Summary
IF the debut last night with the RSNO of Peruvian conductor Miguel Harth-Bedoya wasn't exactly earth-shattering, then at least it wasn't wholly disappointing. The young man has a deft stick technique, an occasionally supple approach to direction, and a cheery demeanour (which puts him three attributes ahead of many other conductors; and, to judge from the warm response he received from the musicians at the end of the concert, they might rather have liked him, which gives him a headstart should he be invited to return.
Musically, it was a mixed bag, with Harth-Bedoya (conducting everything from memory) presiding over a routine account of Dvorak's Seventh Symphony, which failed to draw any particular character from the music in a performance marred by imprecise co-ordination, ill- defined rhythm (everywhere in the symphony), a lack of propulsive drama and a typical imbalance of RSNO forces, with the heavy brass obtrusive and harsh.See the full content of this document
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Music Rsno, Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow 3/5
Kodaly's Dances of Galanta were bett...
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