Very enjoyable concert at the Esplanade yesterday evening. A combination of Mozart and Debussy was not likely to fail, and it didn't, being awash with tunefulness and gorgeous sonorities. I was impressed with the adventurous programming also for the Debussy: two less-than-famous ballet pieces, neither of which was entirely orchestrated by the composer, but both making for hypnotic listening. Of the two I preferred the slightly more famous La boite a joujoux, but the dramatic Khamma made for an engrossing opening to the night's proceedings. The star of the evening, fiddler Renaud Capucon, duly sparkled in Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 3, and so it all added up to a case of What's not to like?
And later today we're off to see A Midsummer Night's Dream - the play, that is - at the main theatre in the Esplanade. So a satisfactorily artistic weekend, all in all, I'd say.
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