Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, with the cellist Danielle Akta, in the cycle of the Argentine Mozarteum, at the Colón. Photo Liliana Morsia
From the hand of the Argentine Mozarteum, the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra and Israeli cellist Danielle Akta staged this Monday 22 August, a night of intense emotions, at the Teatro Colón.
The young performer was part of a program that brought the Israel Symphony to the stage of the Colón, directed by the Argentine-Israeli musician Yeruham Scharovsky. Both the works performed during the evening and the director’s attitude seemed to project themselves postcards of a planned meeting with the Argentine public, who had not enjoyed this orchestra for a long time.
Nice fanfare to start the evening
The evening at the Teatro Colón began with the Fanfare for Israel (by composer Paul Ben-Haim): highly suggestive, almost cinematic music, full of rich themes that suggest distant images.
The Jerusalem Philharmonic Orchestra performed this work by outlining the different landscapes traced by the score, propelled by a dynamic arc that was from a more sober intimacy to an epic encounter, with full orchestration towards the end of the show.
Few works stand as milestones of the cell repertoire like the Concerto op. 85 by Edward Elgar; his technical need is on par with his expressive need.
the cellist Danielle Akta went from minor to major in her performance, managing to accommodate the projection of his instrument particularly after the second movement; at the same time he managed with his energy to reach the fourth movement of the concert which, with the precise accompaniment of the orchestrahas managed to conquer with expressiveness.
Finally, a jewel and a surprise
The last agreed work of the musical meeting was the Symphony n. 4 by Tchaikovsky.
This work became the jewel of the night. Totally well done. it came to project the romantic and “almost programmatic” charge that the composer printed in his original score.
The magnificent dynamic increases, the sharp contrasts between full and subtle piano sounds and the infinite percussive tails of Tchaikovsky were performed with full dedicationwithout loading them, but characterizing them with his particular style, to the point of leaving no doubts about their origin.
Decidedly the third movement was of particular excellence for the understanding, without cracks, of the orchestra to work the sound of pizzicato and the techniques that imitate it.
The Jerusalem Philharmonic Orchestra and its conductor Yeruham Scharovsky had prepared a surprise for the end of the evening, and if it comes to meeting postcards, this is – perhaps – the most exciting for its context: a tribute to the city of Buenos Aires. Aires with an arrangement of My beloved Buenos Aires, starring the bandoneonist Norberto Vogel.
To close the evening, in tune with the poetic images evoked during the program, the orchestra performed Golden Jerusalem.
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Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra and cellist Danielle Akta
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Program: Fanfare for Israel (Paolo Ben Haim), Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 (Edoardo Elgar) Symphony n. 4 in F minorOp. 36 (PI Tchaikovsky) Cycle: Argentine Mozarteum Theater: Columbus, Monday August 22.
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Virginia Chacon Dorr
Source: Clarin
