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A calm and attentive conductor, he concentrated on work right away – he started from setting the chords in Verdi’s introduction. Communicative, with a well set voice, and…. very tall -so he naturally dominates the orchestra, which does not happen very often here (another tall Polish candidate in this competition!). After corrections, he played the entire overture, and he did it very well. He thanked the orchestra and got down to the corrections, which judging from their poor effect, were rather questionable. He communicated the need for corrections right after starting playing the Symphony, then he played again, etc. Whenever he was giving a concert, he conducted very well, with the impetus corresponding to the dynamism of the excellently playing orchestra. The second movement was conducted very nicely – peacefully, broadly. The third movement was there only to reach the end of the prescribed time…
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