There is no denying the dramatic force of these sonatas, and there is drama in spades in Mustonen’s renderings.
Another spectacular offering from Queensland Symphony Orchestra and another stellar reason to take a trip down memory lane.
The topical and emotional impact of The Elocution of Benjamin Franklin is not diminished in this splendid production.
A modern re-working of Chekhov’s play of the same name, perhaps comparable to Bernstein’s re-working of Romeo and Juliet in West Side Story.
The whole show was one in which technical wizardry was wholly at the service of delighting, provoking, or astonishing the audience.
Young, O’Neill, Ionis, and indeed every member of the orchestra understood how to let this music crack open the psyche, yet hold us there in ways that can transfigure our souls.