Robert Kapilow on Vivaldi
Evening Music | May 6, 2010
Host Robert Kapilow will be joined by Chee Yun and the Perspectives Ensemble at Walter Reade Theater on April 18th. Their goal: to let us in on “what makes it great,” as they elucidate Vivaldi in the Great Performers Series. But we can appreciate Vivaldi this very evening, as “La primavera” (Spring) receives a lilting and authentic performance by Giovanni Antonini and Il Giardino Armonico.
David Golub, perhaps more often heard from in his guise as a pianist, conducts the Padova Chamber Orchestra in Antonin Dvorák’s substantial Serenade for Strings in E, written after the 32-year-old composer had resolved to throw off the influence of Wagner and explore a more classical approach to composition.
Later we enjoy Maurizio Pollini, as he brings his usual panache to Beethoven’s Second Piano Concerto, while Eugen Jochum conducts the Vienna Philharmonic.
David Golub, perhaps more often heard from in his guise as a pianist, conducts the Padova Chamber Orchestra in Antonin Dvorák’s substantial Serenade for Strings in E, written after the 32-year-old composer had resolved to throw off the influence of Wagner and explore a more classical approach to composition.
Later we enjoy Maurizio Pollini, as he brings his usual panache to Beethoven’s Second Piano Concerto, while Eugen Jochum conducts the Vienna Philharmonic.
