Can’t you just picture it? “Noseda bouncing in place with his arms outstretched like a Marionette.” That’s how The Washington Post described Gianandrea Noseda conducting the NSO (National Symphony Orchestra) in Nino Rota’s ballet suite from La Strada. Commissioned in 1966, the one-act ballet is based on the Oscar-winning1954 Fellini film about an innocent young girl who is sold to an abusive circus strongman.
July’s NSO Showcase continues with a stunning performance by 3-time Grammy Award-winning violinist Hilary Hahn of Brahms’ Violin Concerto (which she will reprise with the NSO next month at Wolf Trap).
The program ends with not with the 1812 Overture so popular at this time of year, but with his passionate Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Festival Overture.