Classical Program 6
Gregory Vajda, conducting
Bartók – Miraculous Mandarin, complete version, first OSO performance
Intermission
Debussy – Prelude to Afternoon of a Faun
Chopin – Piano Concerto No. 2, Ingrid Fliter, pianist
Dukas – Sorcerer’s Apprentice
T.S. Eliot thought that April was the cruelest month, but for me it’s January, with February a close runner-up. It’s because December is full of marginally fulfilling holiday stuff, followed by frantic running around for the holidays themselves, then a bit of blissful oblivion, followed by a panic that the season starts up again in five days, with really difficult programs, and I haven’t touched my viola since that last Nutcracker. Then it’s a sprint to the end of March, when the spring break arrives.