Monday, April 20, 2009

New York Philharmonic Orchestra and the importance of student attendance of concerts.

I took a student group to NYC this past week for a musical festival competition. As part of the trip we attended a performance at Lincoln Center of “The Great Symphony” of Schubert.

All of us were in awe.

Musical vision: check
Phrasing: check
Articulations: check
Dynamics: check
Balance: check
Tempi: check
Note releases: check
It was a revelation to the students.

From the New York Times review
“Mr. Muti’s conception of Schubert’s Ninth Symphony was grand but never ponderous or overinflated. The performance was almost surprisingly propulsive; jollity outweighed pensiveness by a considerable margin…”
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/17/arts/music/17muti.html?_r=1&ref=music

Cheers
David
 

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