I saw the program last night, and someone must have walloped Jacobs because he wasn't allowed near the keyboard after the concerto finished. I read on the Civic Center blog that his encore had been by Messiaen, one of his specialties. I'm sorry I didn't hear it because I love Messiaen and have never heard any of his organ music live.
That was one great performance of the RVW Fourth, about what I'd thought possible when I heard a much less incisive performance by the American Symphony Orch. in 2006, with the competent but not better than that Leon Botstein conducting. It's closer to Nielsen in mood than what you usually hear of RVW. I do not understand at all why American orchestras don't give his symphonies more attention than the shorter pieces.
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Date: 2009-04-26 04:32 pm (UTC)That was one great performance of the RVW Fourth, about what I'd thought possible when I heard a much less incisive performance by the American Symphony Orch. in 2006, with the competent but not better than that Leon Botstein conducting. It's closer to Nielsen in mood than what you usually hear of RVW. I do not understand at all why American orchestras don't give his symphonies more attention than the shorter pieces.