Israel Philharmonic honors Mussorgsky with a perfect performance of a Russian original
IPO honors Mussorgsky with a perfect performance of a Russian original.
The evening continued with four poems by Arseny Golenishchev-Kutuzov as set to music by Mussorgsky and sung in the original Russian by mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Gubanova.
By Hagay HACOHEN | February 17, 2020
Russian conductor Stanislav Kochanovsky began his masterful performance on Saturday evening as he led the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in a crisp, delightful exploration of the tragic composer. This was the first time Kochanovsky performed here and one can only hope he’ll return again and again. His presence on the stage is electric and the relation he seems to have with the musicians is uncanny: a gesture, and the music swells, a flicker, and it rises, with controlled, precise movement and without a hair out of place.
The audience lavished praise on Kochanovsky, who returned to take a bow and honor the IPO for a perfect performance of a Russian original.