The experience of conducting the first movement of Mozart's twenty-fifth symphony was a humbling one. Even more humbling was to hear Stanley Drucker play Mozart's Clarinet Concerto in A Major last night. The Ridgefield Symphony Orchestra provided an outstanding accompaniment and a silk smooth blend of orchestra and soloist was provided by Maestro Sidney Rothstein. Prior to the solo the orchestra performed Mozart's Overture to Così fan tutte and afterwards his Symphony No. 36 (Linz) in C. It was an extraordinary evening. (read more)
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