“(…) The performances were alluringly malleable. Denève, who becomes music director of the St. Louis Symphony next year, squeezed orchestral details out as though they were colored paints in tubes. What was meant to be tender was tender. What was meant to be tempestuous was that, too. What was meant to be wild was best. (…)
Only this was Hollywood, and it was hot. (…)”
‘Bolero’ at the Hollywood Bowl — a perfect 10?
