I want to write fluently, but not fast. I will care about grammar and idiomatic, while I am writing. And afterwards, I will check it for good English and correct it to a better English, or only paraphrase it. As I promised in my last article, I want to tell about our concert experience yesterday. As I expected – but wasn’t sure – Lea was excited about all the pieces. The concerto was temperamentally performed by Levit and the orchestra led by the fabulous conductor Joana Malwitz. Exceptionally, the third movement was impressively interpreted. The strength of Levit’s keystroke seemed forceful enough to damage the board.
Perushka contains a lot of melodies interrupted by marvelous dissonances, which I particularly indulge in, and Lea, I think, too. The applause was long-lasting, but not excessive. Loud calls or even shrieks couldn’t be heard.
At the end, a short remark about the kind of accepting, of thanking for applause and the kind of the conductor to pick up one or another prominent soloist from the orchestra. Joana does it in an incomparable inviting way, like kindly begging them for standing up. If I compare it with Barenboim, always I had the impression he ordered them to stand up – showing he is the boss, the commander-in-chief. Of course, almost all the conductors of his stature or prominence do it in the same way. All in all, this concert was an indulgence.