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Article: Gatti works magic in all-Brahms BSO show.(Arts and Lifestyle)
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- February 9, 2002
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Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Daniele Gatti, at Symphony Hall, Thursday night; repeats today.
Sometimes you know after just a few notes that a concert is going to be special. That's how I felt Thursday night at Symphony Hall as conductor Daniele Gatti began an all-Brahms program with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
The 40-year-old Italian conductor was making his BSO debut, and it was an auspicious one. For the first time since Bernard Haitink's all-Mozart program a few weeks ago, this orchestra sounded from start to finish like the major one it is.
Gatti may be darkly handsome, but he isn't a charismatic figure onstage. Indeed he was ...