Don’t you just love it when this happens?
The Louisiana Philharmonic were about to play Aaron Copland’s clarinet concerto when the Spanish soloist Jose Franch-Ballester fell prey to a violent stomach bug. Up steps the orchestra’s principal clarinet on the night – Juilliard student Christopher Pell, 21 – and gives a blinding performance. Read all about it here.
image: LPO
He played beautifully the week before, too, in Rachmaninov Symphony No.2. This is a wonderful orchestra, and Carlos Miguel is exactly what the classical world needs!