Boston Symphony Orchestra
"For his part, Nelsons has deeply internalized this score [of Salome by Strauss], its idiom, and its pacing, to the point of almost dancing along on Thursday during his delicately shaped 'Dance of the Seven Veils' [...]
Balances were for the most part carefully managed, allowing for a striking clarity of detail while also setting up for a handful of truly hair-raising moments when the conductor took the lid off the orchestra. But this was a performance more about finesse than raw firepower. During the famous kiss chords near the end the sound seemed to take on an almost physical quality, hanging in the air like a vapor.“