Handel’s pyrotechnic masterpiece makes a festive finale to a virtuoso concert.
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When Roy Goodman arrives in Sydney he’ll bring a 30-year reputation as a violinist and director specialising in baroque music, and that reputation has shaped the program he’s put together for us. Two magnificent baroque suites provide the frame and a baroque-inspired concerto from English composer Michael Tippett brings it up to date.
You’re allowed to ask where Edouard Lalo’s Cello Concerto fits into the scheme of things and we could jump through hoops explaining it: a French Romantic bridge between Bach’s French-style suite and a 20th-century concerto perhaps?
The truth is, this is heart-warming and lyrical music, and if you heard the rich intensity of Jian Wang’s Elgar concerto in 2008, this will be another chance to hear him play to his strengths. But in the end, Handel upstages everybody with his spectacular Music for the Royal Fireworks.
PYROTECHNICA
BACH Orchestral Suite No.4 in D
LALO Cello Concerto
TIPPETT Concerto for double string orchestra
HANDEL Music for the Royal Fireworks
Roy Goodman conductor
Jian Wang cello
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AUDIO PLAYER LISTING
Track 1 – JS BACH Orchestral Suite No.4: Réjouissance
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra conducted by Karl Münchinger
DECCA 458 169-2
Track 2 – LALO Cello Concerto: Intermezzo
Matt Haimovitz, cello, with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by James Levine
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 427 323-2
Track 3 – HANDEL Music for the Royal Fireworks: La Réjouissance
Berlin Philharmonic / Rafael Kubelik
DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 6681
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