| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 26-Jan-2013 Meyerson Symphony Center | Sturm und Drang: Minor-Key Mozart at the Meyerson |
 Capping off their two-weekend Mozart Festival, the Dallas Symphony played three minor-key masterworks this weekend, plus one major-key selection. Music in minor keys is the exception to the Mozartian rule – only two each of the 27 piano concerti and 41 symphonies are in minor. Perhaps Mozart saved minor keys for truly extraordinary musical statements, or else perceived his audiences (or patrons) to prefer his sunnier works. In any case, those minor-key works Mozart did write tend to be special for reasons surpassing their mere scarcity.
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| 9-Mar-2011 Kings Place: Hall One | Aurora Orchestra/ Collon/ Joshua |
| There are the knowns. The things, as Rumsfeld would have it, that we know that we know. Like the way the Aurora orchestra can bring sheer youthful exuberance to a fast piece like the G Major presto finale to the symphony No.27 which ended the first half of last night's all-Mozart concert at Kings Place. Aurora don't just survive at these breakneck tempi, they absolutely thrive on them. They achieve a weightless, perfectly balanced, unanimous sound, full of astonishing energy. Read full review... | |
