Friday, May 21, 2010
The sound of one hand...
...playing the piano. Ravel's glorious Piano Concerto for Left Hand (here performed by Richter) which I heard played this evening in a superb performance by Marc-Andre Hamelin and the Minnesota Orchestra.
Other highlights of the evening included Strauss' Don Juan (which puts a whole new spin on horniness!) and a passionate rendition of Ravel's brilliantly subversive La Valse under the baton of Gilbert Varga, bubbles of disquiet under the swirling surface of the music.
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So something good can come out of Minnesota after all.
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n!: Oh, lots of good things can come out of Minnesota. Like a brilliant all Sibelius performance a couple of months back (which Alex Ross blogged about here). Plus there's a performance of Bartok and Stravinsky coming up this weekend that I have great hopes for.
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