His younger colleague, Michel Legrand went away at the weekend. But at the same time, it would seem to be little more than a year older conductor Herbert Blomstedt far from ready to turn on the pace. In an interview with the music magazine Opus claim Morricone, moreover, that it is much harder to compose music for nine hours a day than to hold a concert in two hours.
But enough saw the maestro Morricone more worn out Sunday, when he rose up from the dirigentstolen to receive the applause than when he last visited the Globe with a similar concert in 2016. Then, as now, he led the Czech national symphony orchestra, along with local vocal abilities (Helene Stureborgs chamber Choir and the Stockholm Musikgymnasiums chamber Choir) and sopransolisten Susanna Rigacci. At this year’s ”Last ever tour” is also involved in the Portuguese fado singer Dulce Ponte so enough, it is a stylistic breadth that falls within the framework of an enlarged orchestra, both the luscious strings and rockkomp.
stands for itself is a truth with modification. A part soundtrack is immortal even on their own. Not least the music for the Sergio Leone spaghettivästernfilmer. But arenaakustiken is merciless against apply munspelsljud and a lot of other music will be – when the line up in this way in a classic konsertsituation – in all honesty, the right one. ”L’ultima diligenza di Red Rock” opens the second act with its insidious knorrande fagottmotiv, but in general the snålas it with ”The hateful eight”-the music that gave Morricone a well-deserved Oscar.
this time performed the piece ”Ostinato ricercare per un’immagine” as an example of absolute music, but it sounds inevitably like even a mildly graphic theme from a bygone era. Perhaps had the disappointment been further away without säljargumentet that this tour is the last.
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