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Article: BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY, ROUSE CONCERTO SHOWCASE CAREFUL PERFORMANCES.(LOCAL)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- January 12, 2004
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Byline: PAUL SAYEGH The Virginian-Pilot
Saturday evening's Virginia Symphony concert was dominated by two large-scale works: first, Christopher Rouse's "Concerto for Trombone," receiving its first local performance, and then Beethoven's "Symphony No. 3 (Eroica)."
JoAnn Falletta conducted the orchestra and Joseph Alessi, principal trombone player of the New York Philharmonic, performed Rouse's concerto, which he premiered in 1992.
The pairing was an apt one, as both Rouse and Beethoven were reaching for something extra-musical in their writing. Rouse has written a serious, even disturbing piece that ignores the tradition that concertos are ...