{"id":211,"date":"2008-02-27T19:42:40","date_gmt":"2008-02-28T00:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.berkshirelinks.com\/berkshires-news\/uncategorized\/bso-charles-dutoit\/"},"modified":"2008-02-27T19:42:40","modified_gmt":"2008-02-28T00:42:40","slug":"bso-charles-dutoit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idealpoetry.com\/rwc\/bso-charles-dutoit\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Charles Dutoit, performs works by Martin, Prokofiev, Saint-Saens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday, 9 February 2008 performance reviewed by <a href=\"mailto:karl.henning@columbiamanagement.com\">Karl Henning<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Martin, <i>Petite symphonie concertante<\/i> for harp, harpsichord, piano and two string orchestras<br \/>\nProkofiev, Violin Concerto No. 1 in D, Opus 19<br \/>\nSaint-Sa\u00ebns, Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Opus 78, <i>Organ Symphony<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Ann Hobson Pilot, harp<br \/>\nMark Kroll, harpsichord<br \/>\nRandall Hodgkinson, piano<br \/>\nViviane Hagner, violin<br \/>\nJames David Christie, organ<br \/>\nThe Boston Symphony Orchestra<br \/>\nCharles Dutoit, guest conductor<\/p>\n<p>The programming for the BSO\u2019s 2007-08 season is notable for a variety of reasons;  I confess that I am particularly enjoying the fact that this season features a number of works which, for Boston at any rate, have been rarities.  The <i>Petite symphonie concertante<\/i> by Swiss composer Frank Martin is one such, a piece which has been played at Symphony on only three occasions before now, or rather, twice at Symphony and once at Tanglewood.  Not surprisingly, Lausanne native Charles Dutoit has been responsible for half these performances of his compatriot\u2019s work.<\/p>\n<p>Frank Martin\u2019s <i>Petite symphonie concertante<\/i> was commissioned by Paul Sacher (who was also the agent responsible for bringing into being Bart\u00f3k\u2019s Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Stravinsky\u2019s Concerto in D for strings, Arthur Honegger\u2019s Symphony No. 4, <i>Deliciae Basilienses<\/i>, and Lutosawski\u2019s Double Concerto for oboe and harp).  Its title suggests a neoclassical bent, and the Allegro sections have a vigor similar to the early <i>Kammermusiken<\/i> of Hindemith.  The soloists are not given flamboyant roles, but the precise interplay of the three is delightfully set off against the string ensembles.<\/p>\n<p>Viviane Hagner found in the Prokofiev First Concerto some sleeves-rolled-up labor, and some rough edges, which are at curious variance with the predominant lyrical quality which Steven Ledbetter in his program notes (for instance) finds in the Concerto.  She played well, and musically;  nor does one wish to suggest that a piece must be performed in the same way at all times and in all places;  indeed, a young performer must be applauded for taking a considered alternate approach to an oft-played work.<\/p>\n<p>With the Symphony Hall organ freshly restored in the summer of 2005, the Saint-Sa\u00ebns <i>Organ Symphony<\/i> was part of the gala opening concert for the \u201905-\u201906 season.  That performance was outstanding;  yet this month\u2019s reprise of the piece was even more exciting.  And it is a delight to find that the BSO have reclaimed this work for themselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Charles Dutoit, performs works by Martin, Prokofiev, Saint-Saens<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-tanglewood-3","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/idealpoetry.com\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/idealpoetry.com\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/idealpoetry.com\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idealpoetry.com\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idealpoetry.com\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/idealpoetry.com\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/idealpoetry.com\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idealpoetry.com\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idealpoetry.com\/rwc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}