Many years ago we went to the Halle to see Yehudi Menhuin conducting a performance of, I think, the London symphony. I was anticipating this with some relish as I assumed there would be a deep bond with the music. Instead it was very cold - excellent execution - but no empathy.
At that time Stanislav Skrowaczewski was the resident conductor and over several seasons he he conducted several VW works. All of them were beautiful readings and he seemed to have a really strong connection with the music. Perhaps the reason may have been that there was more rehearsal time for the latter than for Menuhin asI believe guest conductors quite often perform with very little rehearsal time.
At that time Stanislav Skrowaczewski was the resident conductor and over several seasons he he conducted several VW works. All of them were beautiful readings and he seemed to have a really strong connection with the music. Perhaps the reason may have been that there was more rehearsal time for the latter than for Menuhin asI believe guest conductors quite often perform with very little rehearsal time.