Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Little Dmitri Lost His Socks



Gustavo Dudamel has the delicate hands of a wood nymph and the musical mind of Apollo and Dionysus in one. What did he do to Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony with the London Philharmonia this season?

He blew its socks off. That's what he did.

To paraphrase Shaft, I got a duty to hear that Dudi. Bring 'im on!