Work: Sinfonia Concertante for winds in E flat major, K297b

Gyula Fekete's concerto based on themes from Chinese TV headlines a mixed programme at a concert which didn't succeed in everything but was generously filled with melody throughout.

After the great success of Eugene Onegin and the concert for Claudio Abbado, the Texan conductor John Axelrod was again on the podium of the San Carlo Orchestra, with a warm reception for a programme of Prokofiev, Mozart and Brahms. 

La Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de México ofreció una competente versión de la poco frecuente Tercera sinfonía de Bruckner precedida, para lucimiento de cuatro estupendos solistas, de una Sinfonía concertante de Mozart.