Lorin Mazzel, NYPO

julie said he looks like a 獅子狗..XD

Lorin Mazzel, NYPO, HK Arts Festival 2008

15th Feb, 2008, 2000, HKCC

thx to my smart lo por tht we got a wonderful post-exam celebration program---> ny phil concert!! ~so it was lorin maazel with NYPO, playing beethoven coriolan overture, barber violin conc, and the mighty dvorak sym #7.to be honest, the opening overture was rather disappointing, maazel not quite awake (jet-lag perhaps?^^), strings far from unison, and jeez, the concertmaster did NOT even had a glance at the conductor for like 5 mins! the rest of the orch was well, kinda lazy to say the least.yet things coming together with the barber's first real climax, now tht the whole orch awakens, the strings soars, the brass simply deafening, and the winds got a great deal to show off. the soloist was the orch's concertmaster...nth extremely impressive but gd enough overall.dvorak, simply stunning. BRAVO!!!!plus 2 encores of j. strauss, wht a remarkable night!btw..ran into a lot of ppl..famous ppl aside..actually saw prof. gabriel leung in the men's room..wht a shock haha

======================================live concert guo yin hai live....back home teng farn cd immediately saw the difference....well...maybe its better to save the $ for getting live concert tickets than investing in hi-fi systems hahaa