Mark Minkowski’s ‘Haydn Symphonies’ will be released in a few-month time and we know, it is hard to wait. So here is a review of Don Quichotte which was performed in Bruxelles last week… conducted by Mark Minkowski. Below is an extract of the review but you can read the full article here.
“The production's greatest asset has to be its conductor, Marc Minkowski, who is on formidable form here. From the off, he drew wild, excited thrusts from his band, with basses sounding as if lit from below, and the rest duly adjusting to their steaming pulse. Sounding like Tchaikovsky on speed, those martial passages in the score that depict the peregrination of the Don and also his somewhat unhinged self-image completely suffused the house. Equally evident, though, was a keen lyric tinge, which came out most persuasively in the final act, where Minkowski held his left hand at constant attention, always dimming the ardour of the tragic music, waiting instead for the explosions of the final chords, which shattered the ears when they finally came. A thoroughly enjoyable, pleasingly confusing, evening in the theatre.”
By Stephen Graham
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