Beethoven's Mighty Fifth.

The TSO spring festival of Beethoven's symphonies continues. The Fifth was superb from the opening note that immediately introduces the unexpected. Sebastian Lang-Lessing's rending was mighty indeed with the TSO surpassing itself in the presentation of this crowd pleas er. The mood slowly builds to present that eternal and dynamic struggle between good and evil. Beethoven has set the bar very high as the listener is taken to total war. Beethoven's influence at times may be heard in Shostakovitch's Leningrad Symphony or Gorecki's No3.
This music moves through so many textures contrasting tones at times it is hard not to be carried away. The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra needs to be thoroughly congratulated for a superb performance well deserving four or five recalls Sebastian received and the audiences ecstatic reception