There’s a lot to be said for youthful exuberance, particularly when it’s combined with the kind of stylish and refined playing offered by the Australian Chamber Orchestra Sunday afternoon at Zellerbach Hall.
Guest conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier split his San Francisco Symphony program right down the middle last week to form a gratifying string of four evenings at Davies Symphony Hall. His first half offered two contrasting works from Paris, his second half two wildly contrasting works from Ralph Vaughan Williams’ London.
NEW YORK — The YouTube Symphony Orchestra gave its first — and as far as anyone knows, only — concert last night and a good time was had by all. Isaac Stern Auditorium of Carnegie Hall glowed festively, or at least differently, with atmospheric lighting.
