NEXT BCO concerts March 29/30: Mozart & Strauss --- The atmosphere at BCO concerts tends toward the informal side, and Lipsitt often addresses the crowd directly from the stage. On Sunday, before a selection by Leopold Mozart, the conductor deadpanned that the players deserve our respect for their serious devotion to their craft. He then turned around and gave a downbeat for the “Toy” Symphony, in which the composer (Wolfgang’s father) calls for contributions from toy instruments of all sorts. Children’s drums and rattles suddenly sprung up across the orchestra and Lipsitt himself warbled away on a bird whistle, his fluted tones mixing with delighted laughter from the crowd. -- Jeremy Eichler, March 2013
Posted on: Sat, 08 Mar 2014 03:47:40 +0000
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