25 April 2013
The
Northampton Symphony Orchestra concert last Saturday included two very
contrasting works. Dvorak’s ‘Symphony No 9 (From the New World)’ is incredibly
well-known and instantly likeable but shines through its familiarity. I think our
performance brought out both the warmth and the excitement of the work – with
an excellent Cor Anglais solo from Simon Cooper. Bartok’s ‘Concerto for
Orchestra’ is a much more complex and challenging piece and was much less
familiar to the orchestra or its audience. By our final rehearsal we were just
beginning to make sense of the music and I there was an intense air of concentration
during our performance but I think we managed to demonstrate the magnificence
of the piece.
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