| Date and venue | Title |
|---|---|
| 29-Mar-2012 Kimmel Center for Performing Arts, Verizon Hall | Esa-Pekka Salonen with the Philadelphia Orchestra |
 When a guest conductor arrives for a few concerts with an orchestra, he or she doesn’t have very much time to shape his or her interpretation. On some occasions the orchestra successfully adopts the visitor’s style; on others they just play like they always do. In Esa-Pekka Salonen’s concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra last night, the program of Debussy, Bartók, and the Finnish conductor’s own Violin Concerto was more the maestro’s style (cool modernist) than the orchestra’s (rather conservative and Romantic). The playing, however, was mostly typically Philadelphia.Read full review... | |
