Back to Birmingham this week to see family and attend a concert by the CBSO. It was my first experience of the orchestra playing live and in person, and it was quite the event. The conductor was maestro Kazuki Yamada and he certainly is a showman. It was obvious that the concert going public of the city have taken him to their hearts. There is a real rapport between them.
The concert consisted of four pieces: Ravel's 'Mother Goose Suite', Mozart's Piano Concert no.27 - soloist Paul Lewis; and, after the interval, the luscious late Romanticism of 'La Nuit et L'Amour' by Augusta Holmes, and 'Pictures at an Exhibition' by Mussorsgky, arranged by Sir Henry Wood. The latter was remarkable in its 'piss and vinegar'. A much more emotional, even irrational, interpretation of Mussorgsky's original piano score than Ravel's more famous arrangement.
The concert consisted of four pieces: Ravel's 'Mother Goose Suite', Mozart's Piano Concert no.27 - soloist Paul Lewis; and, after the interval, the luscious late Romanticism of 'La Nuit et L'Amour' by Augusta Holmes, and 'Pictures at an Exhibition' by Mussorsgky, arranged by Sir Henry Wood. The latter was remarkable in its 'piss and vinegar'. A much more emotional, even irrational, interpretation of Mussorgsky's original piano score than Ravel's more famous arrangement.
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