{"id":65687,"date":"2013-11-22T04:58:38","date_gmt":"2013-11-22T02:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gbopera.it\/?p=65687"},"modified":"2016-11-26T13:26:07","modified_gmt":"2016-11-26T12:26:07","slug":"radiant-sinfonia-concertante-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.studioroldo.it\/gbopera\/radiant-sinfonia-concertante-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Verona, Teatro Ristori: Radiant Sinfonia Concertante"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Verona. 2<sup>nd<\/sup> concert of Fondazione Arena di Verona&#8217;s Concert Series. 2013-14.<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Arena di Verona Orchestra <\/strong><br \/>\nConductor\u00a0 <strong>Ola Rudner<\/strong><br \/>\nViolin\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Anna Tifu <\/strong><br \/>\nViola <strong>Daniel Palmizio\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Ludwig van Beethoven<\/em>:&#8221;Leonore&#8221; ouverture n\u00b03 op. 72b \/ Symphony n\u00b02 op. 36 in D major<br \/>\n<em>Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: <\/em>Sinfonia Concertante for violin, viola and orchestra\u00a0 K.364<br \/>\n<em>Verona. 16<sup>th<\/sup> November, 2013 <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The audience at the second concert of the concert series of the Fondazione Arena di Verona<\/strong>, dedicated to the music of the first Viennese School at the acustically superb, Teatro Ristori, was above all delighted by the performance of young dynamic duo, the violinist <strong>Anna Tifu<\/strong> and the violist <strong>Daniel Palmizio<\/strong>.\u00a0 Their individual instrumental mastery combined with distinct but compatible musical personalities, resulted in a rich and vibrant dialogue in <strong>Mozart&#8217;s Sinfonia Concertante<\/strong>.\u00a0 With sinuous ease Tifu propelled her performance with a romantic exuberance, against the elegant and more controlled style of Palmizio.\u00a0 Tifu&#8217;s crystalline and sweet tone was complemented by the round and burnished timbre of Palmizio&#8217;s viola. Tifu gave generously, expanding her tone into a luscious ringing sound when she descended into the deeper register, providing a strong balance to the viola. The dialectics of the duo was elastic and engaging.\u00a0\u00a0 Their phrasing was attentively moulded and their combined cadenzas were eloquent and in\u00a0 graceful\u00a0 syntony of degree and intent. With unselfconscious refinement, especially in the more introspective and lyrical moments of the second movement, Palmizio allowed the exquisitely\u00a0 melancholic colour of\u00a0 his viola prominence.\u00a0 The smoothness of their musical line, the phrasing and the dove-tailing of the two parts was offset by a very articulate characterization of the work, unfortunately not shared by the orchestral accompaniment, which\u00a0 was often sloppy and seemed insensitive to the soloists. The introduction to the second movement was unintelligible, and in general the balance was lop-sided and the phrasing heavy.\u00a0 The soloists, enthusiastically received, rewarded\u00a0 the audience with an appealing and well-loved encore, Passacaglia by Halvorsen, based on a theme by Handel, from the last movement of his harpsichord Suite n\u00b07 in G minor, made world famous by artists from Auer and Heifetz to Perlman and Zuckerman.\u00a0 The duo gave a stunning performance of the virtuoso piece, with its repertoire of effects, nevertheless taking their time to highlight the contrasting lyrical and stately passages, the extrovert and reflective ones or the hushed and eery moments, before launching into the gripping final <em>stretto.<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>The rest of the concert, was rather disappointing and ordinary.<\/strong> Throughout, the orchestra was\u00a0 heavy, never managing to attain pianissimo playing. There was little evidence of a continuous musical line, untidy violins, the upper woodwinds were often not together and the intonation was disturbing. Also disturbing was the first trumpet&#8217;s very noticeable exit from the stage in the opening Leonore ouverture n\u00b03, only to come back in after the off-stage trumpet call, and circumnavigate the entire orchestra to get back to his place. Almost funny, and very distracting. The three trumpets named in the programme who weren&#8217;t playing on stage?\u00a0 Notwithstanding the energy expenditure and exuberant gesticulation of the conductor Ola Rudner, an habitu\u00e9 of these seasons, the Beethoven Symphony n\u00b02 suffered from many of the same complaints as the first part of the programme, although by the last movement, and in virtue of the movement&#8217;s aggregating nature, the orchestra finally found an equilibrium and compactness. <em>Photo Ennevi<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Verona. 2nd concert of Fondazione Arena di Verona&#8217;s Concert Series. 2013-14. 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