciding Machine and Jacquelyn Stucker singing Strauss.

****1

A perfect pair: Barber’s Knoxville and Mahler's Fourth in Atlanta

Timothy Robson, 10th June

Robert Spano conducts a fine pairing of Romantic works in his final performance with Atlanta Symphony Orchestra after twenty years as their music director.

***11

Florid Mozart – and Reinecke – from the Atlanta Symphony and Runnicles

Laurence Vittes, 8th April

Mozart's Concerto for Flute and Harp is followed by a grand, exhilarating performance of Beethoven's Fourth Symphony.

****1

Sir Donald Runnicles does it all in Atlanta

Cameron Kelsall, 1st April

The Scottish conductor held the podium and the piano bench in an expansive program that included Wagner, Britten, Debussy and the Georgia-based composer Carlos Simon.

****1

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William E Ford

William has enjoyed classical music for over five decades. He is a frequent concertgoer and blogs about classical music . He has a YouTube channel in which he interviews a variety of people in the world of music, such as composers, musicians, writers, and artistic directors. William is a clinical psychologist.