Night Two at the May Festival
Here's the review from last night's May Festival.
posted by Janelle Gelfand at 2:40 PM
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1 Comments:
at 5/19/2008 08:31:00 AM 
Meridian13113 said...
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Post a Comment*Your comment about the insecurity of the chorus in the Hebrew text was possibly because of your unfamiliarity with the Ashkenazic Hebrew sung in the Zeisl piece (as opposed to the usual Sephardic Hebrew that is more often heard -- as in Bernstein's "Chicester Psalms," for example).
The Hebrew diction coach of the chorus was very pleased with the way the Hebrew was performed, and the chorus was perhaps more confident in that particular piece than in any other in the festival this year.
I'm also sorry you didn't like the fugue (your review wasn't clear if you didn't like the fugue as it was written or if you didn't like the performance of the fugue). It may very well be the favorite piece for many singers this year. We think it is wonderful.
After Paavo Jarvi's brilliant interpretation of the Beethoven Ninth in September of 2005, Conlon's version seemed to me and many others to be uninspired and in places downright boring. The orchestra seemed similarly uninspired and I heard many disconnects, especially in the first movement.
Fortunately, the finale did have some fire and sparkle, which helped to compensate for the rather pedestrian first three movements.
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