“Campestrini was off to a rip-roaring start Friday with Dmitri Shostakovich’s ‘Festive Overture,’ a six minute piece the composer dashed off in three days. It isn’t fluff. It is fireworks. There was no mistaking just how big and fast Campestrini wanted to go with this roller coaster of a ride, and the Grand Rapids Symphony was all too happy to go for the gusto. That was Campestrini’s personal best.”
Source: Grand Rapids Press
Writer: Jeffrey Kaczmarczyk
Related Artists: Christoph Campestrini