CSO /Muti. Prokofiev/Mozart/Rossini

[richardfinegold]

This was our first concert since the Pandemic. Overture to The Old Man of Reims, Mozart 39, Prokofiev Fifth.
At the interval there was a nice ceremony where 3 players had a retirement ceremony.
The Rossini was delightful as expected. The Mozart sounded a bit under rehearsed in I, as Muti clearly made the slow movement the heart of the piece. I have always had an ambivalent relationship with the Prokofiev. My wife had never heard it before. She adores the Romeo and Juliet music but was nonplussed by the Symphony. She laughed when I told her it was intended as a ballet for tanks.

Any slight reservations about the program or performance were outweighed by the fun of attending a live concert

[Pulcinella]

This was our first concert since the Pandemic. Overture to The Old Man of Reims, Mozart 39, Prokofiev Fifth.
At the interval there was a nice ceremony where 3 players had a retirement ceremony.
The Rossini was delightful as expected. The Mozart sounded a bit under rehearsed in I, as Muti clearly made the slow movement the heart of the piece. I have always had an ambivalent relationship with the Prokofiev. My wife had never heard it before. She adores the Romeo and Juliet music but was nonplussed by the Symphony. She laughed when I told her it was intended as a ballet for tanks.

Any slight reservations about the program or performance were outweighed by the fun of attending a live concert

Good news that you are both out and about again! Love your description of Prokofiev 5.

But is that your (mis)translation of the Rossini overture title, or what the program actually printed?
It's not a vecchio (old man) but a viaggio, a journey!

[Historian]

Good to see live concerts with an audience back on in Chicago Richard. Thank you for the review.

[BBMmk2]

How I miss that, live music. Great there was a retirement ceremony for those players.

[richardfinegold]

Good news that you are both out and about again! Love your description of Prokofiev 5.

But is that your (mis)translation of the Rossini overture title, or what the program actually printed?
It's not a vecchio (old man) but a viaggio, a journey!

I'm taking Spanish lessions right now. In Spanish that would be old man (viejo-I assumed that was what was meant and that the Italians spelled it slightly different) And I can easily see Rossini writing an Opera with old letch at the center. So I am going to pig headedly stick with my personal translation!

[Pulcinella]

I'm taking Spanish lessions right now. In Spanish that would be old man (viejo-I assumed that was what was meant and that the Italians spelled it slightly different) And I can easily see Rossini writing an Opera with old letch at the center. So I am going to pig headedly stick with my personal translation!

An understandable mistake: I think that 'false friend' is the term for such similarities.
I'm sure that there were some old folk on that journey to Rheims.