It’s been eight years since the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra made its last visit to Washington, under the baton of Mariss Jansons. But they must have made quite an impression; I’ve never heard so much German in the lobby of the Kennedy Center.
On a Tuesday night at the Concert Hall, most seats were taken — chorister rows included — to welcome the esteemed BRSO back under its new conductor, Sir Simon Rattle, making his first visit to the District in two decades. Rattle, 69, is in his inaugural season with the BRSO, following storied tenures leading the London Symphony Orchestra as well as the Berlin Philharmonic.
