A wonderful weekend of live music without covid restrictions, finally. Two orchestras and a charismatic conductor make a fine festival
Willem Jan Keizer Rotterdam – Tchaikovsky’s Symphony no. 6, the last symphony he wrote, is nicknamed ‘Pathétique’, like we think referring to the tormented soul of the composer. Wasn’t he probably gay in a time and a country where that was and still is not done? And depressive? Probably this …
