Letter: Two-star review
His most significant criticism seemed to focus on Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances being "just partially short on full-blooded passion", but in the hall's renowned acoustic, the crescendos were thunderous, as was the applause which greeted the pianists at the conclusion; and two encores at the end of the recital left no doubt what the packed house thought of it.
Do I detect the hint of a refined sneer in the reference to "this highly popular recital"? We of the hoi polloi may not recognise a quotation from Rachmaninov's First Symphony, but we know what we like, and the customer is (it is said) always right.
I award your review two stars, Mr Walton.
Dave Stone
McLaren Road
Edinburgh