Reviews
The Scherzo was a set of steady but abruptly shifting tempos, with a drop into a calmer luxuriousness in the trio… the crispness of the winds and an almost military precision in the heavy brass and percussion came to the fore… this was outstanding work from the orchestra, which was fully responsive to Tchivzhel’s ideas.
The orchestra responded magnificently to Tchivzhel all night, as he offered a grand sense of proportion in Rachmaninoff’s Second Symphony.
In the Gunter Theatre, the pyrotechnics were all in the orchestra. Tchivzhel elicited suitably pointed and assertive playing from the ensemble.
The Maestro ruled. I have never seen him more in command and more fiercely engaged — in my memory of covering him for 11-years — as I witnessed that evening…
Tchivzhel drove them and the orchestra with so much energy, I thought he’d fly off the rostrum…
One can’t help but think that Mobley, always a jovial presence, would have enjoyed this concert enormously…
It’s safe to say that everyone leaves with a smile on their faces and the holiday spirit in their hearts…
Music director Edvard Tchivzhel drew crisp, polished playing in four works by Mozart at Friday’s opening concert…
Tchivzhel’s reading, brash and energetic, emphasized the young romantic Beethoven, then 29, breaking away from the classical tradition of Haydn and Mozart…
Tchivzhel’s sweeping interpretation of Rachmaninoff’s Second Symphony, which followed in the second half of the program, was everything one could hope for…
The Greenville Symphony Orchestra’s season-closing concerts proved that local music fans will enthusiastically embrace a pops-style program…
Maestro Edvard Tchivzhel, music director and conductor of the Greenville Symphony Orchestra, led his forces in an inspiring, musically rich program of works by great German composers Saturday night at the Peace Center Concert Hall…