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Palm Beach Symphony Beethoven’s Best

Review by Rex Hearn of the Palm Beaches,
The Palm Beach Symphony opened their 46th season with founded in 1979; and
two great works by Beethoven. Palm Beach Atlantic
It was a rousingly excellent afternoon of music-making University Oratorio
for Maestro Gerard Schwarz and the combined forces of 200 Chorus, founded
musicians on stage at The Kravis Center. in 1990. As you
The first performance was the Piano Concerto No 4, know, Beethoven’s
composed in 1806 when Beethoven was 36. Baffled by its Ode to Joy ends
enigmatic qualities the Viennese audience dismissed its first the symphony’s
performance in 1808: perhaps there was too much going on, in fourth movement,
that four-hour-long concert, for them to take it all in. However, so it behooves
composer and pianist Felix Mendelssohn revived it in 1836, me to discuss the
nine years after Ludwig’s death, and concertgoers have loved wonderful orchestral
its delicacy and brilliance ever since. playing.
At this performance Cuban born pianist Horacio Gutierrez Maestro Gerard Schwarz places sections of his band similar combined choruses began a little timidly growing into the high
created patterns of lace work tracery and keyboard runs that to those of the European orchestras. Looking from the audience, tessitura range of Ode to Joy with considerable beauty. The
brought the full house audience to its feet with vocal roars of the first violins are to his left, backed by cellos and the double sopranos sounded heavenly. The four soloists, with so little
approval and very warm applause. His touch is light, no thumping basses. On his right, he places the second violins at the stage edge to sing, passed muster with honors. Why they carry a musical
of the keys, even when the left hand might need it in this work. and the violas behind them. Schwarz must have figured these score for so short a piece beats me; these are people who commit
This was such a magical, memorable interpretation from a placements work well in the Kravis Center’s acoustic. And he long operatic passages to memory. David McClymont, the chief
concert veteran of five decades. The orchestra’s accompaniment is right. executive of the orchestra spoke earlier of its rapid growth from
was superb too; a careful partner to the soloist’s every intimate A nice balance is achieved making the orchestra sound very a budget of $700,000 to almost $2.5 million in just five years.
attitude. good. Beethoven gives every section many chances to shine, and This was an amazing achievement. Kudos all around. Long
After intermission the Chorale Symphony No 9, his last, took shine they did under Schwarz’s refined conducting technique. may this new growth continue. Rumor has it that all their 2021
center stage with three good local choirs: The Choral Society of No flailing arms or dancing on the podium, just calm directions concerts will be held at the Kravis Center. Their next concert is
the Palm Beaches, founded in 1962; the Masterworks Chorus letting the music come through off the page as written. The at the Society of the Four Arts on Monday, Jan. 13 at 7:30 p.m.
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