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A blistering hot concert at the NCH last night!

Clinker · 2009-04-25 08:36:19

* Mussorgsky (orch. Shostakovich) Dawn on the Moscow River (Khovanshchina) * Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26 (Alexander Toradze, piano) * Shostakovich Symphony No. 10 in E minor National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland Alan Buribayev, conductor. This was stunning!! Buribayev looks very young (he's 30) and…

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#32 14-06-2009 12:26am
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Tonight was certainly blistering! Dresden Staatskapelle, wunderkind Harding on the podium. Schumann first half, powerful, intensive playing from Renaud Capuçon. But the real magic came after the break: Brahms #2, magniifient. Then as an encore Weber's overture to Der Freischutz. The night just kept getting better.

I've heard Harding a few times before and he didn't fully convince me. Until tonight. The guy had such total control of the band, it was in the same league as Rattle with the Berlin Phil last Sept.

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