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Copland’s Third Symphony redeems Slatkin and the NSO

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Reviewed at Kennedy Center: Concert Hall, Washington on 7 December 2019
Various, Yet Another Set of Variations (on a Theme of Paganini)
Rachmaninov, Piano Concerto no. 1 in F sharp minor, Op.1
Copland, Symphony no. 3
Olga Kern, Piano
National Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, Conductor
Lush strings, bright Beethoven: NSO and Noseda at Carnegie Hall
****1
Young and Lamsma bring levity to National Symphony Orchestra
****1
NSO triumphs with Boyer and Lang Lang
****1
National Symphony makes a fine-sounding digital return to the stage
****1
Rollicking Mahler Fifth may have just put NSO on the global map
*****
Tetzlaff redefines clarity with the National Symphony Orchestra
****1
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