[Concert] Mendelssohn / Schumann, RFH, 10th May
Monday, May 11th, 2009 01:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tamaranthPhilharmonia cond. Dohnanyi: Jonathan Biss, piano. Mendelssohn, Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, Schumann, Piano Concerto in A minor.
I was mainly there for the Schumann: the Mendelssohn rather washed over me, though well-played.
Schumann's Piano Concerto is not in my top five, but I like it very much. Biss's body language -- jerky and angular -- might've coloured my perception of his playing, which seemed overly choppy, especially in the third movement. I need to listen to this piece again because there's something very interesting, rhythmically, at the end of the first movement -- though again this may be Biss's interpretation.
We skipped the second half (Dvorak Symphony #9) due to health issues and Sunday trains.
I was mainly there for the Schumann: the Mendelssohn rather washed over me, though well-played.
Schumann's Piano Concerto is not in my top five, but I like it very much. Biss's body language -- jerky and angular -- might've coloured my perception of his playing, which seemed overly choppy, especially in the third movement. I need to listen to this piece again because there's something very interesting, rhythmically, at the end of the first movement -- though again this may be Biss's interpretation.
We skipped the second half (Dvorak Symphony #9) due to health issues and Sunday trains.
