Zubie Baby! Reputation and Reality: Zubin Mehta and the Israel Philharmonic at Davies Hall, by Steven Kruger

Zubin_mehta
Zubin Mehta

Davies Hall, San Francisco
The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Zubin Mehta, Music Director and Conductor

Sunday, February 27, 2011
Haydn -  Symphony No. 96, "The Miracle"
Mahler - Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor

Monday, February 28, 2011
Beethoven - Leonore Overture No. 3, Opus 72a
Webern - Passacaglia, Opus 1
Webern - Six Pieces for Orchestra, Opus 6
Schubert -  Symphony in C major, D.944, "The Great"

Last week Zubin Mehta led the Israel Philharmonic in two all-orchestral evenings, spoon to spoon at Davies Hall, and the performances were revelatory on many levels. One had the feeling that Mehta, now 75, has deepened his musicianship and only conducts music he profoundly loves. Indeed, the two extremely Viennese programs lacked only Richard Strauss' Ein Heldenleben to round out a sense of this conductor's signature repertory.


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Michael Miller