Smetana Vltava from Má Vlast
Elgar Cello Concerto
Holst The PlanetsSanttu-Matias Rouvali conductor
Alban Gerhardt cello
Leicester University Chamber Choir
Leicester Bach Choir
23 April 2017, Royal Festival Hall, London
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| Santtu-Matias Rouvali |
Santtu-Matias Rouvali was a new name for me, but most certainly one to watch. The Finnish conductor is about to take up the directorship of the Gothenburg Symphony and here gave plenty of reasons to understand why.
He has a great shock of blond hair and a very demonstrative conducting style with arms high and expressive. He has an excellent ear for orchestral balance and the evening was littered with fine interpetative moments which showed careful preparation. One such was during the great tune from Jupiter in The Planets when he scaled back the strings to bring out a woodwind chorale. Vltava also benefited from a genuine interpretative vision, sounding as fresh as the day of its premiere in Rouvali's hands.
He has a great shock of blond hair and a very demonstrative conducting style with arms high and expressive. He has an excellent ear for orchestral balance and the evening was littered with fine interpetative moments which showed careful preparation. One such was during the great tune from Jupiter in The Planets when he scaled back the strings to bring out a woodwind chorale. Vltava also benefited from a genuine interpretative vision, sounding as fresh as the day of its premiere in Rouvali's hands.
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