Lindberg and Beethoven
Jul. 24th, 2016 09:56 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sawylBetter programming today, with the world premier of Magnus Lindberg's Two Episodes opening this evening's prom. The orchestral writing was characteristic of Lindberg, creating an open and approachable sound world with definite echoes of the second piece in the concert: Beethoven's 9th Symphony.
The Beethoven was somewhat idiosyncratic, with Jurowsky and LPO emphasising some elements more than others — the winds in the last movement holding their own against the the strings in the early parts of the last movement — and there were some interesting tempo choices. It all seemed to work and made the old warhorse seem fresher than it usually does.
The Beethoven was somewhat idiosyncratic, with Jurowsky and LPO emphasising some elements more than others — the winds in the last movement holding their own against the the strings in the early parts of the last movement — and there were some interesting tempo choices. It all seemed to work and made the old warhorse seem fresher than it usually does.
