Ralf Gothoni

Back from concert. Ralf Gothoni performed and condacted Jyvaskyla Sinfonia in Suolahtisali. Schnittke, Mozart and Schubert. Nice gig. The orchestra played well and Gothoni is a masterful pianist. He's actually a pretty remarkable composer, too. Years ago I didn't like Schnittke for reasons forgotten. But today I was positively surprised. I really liked his composition for piano and Strings. Thick chords chanced so suddenly into unshamefully beautiful major chords. Nice, nice - some moments were almost jazzy.

Drizzle all day.

Juha H.