tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post113350552683156402..comments2024-03-18T05:17:45.683-05:00Comments on <a href="http://ionarts.blogspot.com/">Ionarts</a>: Lured by Walton, Charmed by ChopinCharles T. Downeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1133795809370690112005-12-05T10:16:00.000-05:002005-12-05T10:16:00.000-05:00[Note to self -- do not post to ionarts.org late o...[Note to self -- do not post to ionarts.org late on Friday afternoon after a long day of planning meetings.]<BR/><BR/>Thanks, Nicholas (and Charles). Yes, I went home and found that the opening work to last February's superb Zinman NSO concert was the lovely, strong neo-classical music from Romeo and Juliet by the late David Diamond, which is available on Delos and which I own. (I had rememberedGarth Trinklhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11084463787729969177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1133586535448997012005-12-03T00:08:00.000-05:002005-12-03T00:08:00.000-05:00Mr. Reilly is right on the money here based on Fri...Mr. Reilly is right on the money here based on Friday performance: lumpy ill-balanced Schubert, superb Chopin with many individual touches of rubato well-matched by NSO. However Walton was the hilite, even with somewhat weighty first movement, which yet carried vital power & energy. 3d movement most intense I have heard and finale's tensions screwed up beautifully in lead up to coda.<BR/><BR/>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1133575756815825142005-12-02T21:09:00.000-05:002005-12-02T21:09:00.000-05:00Garth, for the record, the author of this post is ...Garth, for the record, the author of this post is a guest contributor, Robert R. Reilly. As for the concert last February, that Nicholas identified above, Jens did review it for Ionarts (<A HREF="http://ionarts.blogspot.com/2005/02/david-zinman-turns-water-into-wine.html" REL="nofollow">David Zinman Turns Water into Wine</A>, February 18, 2005). He was similarly impressed but noted a sad lack of Charles T. Downeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1133564893336268262005-12-02T18:08:00.000-05:002005-12-02T18:08:00.000-05:00Garth,The NSO Concert last February with Peter Ser...Garth,<BR/><BR/>The NSO Concert last February with Peter Serkin playing Mozart's C Minor Concerto and David Zinman conducting didn't feature a Walton Symphony. They played Elgar's 2nd Symphony. The opening piece of that concert was David Diamond's "Romeo & Juliet" piece. The reason I remember all this is because it was one of the most memorable concerts of last season, so much so that I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1133560193891759922005-12-02T16:49:00.000-05:002005-12-02T16:49:00.000-05:00Thanks for this and for all the excellent reviews,...Thanks for this and for all the excellent reviews, Jens. I almost went to the NSO last night for the Walton (we had heard Lang Lang do the Chopin with the N.Y. Phil earlier in the fall), but I remembered that I had another engagement (watching an advance screening of Spielberg's Memoirs of a Geisha, which happened to feature a John Williams score and solos from Yo Yo Ma and, a few, from Itzhak Garth Trinklhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11084463787729969177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1133554201523147672005-12-02T15:10:00.000-05:002005-12-02T15:10:00.000-05:00Who would have thought that Lang-Lang turned out t...Who would have thought that Lang-Lang turned out to be the main attraction... I may have to go Saturday, after all.<BR/><BR/>R.E.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com