“Ellsworth’s solo line was always comfortably buoyed by the BPO’s sensitive accompaniment. When it rose above, he implemented the score’s Herculean demands with staggering ease and precision – but somehow never drew undue attention to himself. This is the sort of performance you’d expect from a Yo-Yo Ma or a Mischa Maisky, not a musician pushing twenty-five.”
Month: January 2016
Quote | The Boston Globe . October 2018
“… wrapped around his cello, he palpably gave his entire body and soul to Dvorak’s Cello Concerto. The passages in the second movement where he wove an agile filigree of melody through the orchestra were remarkable, as was the elegiac coda to the final movement, which sang out with noble tenderness. Around the soloist, the orchestra’s sound buzzed with color, as though someone had turned up the saturation. … ”
Event | Schumann Cello Concerto . January 2016
Schumann Cello Concerto
with the Jacksonville Symphony
Courtney Lewis, conductor
Jacksonville . Florida
7 . 8 . 9 January 2016
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