David Afkham conducts an all-Brahms Night at Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival

By Dan Wang, 29 August 2013

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Reviewed at Lincoln Center: Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall, New York City on 16 August 2013

Brahms, Double Concerto in A minor for Violin, Cello and Orchestra, Op.102

Brahms, Symphony no. 2 in D major, Op.73

Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra

David Afkham, Conductor

Vadim Repin, Violin

Truls Mørk, Cello

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

Dan Wang is a graduate student in music history and theory at the University of Chicago.