The sonic spaces of Haydn and Mozart have been warmly received over the years.
April 29, 2007 (Press Release) --
In the late 18th century, ear-pleasing tonality was the rule, and affable and playful dialogue between instrumental voices came to embody the Classical period. The concerto -- with its exchange between soloist and orchestra -- was the period's exemplar.
Pianist-conductor Jeffrey Kahane, music director of the Colorado Symphony and Los Angeles Chamber orchestras, was at the center of Thursday night's amiable Chicago Symphony Orchestra concert at Orchestra Hall.
He conducted and performed Mozart's Piano Concertos No. 9 in E-Flat Major, K. 271, "Jeunehomme," and 27 in B-Flat Major, K. 595, from the piano bench. Kahane also took to the podium between the concertos to lead Haydn's Symphony No. 96 in D Major, the "Miracle."
The early "Jeunehomme" concerto was articulated with clarity and expressive dynamics by the appropriately reduced ensemble. The middle movement's minor-key rhapsodizing gave the piece its emotional weight, and Kahane played the last movement's cadenzas seductively and with an air of spontaneity.
CSO artistic programming adviser Gerard McBurney observed in a pre-concert lecture that the late B-Flat Major concerto is "one of the most tragic works underneath the apparent simplicity and charm of its surface." Composed in the last year of Mozart's life, the sweet, childlike Larghetto can be seen as the aging Amadeus wistfully reflecting on his youth. Kahane's added ornamentations in the simple recurring melody compensated for a few blurred keyboard runs in the work's faster movements.
The Haydn symphony enabled spirited dialogues between some of the orchestra's principal players. Mathieu Dufour's flute sparkled throughout, and Christopher Martin's brawny trumpet spoke brightly over the mild mannered oboes and horns. But concertmaster Robert Chen and the rest of the violins stole the Haydn show with their animated and virtuosic bowing.
McBurney, Kahane and the CSO will dissect the Mozart B-Flat Major Concerto in the last of this year's highly successful "Beyond the Score" programs at 3 p.m. Sunday. It is the first purely abstract work to be given this multimedia treatment here.
Source: http://www.msn.com
Posted by Bryant Manning
Pianist-conductor Jeffrey Kahane, music director of the Colorado Symphony and Los Angeles Chamber orchestras, was at the center of Thursday night's amiable Chicago Symphony Orchestra concert at Orchestra Hall.
He conducted and performed Mozart's Piano Concertos No. 9 in E-Flat Major, K. 271, "Jeunehomme," and 27 in B-Flat Major, K. 595, from the piano bench. Kahane also took to the podium between the concertos to lead Haydn's Symphony No. 96 in D Major, the "Miracle."
The early "Jeunehomme" concerto was articulated with clarity and expressive dynamics by the appropriately reduced ensemble. The middle movement's minor-key rhapsodizing gave the piece its emotional weight, and Kahane played the last movement's cadenzas seductively and with an air of spontaneity.
CSO artistic programming adviser Gerard McBurney observed in a pre-concert lecture that the late B-Flat Major concerto is "one of the most tragic works underneath the apparent simplicity and charm of its surface." Composed in the last year of Mozart's life, the sweet, childlike Larghetto can be seen as the aging Amadeus wistfully reflecting on his youth. Kahane's added ornamentations in the simple recurring melody compensated for a few blurred keyboard runs in the work's faster movements.
The Haydn symphony enabled spirited dialogues between some of the orchestra's principal players. Mathieu Dufour's flute sparkled throughout, and Christopher Martin's brawny trumpet spoke brightly over the mild mannered oboes and horns. But concertmaster Robert Chen and the rest of the violins stole the Haydn show with their animated and virtuosic bowing.
McBurney, Kahane and the CSO will dissect the Mozart B-Flat Major Concerto in the last of this year's highly successful "Beyond the Score" programs at 3 p.m. Sunday. It is the first purely abstract work to be given this multimedia treatment here.
Source: http://www.msn.com
Posted by Bryant Manning
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