http://classical-scene.com/2009/02/22/wiltold-lutoslawski-concerto-for-orchestra-a-tale-of-two-concertos-the-worlds-of-emotion-and-politics/ a virtual journal and blog of the classical music scene in Boston Mon, 21 May 2012 05:37:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://classical-scene.com/2009/02/22/wiltold-lutoslawski-concerto-for-orchestra-a-tale-of-two-concertos-the-worlds-of-emotion-and-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-272 Jonathan Cheney Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:43:07 +0000 http://classical-scene.com/?p=670#comment-272 I agree with Mark Kroll's assessment of Montero's playing, although I wonder if more lyricism and passion would have been audible had the orchestra not overpowered the piano so much of the time. I enjoyed Montero's improvisation on "Three Blind Mice" (contrapuntal variations that sounded sometimes like Bach, sometimes like Mozart imitating Bach) and would be curious to learn why Kroll didn't discuss the improvisation in his review. I agree with Mark Kroll’s assessment of Montero’s playing, although I wonder if more lyricism and passion would have been audible had the orchestra not overpowered the piano so much of the time. I enjoyed Montero’s improvisation on “Three Blind Mice” (contrapuntal variations that sounded sometimes like Bach, sometimes like Mozart imitating Bach) and would be curious to learn why Kroll didn’t discuss the improvisation in his review.

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