In performance: McGegan, Levin at the BSO
In today's Washington Post: Beethoven improv at the BSO with Levin, McGegan, by Anne Midgette.
The concert repeats tonight at Strathmore; it's worth attending.
Tim Smith also reviewed it in the Baltimore Sun.
Noteworthy, with regard to my remarks about improvisation: a reader pointed out to me that improvisation has remained very much a part of the performance tradition for organists.
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Anne Midgette
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February 27, 2010; 10:00 AM ET
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I reviewed the Saturday performance:
http://dmvclassical.wordpress.com/2010/03/01/making-it-new-robert-levin-and-the-baltimore-symphony-orchestra/
It sounds like Thursday's audience got a better improvised fantasy than Saturday's did. I've heard Levin do better improvised fantasies.