10 Oct Review: EPO’s first Classics Concert a thrilling performance
The sound of the tremendous applause at the conclusion of the first Classics Concert of the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra might still be ringing in the Victory Theatre, so enthusiastically was the entire program received and so thrilling was the orchestra’s performance.
The final work on the program, Modest Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition,” featuring a palette of musical portraits of works of art, culminates in the grandiose “Great Gate of Kiev,” where all instrumental forces — including tolling chimes and a brass section on steroids — evoke the majesty of an architectural feature in a city now infamous for its abuse.
Saturday’s wonderful performance featured several fine trumpet solos, and the unusual use of the saxophone (in Maurice Ravel’s orchestration) gave a haunting voice to “The Old Castle.”
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