Why go small when you know how to go big? Conductor Gabriel Estarellas is good at leading – sorry – mixing things up with a big ladle. The Thurgau Youth Orchestra followed the maestro’s lead and played their way through Sibelius, Séjourné and Mendelssohn’s Scottish “Symphonic Universe” op. 56 skilfully and with astonishing nuance.
Around 56 young musicians crowded into the bright baroque hall church in Steckborn last Saturday evening. About the same number as crowd under the “holy ceiling” of the Festspielhaus stage floor in Bayreuth. Hence the completely unironic question: When will the Thurgau Youth Orchestra (JOTG) play a work by the master from the Green Hill? Gabriel Estarellas on the baton loves romantic symphonic music. His team, consisting of Seth Quistad (brass) and Michael Reid (woodwind) do a great job with him. For example, taming large musical animals with young people.
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