Galway unleashed his virtuosity in The Carnival of Venice by Giulio Briccialdi. His wife Jeanne joined him on stage for Franz Doppler’s Andante & Rondo for Two Flutes and Piano, a sweet-toned, Romantic work that reveled in the harmonic and textural possibilities of the duo instruments. More of the same followed in Debussy’s Clair de Lune and En Bateau. He opened with Fauré’s Fantasie for flute and piano, a light, tuneful work, performed with elegant phrasing and velvety tones.
In the first half of the performance, Galway played the sort of program that would have been popular in a 19th-century Parisian salon, short works and showpieces that would allow an adored performer to show off to his friends. His concert Thursday at the Broward Center in Fort Lauderdale consisted of a succession of musical soufflés, including some of the trashiest opera fantasies ever written, including the self-indulgent touch of bringing on stage for duets his wife, a competent if not stellar flute player.īut as he showed throughout the evening, he still has the technique, the style and the golden, liquid tone that allowed him to make the leap from principal flute in Herbert von Karajan’s Berlin Philharmonic to international concert artist. James Galway performed at the Broward Center Thursday night in Fort Lauderdale.Īs a celebrity classical musician on the order of Itzhak Perlman or the late Luciano Pavarotti, the flute player James Galway could easily sink into a professional decline cushioned by the adoration of his fans.
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