{"id":1145963,"date":"2026-08-13T10:06:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T10:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1145963\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T10:06:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T10:06:24","slug":"eif-2026-gershwin-bartok-at-the-usher-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1145963\/","title":{"rendered":"EIF 2026 Gershwin & Bart\u00f3k at The Usher Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"

The National Youth Orchestra of the USA is restricted to those aspiring musicians aged 16-19, but just because they are young and still developing their talents doesn\u2019t mean they don\u2019t perform to a very high standard. <\/p>\n

Their treatment of the Gershwin Piano Concerto was excellent and they all worked in harmony with both the conductor Karina Canellakis and soloist Krill Gerstein.<\/p>\n

Before leaving the stage for the interval the Karina, who is also an accomplished violinist, and Krill performed an encore duet of an extract of Ravel\u2019s work. Very enjoyable; however, I thought that this was stealing a bit of thunder from the orchestra which I was really there to celebrate.<\/p>\n

The second half consisting of Bart\u00f3k\u2019s Concerto for Orchestra was equally well played. These budding performers deserve much more support than the far too many empty seats I observed. More needs to be done by the EIF to ensure this doesn\u2019t recur.<\/p>\n

Performance on 10 August 2026.<\/p>\n

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