“He sometimes gets criticized in certain circles that his music is not, quote unquote, modern enough,” Mr. Welser-Möst added. Bach and Mendelssohn show up in “Partita,” just as “Flûte en Suite” digs up a series of Baroque dances. Haydnesque humor opens “Tanz auf dem Vulkan,” as the conductor wanders onstage to find the orchestra playing walking-bass jazz. “The sheer fact that I deal with the past so much, does that mean that I am nostalgic? I say no,” Mr. Widmann said.

Source: International New York Times March 20, 2020 09:00 UTC