The weather sucked, but we went out anyway, glad we did.
Carlos Kalmar conducts
Karen Gomyo violin
Beethoven Coriolan Overture
Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto
Walton
Symphony no. 1
Ms. Gomyo plays the original edition of the Tchaikovsky concerto, the one rejected by the original dedicatee as being too difficult, and perhaps, too vulgar. I'm not at all big on Tchaikovsky in general, and this piece was no exception, except when the violin was playing, and then, there was a riveting power unleashed that could not be resisted. A triumph of perfomance!
Walton's Symphony was unfamiliar to me. That has now been identified as a gap of my own doing, and one that must be remedied with all due haste. What a fine piece of music!
The weather still sucked after it was over, but we went home anyway. Glad we did.