Obviously the BBC is keeping me in the mainstream by broadcasting another fine Austrian symphony. This performance by the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra was poised, elegant and a fine demonstration of how much Mozart could say in a short time.
Comparing it to Hogwood performing Haydn yesterday I realised that the San Francisco Orchestra seemed to be be more successful in lightness of touch and appropriate tempi than Hogwood's period performers. Probably a sign of how performance practice has moved on in the last few years.
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