Phil and now associate conductor of the Hong Kong Philharmonic. Yet Bell did come up with a useful Bowl-friendly idea –- projecting the highly-descriptive texts that came with the “Seasons” on the Bowl’s video screens more-or-less in sync with what the music was saying.Īfter intermission, Bell’s bow gave way to the baton of Perry So –- a former Dudamel Conducting Fellow with the L.A. This is not news for Bell watchers who have noticed that he tends to overdo the musical indulgences and physical theatrics when he addresses the vast spaces of this giant amphitheatre. Here and there, Bell’s line was disrupted with the odd glide, the pulled-about phrase, the underlining of the obvious. It has become more precious, more sentimental, more fevered, more mannered. But something happened to Bell’s “Four Seasons” on the way from the London recording studio to his Hollywood Bowl performance with a delegation of Los Angeles Philharmonic strings under his direction Tuesday night.
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