Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra/ Nelsons ***
Royal Festival Hall, 9th October 2018
It only takes a few bars for the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra to demonstrate its class. Its rich string sound is only matched by its rich history, its brass has a mellow, never raucous, ring, the homogenous woodwind sound is warm and buttery. These qualities were present throughout this second evening in its Southbank Centre residency, but Gewandhauskapellmeister Andris Nelsons’ interpretations of Mahler’s First Symphony and Tchaikovsky operatic episodes often had a mannered quality which impeded them from quite hitting the listener between the ears – at least, until late in the day.
Andris Nelsons conducts the Leipzig Gewandhaus
© Mark Allan | Southbank Centre
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