![]() ![]() Dynamics undulated with the floating grace of a glider as the steady churning continued below in rhythmic waves. The youthful energy of the piece burst immediately upon us in the opening Allegro, with churning propulsion from the lower strings and lithe buoyancy from the violins and violas. Mozart wrote no fewer than five divertmenti in D, so it's necessary to add that this was the earliest, K.136, written at the age of 16 – or that it's the one divertimento that Yehudi Menuhin recorded in his Mozart collection for Virgin Classics, leading the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne. Jumping was probably not the proper response. In between these two, Warren-Green offered the Charlotte premiere of Jessica Meyer's "Slow Burn," a piece originally devised two years ago to accompany a burlesque dancer in Saratoga. ![]() ![]() Check out the webcast of the Mozart + Wirén program, still replaying online, and you'll find that both of these composers had the same effect, Mozart with his Divertimento for Strings in D and Swedish composer Dag Wirén with his Serenade for Strings. Paul Suite was lively and sunny enough to get musical director Christopher Warren-Green jumping up and down on the podium. Back in February at the Holst + Elgar concert, only Holst's St. Meanwhile a fresh series of five outdoor concerts has been scheduled this spring at the NoDa Brewing Company, all on Tuesdays, with a discreet 7:00pm starting time, improving our chances of keeping warm.Īnother harbinger of spring and burgeoning optimism could be found in CSO's most recent Mozart + Wirén concert. ![]() 64 has been announced for May, bringing us oboes and horns. As I sit down to write, Haydn's Symphony No. 40, presumably with a full complement of woodwinds. Later this month, principal harpist Andrea Mumm will be reunited with the string players, taking a lead role in Debussy's Danses sacrée et profane, and next month, we can look forward to Mozart's beloved Symphony No. Unless a fourth wave of COVID-19 takes us by surprise and the 2020-21 season has to be "reimagined" yet again, the Charlotte Symphony seems to be moving slowly, cautiously back towards full-sized concerts with their entire orchestra. ![]()
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