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...second movement of the concerto highlighted the orchestra's skills, as they played pizzacati remarkably in unison for close to the entire Adagio. Lin's treatment of the cadenza appeared to mention Schumann's Fourth Symphony, though it might have come unconsciously. He and Yoo then led the orchestra jovially through the Presto. The Haydn, though not the flashiest work written for violin and orchestra, benefited immensely from Lin's thoughtful and decorous performance...
After intermission, Yoo prefaced the Zwilich by a brief and humorous lecture, citing passages with the aid of the orchestra. The 1984 work rang a bit shallow, however; its influences carefully trace the development of music in the first half of this century and extinguish any hope of originality...
Stravinsky's rhythms are followed by Bartok's harmonizations, then augmented by Shostakovich's wide intervals and sweeping string lines. Yoo's conducting was geared more towards entrances than anything else; what it lacked in expressiveness was gathered up by enthusiasm...
...Petite Symphonie Concertante brought a whole palette of new ideas to the concert, some of which were discussed by Yoo in another short talk. The first movement accomplishes constant building and ebbing by gradually increasing the interaction of the two orchestras. Here, Yoo's leadership became a little more refined. This change was especially appropriate for the second movement, in which the three solo instruments trade off as accompanists to each other. The strings' playing was fluid and measured, but the solo instruments appeared to miss a few entrances...
Though their audience was small for Jordan Hall, Yoo and his group had much to celebrate. Rumors of record contracts and forthcoming wind sections circulated before the concert; some will doubtlessly come true. All in all, the evening marked an auspicious beginning for Metamorphosen's inaugural season...