“THIS is a very well-known piece in Sweden – which isn’t saying much...” British conductor Andrew Manze’s otherwise warm introduction to the climax of his concert with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra – the Serenade in F by Wilhelm Stenhammar, from Manze’s adopted homeland of Sweden – felt worryingly like damning with faint praise.
Manze acknowledged that few in the audience would know it, but hoped that by the end of its 40-minute span we’d love it. And indeed, read the full article here.