Another old concert memo:

Prague Chamber Orchestra & the Eroica Trio
Nov 6, 2003 @Krannert
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Reicha: Overture in C Major, Op. 24
Beethoven: Triple Concerto
J.C. Bach: Sinfonia No. 1 in E-flat Minor for Double Orchestra, Op. 18
Dvorak: Czech Suite
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Eroica is made up of 3 beautiful ladies, and obviously, they have great
passion for the music. But their performance is just ok, Cello and violin is
kind of weak, esp. the cello, she need more strength to handle the technique,
thus hardly talked to others. Although the orchestra provided a good companion
to the trio, you will feel there's something not so satisfied in this highly
spirited piece. I have the CD by Perlman, Yo-yo and Barenboim, which is far
better than this. But audience still gave them great applause, hehe, you can
not expect every woman musician is du Pre or Mutter. And finally they show
their clarity and sparking melodies in the final Tango encore.

Czech Suite is fantastic. The flute is the treasure of the orchestra, and also
the clarinet, which is the key to grasp the spirit of this famous piece, by
Dvorak, who got a lot from Czech folk music and put his enthusiasm to his
country back to his music. It's also amazing that you see 36 musicians work
together without a conductor, that's also why I love chamber, the musicians
really listen to others while express themselves. I stood up and applaud for
them after they finished the first Overture encore, they are really great!
After they finished with the funny Peter and Wolf, and everybody were happy at
the end. These prague guys are real musicians.