Cameron Carpenter played the Terry Riley composition commandingly.
Bramwell Tovey
Music Review: An Exhilarating Performance of “Candide” at Tanglewood
It occurred to me that, given the variety of the Metropolitan Opera’s current problems, maybe General Manager Peter Gelb should consider putting this best of all possible Candides on his menu.
Fuse Concert Review: Boston Symphony Orchestra/Bramwell Tovey Light Up Symphony Hall
After the “Lobgesang”’s premiere, Robert Schumann declared this movement “a glimpse of heaven filled with Raphael’s madonnas,” and Saturday’s performance by the BSO came about as close to that as one could imagine, sensitively phrased and beautifully blended.