Andris Nelsons conducts Mozart & Tchaikovsky
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Andris Nelsons
The concert’s torso makes sense on its own terms – a pair of late and tragic symphonies – and so do the cultivated polish of the Gewandhaus players and the fluent phrase-making of their maestro....
Andris Nelsons conducts Mozart & Tchaikovsky
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Andris Nelsons
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The concert’s torso makes sense on its own terms – a pair of late and tragic symphonies – and so do the cultivated polish of the Gewandhaus players and the fluent phrase-making of their maestro....
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The festive series of concerts to celebrate the inauguration of Andris Nelsons and the 275th anniversary of the Gewandhausorchester concluded with a riveting performance of two of music history’s great symphonic works. Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 is one of only two that Mozart wrote in a minor key, which only adds to its singular reception in his canon of symphonies. Tchaikovsky was an admirer of Mozart’s music and paired the premiere of his Sixth Symphony, which he himself conducted, with dances from Mozart’s 'Idomeneo'. The 'Pathétique' would become his legacy as Tchaikovsky died only a few days after its premiere.
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August 2019
The concert’s torso makes sense on its own terms – a pair of late and tragic symphonies – and so do the cultivated polish of the Gewandhaus players and the fluent phrase-making of their maestro. A sober, old-world restraint permeates their Mozart, down to the conservative omission of second-half repeats from both slow movement and finale.
