Took another trip to the Toronto Symphony Orchestra for the last show of the 2007-2008 subscription season. I’ve gone pretty often recently; if it keeps up, I’ll have to stop blogging about it as it transitions from the unusual to the mundane!
Unfortunately, I arrived very late, missing the headline piece, a piano concerto of George Gershwin’s making. Too bad; during the intermission interview with the pianist, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, the piece was described as “the classiest broadway musical you’ll ever hear,” and it was suggested that Gershwin’s music was very much under-appreciated in North America.
At least I caught the second half, which was composed of excerpts from Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet. Enjoyable, and probably best recognized by this distinctive segment (listen to the 1’40″ mark):
