Davies Symphony Hall
Photo by Lisa Hirsch
Quite a difference of opinion between myself and Joshua Kosman as to last week's SFS program of Jörg Widmann's (first) violin concerto and Mahler's fourth symphony:
- Joshua Kosman, SF Chronicle
- Lisa Hirsch, SFCV
A couple of comments:
- Joshua Kosman knows the Widmann better than I do, although my preparation did include listening to the Tetzlaff recordings a couple of times with the score.
- My companion and I were both mesmerized by the piece, which came across well.
- I heard a couple of very bad Mahler performances last year (Dudamel, Shani) and heard nothing like that in Ticciati's Mahler.
2 comments:
I have to agree with Kosman here. I found Ticciati's tempos were all over the place in the Mahler. More importantly, Ying Fang was absolutely stunning as the soprano soloist.
Yes, she was. Most beautiful soprano voice that I've heard in a long time.
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