Mostly Mozart opens in major key exuberance

By Robert Levine, 27 July 2017

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“Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall was positively rocking with C Major exuberance”

Reviewed at Lincoln Center: Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall, New York City on 26 July 2017

Mozart, Kyrie in G major for 5 voices in 1, K89 (K73k)

Mozart, Symphony no. 35 in D major, "Haffner”, K385

Beethoven, Fantasia in C minor for piano, chorus, and orchestra "Choral Fantasy", Op.80

Bernstein, Candide: Make our Garden Grow

Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra

Louis Langrée, Conductor

Kit Armstrong, Piano

Janai Brugger, Soprano

Brandie Sutton, Soprano

Jennifer Johnson Cano, Mezzo-soprano

Jack Swanson, Tenor

Miles Mykkanen, Tenor

Adam Lau, Bass

Young People's Chorus of New York City

Francisco J Núñez, Director

Concert Chorale of New York

James Bagwell, Director

Louis Langrée begins final week with Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra

David Wolfson, 8th August

Langrée's incoherent but enjoyable program skips through five centuries of music history from Lully to Valerie Coleman.

***11

Contrasting halves from Mostly Mozart Orchestra and Heyward

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

In New York, Gemma New makes “Mostly Mozart” mostly magic

David Wolfson, 1st August

Gemma New makes a positive impressive in the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra's lively rendition of the “Prague” Symphony.

****1

Langrée pairs ambitious premiere with uneven Mass at Mostly Mozart

David Wolfson, 25th July

The world premiere of Iraqi-American composer Amir ElSaffar's ambitious Dhikra (Remembrance) very nearly succeeds in its ambitions.

****1

Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra offers a Requiem for itself

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

Mozart and Brahms shine in a bold, romantic glow

Linda Holt, 30th July

Romanticized but highly enjoyable Mozart performances, monumental Brahms, but more gusto than tenderness characterized the program.

****1

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Robert Levine

Robert T. Levine is a New York born-and-bred music writer with a particular interest in music for the voice. His work has appeared in many periodicals and newspapers. He is the author of many books, including The Story of the Orchestra, four volumes in the Black Dog & Leventhal Opera Library, and, most recently, Maria Callas: A Musical Biography.