Contrasting halves from Mostly Mozart Orchestra and Heyward

Jonathon Heyward and the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra

Jonathon Heyward, Simone Lamsma

By Edward Sava-Segal, 06 August 2023

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“infusing the music with additional intensity in order to build a connection”

Reviewed at Lincoln Center: Wu Tsai Theater, David Geffen Hall, New York City on 4 August 2023

Montgomery, Records from a Vanishing City

Barber, Violin Concerto, Op.14

Schumann, Symphony no. 3 in E flat major "Rhenish", Op.97

Simone Lamsma, Violin

Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra

Jonathon Heyward, Conductor

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

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

Mostly Mozart: Bartók, Vivaldi and... Scandinavian folk music?

David Wolfson, 27th July

The idea of reframing a warhorse of the classical repertory isn't a bad one. Theatre and opera goers have their modern-dress versions of Shakespeare and Mozart. Why not try it with Vivaldi?

***11

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Edward Sava-Segal

Edward has been living in New York for the last 25 years, one of the reasons being the extraordinarily rich cultural life in this city. He has studied piano and classical music in his early years. He switched later on to computer science and data architecture but he kept an unwavering interest in following the classical music phenomenon here in New York and in his travels. Edward occasionally reviews fine arts events for the most prestigious literary magazine in Romania, his home country.

Contrasting halves from the Mostly Mozart Orchestra and Jonathon Heyward