Good to see a nearly full house at Sheffield City Hall tonight.
Opening with Don Juan - an affectionate well played account if perhaps lacking a degree of excitement . To follow came that old warhorse the Grieg Piano Concerto with Alexander Gavrylyuk . There was a lot of fine playing but there was something very episodic about the performance but there was a deal of tenderness too .The audience loved it though including applause after the first movement ! Which did not go down well with the season ticket holders .
No such solecisms during the Sibelius 5 that followed . Conducted without a score by Kamu his experience and love of the music shone through . It was superbly balanced , wonderful bassoon playing in particular and I love the finale the brass was somehwhat restrained at the start but it was built wonderfully to the final thwacks . Great performance and am now very tempted by the Kamu cycle recently released on BIS .
Opening with Don Juan - an affectionate well played account if perhaps lacking a degree of excitement . To follow came that old warhorse the Grieg Piano Concerto with Alexander Gavrylyuk . There was a lot of fine playing but there was something very episodic about the performance but there was a deal of tenderness too .The audience loved it though including applause after the first movement ! Which did not go down well with the season ticket holders .
No such solecisms during the Sibelius 5 that followed . Conducted without a score by Kamu his experience and love of the music shone through . It was superbly balanced , wonderful bassoon playing in particular and I love the finale the brass was somehwhat restrained at the start but it was built wonderfully to the final thwacks . Great performance and am now very tempted by the Kamu cycle recently released on BIS .
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