I have not heard Brahms’s Second Serenade played with such finesse as was wrought from the piece by conductor John Storgards and a reduced SCO ensemble.
No violins, a bad cold and a fabulous orchestration: Just three factors that, variously, gave a rich colouring to the first half of the SCO’s intriguing concert on Friday night.
I have not heard Brahms’s Second Serenade played with such finesse as was wrought from the piece by conductor John Storgards and a reduced SCO ensemble.