By Scott Cantrell | The Dallas Morning News
As throughout the concert, music director Richard McKay conducted clearly and expressively, without ever overdoing it. The orchestra responded with a gently urgent, warmly shaped performance…
[The] soloist in the Mozart D major Violin Concerto (K. 218) was Jaewon Wee[‘s]… first-class training was evident in a smart, stylish performance, impeccable in every technical respect. And there was that extra air of unassuming authority that can’t really be trained. Her own cadenzas were just showy enough, without sticking out.
McKay and the orchestra supplied suave, buoyant collaboration.
For Beethoven’s Eighth Symphony, McKay opted not for monumentality, but for the high spirits implied by Beethoven’s metronome markings. The outer movements were exhilarating.