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tamaranthbelated concert review #2 ...
Mussorgsky / Grieg / Shostakovich: RFH 12.11.09
Cond Petrenko: Piano Boris Giltburg
Mussorgsky - Night on a Bare Mountain
Grieg - Piano Concerto #1
Shostakovich - Symphony #5 'Classical'
I left at the interval so missed the Shostakovich: with hindsight, time pressure should've prevented me from attending at all, but I'm really glad I didn't miss Petrenko, who is the anti-Pletnev, incredibly physical and exuberant. (Think Simon Rattle, or Mozart in Amadeus.) Also, he is young and blond. (What? I like watching conductors: this one's easy on the eye.)
I know Mussorgsky's Night on a Bare Mountain (which, I think I remember reading somewhere, is about Walpurgisnacht 1684 -- as featured in Quicksilver) fairly well, but it still didn't really engage me. This disproves my theory about it taking me 10 minutes or so at any concert to unwind and get into the music. Anyway: Mussorgsky v. nice, I tend to forget the peaceful spiritual rescue of the final part.
The Grieg piano concerto is probably the most melodramatic piece of music ever: Giltburg handled it very well, loose-jointed and fluid and showy, and brilliantly played. We got an encore too -- solo piano that I recognise but can't name, maybe Rachmaninoff? (Thinking about it, it's based on the same folk tune that appears in the final movement of Sibelius's Second Symphony.)
Mussorgsky / Grieg / Shostakovich: RFH 12.11.09
Cond Petrenko: Piano Boris Giltburg
Mussorgsky - Night on a Bare Mountain
Grieg - Piano Concerto #1
Shostakovich - Symphony #5 'Classical'
I left at the interval so missed the Shostakovich: with hindsight, time pressure should've prevented me from attending at all, but I'm really glad I didn't miss Petrenko, who is the anti-Pletnev, incredibly physical and exuberant. (Think Simon Rattle, or Mozart in Amadeus.) Also, he is young and blond. (What? I like watching conductors: this one's easy on the eye.)
I know Mussorgsky's Night on a Bare Mountain (which, I think I remember reading somewhere, is about Walpurgisnacht 1684 -- as featured in Quicksilver) fairly well, but it still didn't really engage me. This disproves my theory about it taking me 10 minutes or so at any concert to unwind and get into the music. Anyway: Mussorgsky v. nice, I tend to forget the peaceful spiritual rescue of the final part.
The Grieg piano concerto is probably the most melodramatic piece of music ever: Giltburg handled it very well, loose-jointed and fluid and showy, and brilliantly played. We got an encore too -- solo piano that I recognise but can't name, maybe Rachmaninoff? (Thinking about it, it's based on the same folk tune that appears in the final movement of Sibelius's Second Symphony.)
