Peter Lundin wrote

>Tonight was the first time I've experienced Mark-Anthony Turnage's musik
>live (not that I've heard that much before this..) - Tonighs concert was
>the the concert hall in Gothenburg, played by the local symphony orchestra
>(Which happens to be the national orchestra of Sweden), the weher led by
>the brilliant brittish conductor Paul Daniel (this years best bargin is
>his five discs of Walton's music on Naxos, You should get them!!  period!!)
>- the concert also featured Boris Berezovsky as piano soloist.

I was there on Friday.  The Turnage pice didn't grip me at all.  I found it
rather boring.

>The concert continued with Chopins second piano concerto played by
>Russian pianist Boris Berezovsky.  He played it much like russians do,
>taking liberties rubatizing, it was clear that he know that there is only
>one method to treat Chopin with and that is to play it like the chamber
>music it is.  The orchestra was perhaps a bit to heavy in texturizing, but
>I belive they were much helped by Daniels amazing ability to shape the
>music along with the soloist

I thought that Daniel gave the orcestral sound a light and slender touch,
that I usally don't hear.  But I sometimes had difficulties in hering the
fluent Berezovsky.  The balance betwwen the orchestra and soloist was
sometomes out of balance.  A friend of mine, who was about to embark on a
career as a professionol pianst but quit when he realized that there was
only room for one Per Tengstrand in Sweden at the moment, didn't enjoy the
performance at all thought that it was technically brilliant but rather
empty.

>After the pause Daniel treated us for some Brahms, this time the 4'th
>symphony - Oldtimers on this list will remember that I have expressed som
>difficulties on coming to terms with Brahms music and this was no exeption,
>I still think that there are layers of dragon varnish* that modern
>conductors forget to peel from JB's music, leaving it thick and muddy and
>tiresome - I still acnt think of even any recording that pleases me, and I
>heard them from Furtvangler to Norrington, even if the latter makes some
>effort with his period band.

I'm not an Brahms expert like Peter.  I enjoyed the performance, even
though a thought it was a too matter-of-fact, I missed that extra ounce
of romantic emotions.

Patrik E.