An unusually large audience warmly greeted the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra's visit last Saturday as part of their current UK tour.
Two orchestral warhorses began and ended the programme, the conductor's firm discipline being admirably suited to Beethoven's classical beauty in the Pastoral Symphony.
The slow movement and finale were perfectly paced, the plucked strings throughout being a real joy.
Beforehand, the romantic phases of Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet had also been strongly delivered, though some rubato, essential :for the Russian composer's volatile temperament, would have been welcome.
Between came Dvorak's Violin concerto, not nearly so famous as his Cello concerto, and we could see why.
With a vigorous start and rhythmically engaging conclusion, the work somehow meanders to little effect elsewhere.
But in the 21-year-old soloist Kuba Jakowicz it had a most eloquent champion who was rightly cheered to the roof top.
John Pettitt
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