The Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) are currently queued up for the final performance of this week’s program, featuring virtuosi violinist Janine Jansen and cellist Alisa Weilerstein performing Brahms’ Concerto for Violin and Cello, Op. 102 (aptly named). I’m not sure if Jansen and Weilerstein have ever taken the stage together before, but they had appeared to have a wonderful chemistry during the performance and rapport after it was finished, and they both played brilliantly. I am going to try and catch Tuesday’s performance as well. What more is there to say?
On the other hand, where I have found yet another Brahms piece that I have fallen for, Bruckner’s Symphony No. 7 demonstrated to me that, apparently, Bruckner was a pretty verbose guy. Man, that piece was long. Definitely a case of too many notes for me, that night.
