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American rock and classical musician Kenneth Woods seemed a born conductor in his recent city debut.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/span>His second appearance with the Nottingham Philharmonic underlined that impression with performances combining excitement and integrity.<\/span>The overture to Glinka’s Ruslan and Ludmila got the concert off to a flying start.<\/p>\n Great things were expected of a soloist who played the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto with the London Symphony in her early teens. Ten years on, the technical finesse and searing intensity of Seoul’s So-Ock Kim did not disappoint.<\/p>\n Her command of the most complex passages was matched by the charm displayed in the work’s central canzonetta.<\/p>\n Dvorak’s Slavonic Dances went down a treat. The audience also warmed to the portraits of Elgar’s Enigma Variations – which were sketched and coloured with a fine panache.<\/p>\n by Peter Palmer<\/p>\n <\/span>Re-blogged from the Nottingham Evening Post. Original here<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Copyrighted material is reproduced here without profit for informational purposes only, and will be removed on request.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n