Zubin Mehta conducts Schubert and Bruckner at La Scala

By Edward Sava-Segal, 05 April 2021

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“Mehta underlined the Haydnesque influence in the slow first bars”

Reviewed at Teatro alla Scala, Milan on 4 April 2021

Schubert, Symphony no. 3 in D major, D.200

Bruckner, Symphony no. 9 in D minor, WAB 109

Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala

Zubin Mehta, Conductor

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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.

Zubin Mehta conducts contrasting symphonies by Schubert and Bruckner at La Scala