These kinds of hard decisions are exactly what you want at the Oscars: nominees so strong that you may be disappointed when something loses, but you won’t be mad about anything winning.
The Munich-based ensemble returns to the Linde Center with a program pairing Bach fugues with contemporary preludes, creating a musical conversation between Baroque counterpoint and modern composition.
Members of the orchestra were collectively adept at crafting interpretations that were beautifully conceived and rendered, full of a lively character, precise coordination, and unanimity of execution that spoke to a powerfully shared orchestral culture.
