Article: Czech orchestra puts own spin on music.(LIVING)

Byline: John Zeugner

COLUMN: MUSIC REVIEW

Watching the Czech Symphony Orchestra Thursday night at Mechanics Hall one had the feeling that the future of classical music was being negotiated. Two thirds of the program was pure warhorse: Smetana's "The Moldau"- a staple of WCRB's mythical "long sets" as Dr. Paul Shannon pointed out in his deft pre-concert lecture, and then, Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto featuring Jennifer Frautschi, a 34-year-old violinist best known for her recordings of 20th century composers such as Schoenberg, Prokofiev and Stravinski. So the program was predictable, even pedestrian, but the collectivity spinning it out was anything ...

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