Milton Keynes City Orchestra concert
12 March 2008
On Sunday night we were at Milton Keynes Theatre to hear the Milton Keynes City Orchestra conducted by Sian Edwards. The first half of the concert was a performance of Beethoven's 'Triple Concerto' with Diana Cummings (violin), Nigel Clayton (piano) and the wonderful show-stealing Oleg Kogan ('cello) who was a late replacement for the injured Gerard Le Feuvre. After the interval the MKCO were joined by the Milton Keynes Music Service Symphony Orchestra for a joint performance of the overture 'The Italian Girl in Algiers' by Rossini. With nearly 100 players on the stage it looked and sounded amazing: the playing was incredibly tight and precise and my only disappointment was that (with one notable exception) all the woodwind solos were taken by the professional players rather than the local youngsters. Before they completed the concert with Haydn's 'Symphony No. 103 - Drum Roll', I was pleased to see MKCO take on something a little out of the ordinary with the strange, atmospheric 'Nostalgia' by Takemitsu - a tribute to the Russian film director Andrei Tarkovsky.
posted by Robin Simpson @ 10:22 pm
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