Noseda and the NSO end the season with a winning combination.
After some strenuous repertoire this spring, the National Symphony Orchestra musicians got a bit of a break this week.
Trifonov sets off fireworks, but not everything syncs up in a program featuring George Walker’s 4th, Prokofiev’s 2nd, and Stravinsky’s rarely performed Firebird ballet.
Noseda’s last local appearance until spring is another double-barreled program of heavyweights.
Cho’s finger work per se is other-worldly, but it did not always bring satisfying musical results. And that piano…
A second round of Beethoven & Walker goes down about as well as the first.
Noseda continues to elevate the NSO to new heights…
Returning from abroad, an American heldentenor makes a big impression.
The NSO draws a full house for an evening spanning a century of German music