{"id":2731,"date":"2016-01-14T10:45:59","date_gmt":"2016-01-14T10:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.larkreviews.co.uk\/?p=2731"},"modified":"2016-01-14T10:45:59","modified_gmt":"2016-01-14T10:45:59","slug":"bournemouth-symphony-orchestra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/?p=2731","title":{"rendered":"Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Lighthouse, Poole; 13 January 2016<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Liadov\u2019s folk tale-inspired programme piece <i>Kikimora<\/i> is a sparky concert opener, new to me and, I suspect, to most of the audience in the packed Lighthouse.\u00a0 Full of unexpected woodwind and other flourishes, it was played with colourful clarity and a lot of wit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Valeriy-Sokolov.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2732\" alt=\"Valeriy Sokolov\" src=\"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Valeriy-Sokolov.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shostakovich\u2019s unusually structured first violin concerto totally rejects any hint of classicism by opening with a long slow movement. It isn\u2019t easy to sustain but Kees Bakels \u2013 a baton-free conductor with an un-histrionic focus on beating time \u2013 ensured that the orchestra engaged fully with the soulful enigmatic mystery of Valeriy Sokolov\u2019s lyrical account of the solo violin part. Sokolov then delighted me and (I think) most others present in his contrasting take on the virtuosic passages of high speed Schostakovichian jazzy rhythms which packed exactly the right level of manic melodic wildness with plenty of complementary woodwind detail in the latter three movements &#8211; especially the <i>scherzo<\/i> &#8211; and Sokolov\u2019s spectacular, and diabolically difficult, double stopping in the cadenza was delivered with terrific panache.<\/p>\n<p>Notwithstanding the ongoing debate about Beethoven\u2019s metronome markings and intentions, I don\u2019t accept that the opening movement of the glorious Fifth Symphony should be a gallop. The first two bars are three crotchets and a minim and the movement is marked <i>allegro con brio<\/i>. Had Beethoven meant three semiquavers and a quaver I\u2019m pretty sure he would have written that and marked it <i>prestissimo<\/i>. In this performance Bakels pushed the orchestra so fast that far too much of the detail became an aural blur which was a pity. The latter three movements worked much better with a rich warm sound, especially from the lower strings in the <i>andante<\/i>; and what fun \u2013 after they\u2019ve sat waiting for three movements &#8211; to have the trombones stand when they eventually played. It certainly drives Beethoven\u2019s triumphant message home as the piccolo, perfectly played here, weaved its excited magic at the top of the texture. SE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lighthouse, Poole; 13 January 2016 Liadov\u2019s folk tale-inspired programme piece Kikimora is a sparky concert opener, new to me and, I suspect, to most of the audience in the packed Lighthouse.\u00a0 Full of unexpected woodwind and other flourishes, it was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/?p=2731\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2731"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2731"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2731\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2733,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2731\/revisions\/2733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}