Photograph By Murray Mitchell/The Daily News
Eclectic and edifying sum up Kamloops Symphony s twin concerts in Kamloops and Salmon Arm over the weekend.
From musically obscure to popular, from sad lament to uplifting dance, the orchestra proved its mettle with a richly varied program in sharp contrast with September s Clearly Classical, the last KSO concert.
Eastern Echoes opened and closed with works by Czech-French-American composer Bohuslav Martinu and Hungarian composer Zoltan Kodaly, yet also drew upon Canadian content and a spectacular violin concerto featuring soloist Erika Raum.
The latter piece - Violin Concerto No. 1 by German composer Max Bruch - gave Raum ample opportunity to demonstrate her lyrical playing and range of tone colours. Bruch once drew high praise from none other than Mozart, who called him the father of classical music. He certainly knew how to hold an audience in rapture with a remarkable flow. Raum s per