Alternately wild and rhapsodic, with castanets and cymbals enhancing the sound of the full orchestra, which was in its usual stellar form, it ideally set the pace for the rest of the evening. The concert opened with a rousing performance of Saint-Saens’ aptly titled “Bacchanale,” the wonderfully seductive ballet segment from his opera, “Samson and Delilah,” that pays homage to Bacchus, the Greek god of wine and ritual madness. On June 10, James Gaffigan – the wonderfully animated New York-bred conductor with a wide range of orchestral and opera credits who has just been appointed music director of Komische Oper Berlin – led a program of five truly magical pieces with the Georgian-born violinist Lisa Batiashvili as soloist in works by two late 19th century French composers, Camille Saint-Saens and Ernest Chausson.
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