My family realised that time was running out for getting to a Prom this year and so some of them went to Prom 68, the Cleveland Orchestra with Franz Welser-Möst.
This concert wasn’t all that well attended (they had been worried about getting in) but proved to be well worth while. The Brahms (Academic Festival Overture and First Symphony) was well played though the interpretation didn’t take any risks (similar views are expressed in the reviews below).
Between them came a new piece Flûte en suite by Jörg Widmann, written for and played by Joshua Smith. This alluded to various other pieces of music in which the flute is prominent, finally settling for Bach. The family enjoyed it without finding it very substantial. ‘Not weird enough’ was my husband’s verdict.
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