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...satisfying it is to hear a world-class orchestra perform without any pretensions. Indeed, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra exhibited a restraint in their Boston debut that was crucial to the success of the performance. The orchestra is touring the United States as an official Cultural Ambassador of the Sydney, Australia 2000 Olympic Arts Festival. The November 13 performance at Symphony Hall was also a part of BankBoston's annual Celebrity Series. This year also marks the 10th anniversary of the orchestra's 1988 American debut in Carnegie Hall. Led by Dutch conductor Edo de Waart, the orchestra makes its first...
SYDNEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA BankBoston Celebrity Series At Symphony Hall November...
Perhaps it is better to describe what Elevator Music is, rather than what it isn't. Unfortunately, unlike the work of Gershwin, Koehne's piece is too fluffy to be lasting. Picture a tropical island. Now add a world-class orchestra. Ditch the tuxes and toss everyone a Hawaiian shirt or a mumu. Chant "ol‚, ol‚!" You get the idea...
...Sydney Symphony Orchestra next performed Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major. Despite its numbering, it is still regarded as the earliest of the five mature concertos because his Piano Concerto No. 1, composed at the age of 13 was promoted by his father as the work of an infant prodigy. No. 2 was also the one performed at Beethoven's piano debut on March 29, 1795 in Vienna. Another unique aspect is the size of the orchestra required for a concerto. With the absence of timpani and brass, the orchestra is small indeed. The effect...
...more conservatively and reserved than expected, but perhaps more in Beethoven's intended spirit. Conservative in the sense that they played it up-tempo, the Sydney Symphony brought the piece closer to what Beethoven probably had planned and closer in sound to Mozart. Reserved in the sense that the orchestra played No. 2 as a concerto and not as a symphony. De Waart's conducting gestures were never forced, were never angularly abrupt. This added to the fact that the muted vibrations of the orchestra and the sweet mellow tone of the piano actually, at times, cast more silence than...