BBCSSO / Payare / Weilerstein ( R3 In Concert Thur 22.10 )

[Zucchini]

Rafael Payare conducts Dvorak Symphony 7 and his trouble & strife Alisa Weilerstein plays Shostakovich Cello Conc 2. Both have earned very fine reputations over the last few years.

[pastoralguy]

Rafael Payare conducts Dvorak Symphony 7 and his trouble & strife Ailsa Weilerstein plays Shostakovich Cello Conc 2. Both have earned formidable reputations over the last few ears.

Thanks for this. I rate Ms. Weilerstein extremely highly. I'll be listening to this.

[Flosshilde]

She was amazing in the Shostakovitch. I wasn't so keen on her Bach. Is it possible to switch from Shostakovitch at his most anguished to Bach at, more or less, the click of a finger? And in the post-concert mini-recital she continued with two more movements from the suite; in the second she attacked the cello in much the same manner as in the concerto, and also in the piece by Golijov she played after the Bach.

[Lento]

Presumably Shostakovich echoes the ending of the concerto in the final bars of Symphony 15? Not sure why the cello comes over all tonal and melodic x3 in concerto's Finale: Wiki says he revised that movement, worried about weakness in the original version.

[VodkaDilc]

I recently saw Payare with the Philharmonia. Certainly a conductor to watch. (And let's say he's nearer the Bernstein end of the hyperactivity spectrum than the Boult end.)

[Nick Armstrong]

Rafael Payare ...and his trouble & strife Alisa Weilerstein ...Shostakovich Cello Conc 2.

I've now listened to this twice - I arrived home just in time to record the performance off the DAB radio, and it's one I'm going to keep and listen to over and over. I thought it was exceptional. It's my favourite of all cello concertos anyway - this performance made me think of the overlap with DSCH's 2nd piano trio, in addition to the clear affinities with the 15th symphony. What a piece, what a performance.

What did you think, me old courgette flower?

[Flosshilde]

I recently saw Payare with the Philharmonia. Certainly a conductor to watch. (And let's say he's nearer the Bernstein end of the hyperactivity spectrum than the Boult end.)

He was certainly leaping around for the Dvorak; less so for Shostakovitch.

[Nick Armstrong]

He was certainly leaping around for the Dvorak; less so for Shostakovitch.

Didn't realise you were in the audience Floss!!

[Flosshilde]

Yes. I went for the Shostakovitch; Dvoak's not my bag. The opening piece, 'Fields of light' by Gareth Patrick Williams was very effective & a pleasure to listen to; unusual, perhaps, for a contemporary piece not to be overloaded with percussion.

I could, if you want, give you a description of Ms. Weilerstein's outfit