Mobile Arts: Halloween Pops review in Vanguard

As promised, here is a link to my Halloween Pops review printed in The Vanguard issue for this week.

An excerpt:

The true test for the orchestra was William’s “Harry Potter Symphonic Suite.” A few years ago, the MSO tackled the work, but the speedy string passages made for a garbled rendition. The big question: Could they deliver? The answer: unfortunately not. The violin section was again letting those fast portions keep them behind, and in their earlier portions, the horns were lethargic and sloppy. Right after skimming through the melodic theme from the Quidditch match, the MSO recovered just in time for a ghoul to be vanquished by a dressed-up Dumbledore.

Oddly, my byline incorrectly reads “Rob Holbert”…I need to e-mail my editor about that…