In Friday’s (2/28) Idaho Falls Post Register (subscription required), Cody McDevitt writes, “Don’t be fooled. A smaller orchestra in a smaller setting doesn’t mean a diminished experience for the audience. To the contrary, some of the most powerful music ever written—including works by Mozart, Schubert, and Haydn—originally was performed in smaller venues by ensembles that relied on far few players than today’s orchestra’s. ‘Back then, it was a more intimate setting,’ Idaho Falls Symphony Director Thomas Heuser said. ‘And that’s what we’re trying to replicate.’ So, the symphony will downsize, transforming itself into a chamber orchestra for its March 15 tribute to Mozart, Schubert, and Haydn. The concert will be staged at the Colonial Theater rather than the symphony’s usual venue, the Civic Auditorium. … At the March 15 performance, percussionist Roy Miller will open Haydn’s Symphony 103, also known as ‘The Drumroll Symphony.’ … Guest pianist Lisa Smirnova will perform Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 9.… For Heuser, the Viennese classics are ‘the cornerstone of symphony music.… I’m really looking forward to this performance. This is the core of our repertoire.’ ”
Posted February 28, 2014
