This is such a great piece. Like Mozart, Martinu knows how to compress his ideas and never runs on and on. I never tire of his refreshing tonal and rhythmic ideas.
It is not so easy to do a piece this rhythmically intricate without a conductor. Bravo to the concertmaster for leading the group through it. A great performance of a fascinating and wonderful work by Martinu.
The very fact, that such a demanding piece of music can be played so beautifully without a conductor, raises questions. His music can be slightly confusing in places, but never fails to deliver and leaves a lasting impression.
As someone who has spent much of his life in La Jolla, I don't find this music particularly evocative of it, but I have always loved this sinfonietta since I first heard it.
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A magnificent work with the first movement reminiscent of the earlier symphonies, the conductor is of course the first violinist and he's both amazing and distracting, with his bobbing and sometimes even bouncing. But a great performance nonetheless.
