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People Are Talking: UMS presents Mariinsky Orchestra at Hill Auditorium:
I was fortunate to see both performances by this wonderful orchestra! I have to admit that I was much more enthralled by the Sunday concert, but then, I am a great fan of Tschaikovsky! I am very familiar with Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition”, and was very surprised to hear some passages played in an unfamiliar manner. Then it struck me; Mr. Gergiev was conducting with a Russian sense! What amazing good fortune to hear such an amazing concert!
People Are Talking: UMS presents Mariinsky Orchestra at Hill Auditorium:
Thank you! I thought the orchestra encore sounded like Wagner, but was so sure they’d only perform works by Russian composers that I was driving myself crazy trying to think of a Russian contemporary of Wagner!
The Lyadov piece was a delight, wasn’t it?
The encores on Sunday were Lyadov’s The Music Box (performed by Denis Matsuev) and the Prelude to Act I of Lohengrin by Richard Wagner (performed by the Mariinsky Orchestra).
"by Sara, UMS
People Are Talking: UMS presents Mariinsky Orchestra at Hill Auditorium:
We heard it back in the balcony, so it could not have been any vocalizations by the conductor. I agree that it was annoying and distracting, but fortunately didn’t last very long.
My friend and I attended Sunday afternoon’s concert – wow! The “Concerto” by Rodion Shchedrin was so interesting and fun, and the following “war horses” were both marvelous. To hear Tchaikovsky’s 1st piano concerto in person, played with such precision and energy was a treat, and I very much enjoyed the grandeur and sensitivity that Gergiev drew from the orchestra for Mussorgsky’s “Pictures…”
BUT… WHAT was that weird buzzy noise that we heard when the orchestra played?? It was horribly distracting. We were sitting on the Main Floor, far left, Section 5, and my friend and I both noticed it, so it wasn’t just a voice in my head… Some weird acoustical issue either from the hall (emanating from the stage, it sounded like) or from the orchestra? Really strange.
"by Margaret Petersen
People Are Talking: UMS presents Mariinsky Orchestra at Hill Auditorium:
I’ve never been particularly fond of Shostakovich, but thought this performance was spectacular!