Ludovic Morlot conducts the BSO in Harbison, Ravel, and Mahler at Davies Hall, San Francisco, by Steven Kruger
Davies Hall, San Francisco
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Ludovic Morlot, conductor
Harbison - Symphony No. 4
Ravel - Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2
Mahler - Symphony No. 1 in D major.
It had been a while since I heard a Wednesday-night concert at Davies Hall. Generally I am to be found there on Saturdays, when a week's program has had a chance to settle in with the musicians, and where you can read in the players' foot-shuffling and stand-tapping the tea-leaves of approval for a conductor. But judging from the audience, this recent Boston Symphony program took place more in an "opening night" spirit of gravitas. The extra formality seemed to befit the orchestra's demeanor and reputation.
