Savage Sublimity and Sublime Savagery A quick take on Tucson Symphony Orchestra's return to the TCC Music Hall stage. Program FESTIVE OVERTURE, Grant Still, 1944 THE FOUR SEASONS OF BUENOS AIRES, Astor Piazzolla, 1970 SYMPHONY #4, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, 1878 HIGHLIGHT NOTE: Lara St. John is a complete MADWOMAN with a violin and bow in hand. The type of stage performer who goes into a trancelike state of melding with the music through her instrument, she possesses off-the-scale virtuosity and delivers full fire at furious tempi. Both the most savage and sublime passages that a composer could imagine, were sculpted under intense shut-eyed concentration, with complete technical ease. This sublimely crazed virtuoso, Ms. St. John, occasionally glanced out to the audience while performing, toying us slightly with a devil's knowing look of the unknowably advanced and savage artistry she was laying down. Absolutely SPECTACULAR. >>> A recording link of Lara's insane encore
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