CSO opens in grand style
Don't cry for me, Cincinnati. But, if I had had my 'druthers, I would have been taking my prime observation perch in the balcony (stage right!), watching over the opening night concert of Paavo's third season as Cincinnati Symphony Music Director, instead of lying, despondently, in a hospital bed recuperating from heart surgery.
Nevertheless, this was still a wonderful occasion in which the CSO found itself sharing the talents of the Estonian National Male Choir in CSO opens in grand style by Janelle Gelfand, Cincinnati Enquirer (9/18/04).
"The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra was at full throttle as the Estonian National Male Choir pronounced with clipped power in old Finnish, Thus died Kullervo the hero. It was a thrilling conclusion to Sibelius' colossal masterpiece Kullervo, a work that gripped Friday's opening night audience in Music Hall, and made a momentous opening to the orchestra's 110th season, Paavo Jarvi's fourth as music director.
"...From the outset of this five-movement, 75-minute journey, Jarvi led stunning aural canvases that were full of life - dark and earthy in the basses; glowing in the violins and inspired playing in the winds and brass.
"Through it all, Jarvi propelled his musicians with imagination and momentum, never flagging in intensity, and they played with true distinction."
Read more: CSO opens in grand style by Janelle Gelfand, Cincinnati Enquirer (9/18/04).
Nevertheless, this was still a wonderful occasion in which the CSO found itself sharing the talents of the Estonian National Male Choir in CSO opens in grand style by Janelle Gelfand, Cincinnati Enquirer (9/18/04).
"The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra was at full throttle as the Estonian National Male Choir pronounced with clipped power in old Finnish, Thus died Kullervo the hero. It was a thrilling conclusion to Sibelius' colossal masterpiece Kullervo, a work that gripped Friday's opening night audience in Music Hall, and made a momentous opening to the orchestra's 110th season, Paavo Jarvi's fourth as music director.
"...From the outset of this five-movement, 75-minute journey, Jarvi led stunning aural canvases that were full of life - dark and earthy in the basses; glowing in the violins and inspired playing in the winds and brass.
"Through it all, Jarvi propelled his musicians with imagination and momentum, never flagging in intensity, and they played with true distinction."
Read more: CSO opens in grand style by Janelle Gelfand, Cincinnati Enquirer (9/18/04).
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