Irene Eng The Kibbitzer

This year NYPhil played Mendelssohn’s violin concerto and Tchaikovsky’s symphony #6, Pathétique.  They were simply heaven!  First piece Le Corsair Overture by Berlioz (1803-69), a contemporary of Mendelssohn (1809-47) was so so, kind of watery.  The 3rd movement of the symphony reminds me of Beethoven’s “Pastoral” also numbered 6.  The last movement sort of die down, a unique [...]