Tomasi's restored Trumpet Concerto headlines Indianapolis program

By Phillip Nones, 18 March 2023

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“Hardenberger played the sometimes-tricky solo passages with complete authority”

Reviewed at Hilbert Circle Theatre, Indianapolis on 17 March 2023

Programme to include:

Brahms, Tragic Overture, Op.81

Tomasi, Trumpet Concerto

Schmitt, La Tragédie de Salomé

Stravinsky, The Firebird: Suite (1947 version)

Håkan Hardenberger, Trumpet

Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra

Fabien Gabel, Conductor

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***11

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*****

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Fabien Gabel and the CBSO deliver exhilaration and emotion in works by Bernstein and Weill, joined by Colin Currie for Danny Elfman’s generic Percussion Concerto.

****1

Brilliant showpieces from Fabien Gabel, the Labèques and the OSM

Phillip Nones, 8th May

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****1

Impassioned Mahler and exuberant klezmer concerto in Baltimore

Phillip Nones, 12th March

Virtuoso violin fireworks were on brilliant display in Noah Bendix-Balgley's own Klezmer Concerto, while the Baltimore Symphony and conductor Fabien Gabel presented an impassioned, memorably probing Mahler Five.

*****

Sparks fly in Pittsburgh with Karen Gomyo and Fabien Gabel

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Fabien Gabel and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra bring Stravinsky's puppets to vivid life, while violinist Karen Gomyo delivers passion and pathos in Chausson's Poème.

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Phillip Nones

Phillip Nones studied piano from age six, also playing percussion in educational and civic groups before moving to a rural area of the USA in 1990, where performance opportunities were few. Recently he has started performing again, participating in “side-by-side” orchestra performances and playing percussion in the World Doctors' Orchestra. His personal collection of music includes over 5,000 classical albums in all formats (CDs, LPs, 78s), plus downloads. In his professional life, he heads up a marketing communications firm in the state of Maryland. He blogs about the French composer Florent Schmitt here.

Tomasi's restored Trumpet Concerto headlines Gabel's Indianapolis Symphony program