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teacher, and Brian Z. Porter in the title role of a simple grocery clerk who makes the most of his initially unw-illing role of May King by freeing himself from his mother's iron grip on his life. Timothy Myers led the impressive orchestra from the Royal College of Music.
There were other events: ad hoc chamber music programs, after hours cabaret nights with a number of singers showing the lighter side of their voices m Broadway and jazz standards, and the final orchestral concert, which I heard only at the dress rehearsal. It featured the Grieg Piano Concerto with 15-year old Seongjin Cho, who must have studied musical magic at Hogwarts, joined by associate conductor Andreas Weiser, and Tchaikovsky’s “Rococo Variations eloquently played by Han-na Chang, herself one of the conducting students.
Maazel led the assembled musicians—the London and Qatar groups joint'd by some American conservatory students and a large contingent of fine string players from Charlottesville High School—in music of Bartok and Verdi to bring the festival to a stirring conclusion.
What impressed me most about all of this was the smooth way that everything flowed—a great accomplishment for a first-time endeavor—and how I spent much of my time grinning. It certainly takes a village to raise the musical rafters, and for this all credit must go to the Maazels and the hard-working team that they assembled, from the local volunteers to the firstchair players of the New York Philharmonic who clearly enjoyed some time to unwind in these serene hills with the man who had led them in stirring performances here and abroad for the past 10 years.
But both the Maazels seemed never to stop. And Ms. Maazel was the last one out of the cabaret on two of the nights, staying into the wee hours of the final evening to sit with a couple of the staff to reflect on the goings on of the preceding weeks and how to improve.
The music may have a vigorous downbeat, but in my short time there, I sensed the Castleton Festival spirit is all upbeat There is an easygoing^ spirit of cooperation, an absence of attitude, and it’s small enough so that people can make friends easily, take the time to relax, play tennis, swam and dance together (classically trained they may be, but they responded to the closing night party’s iPod playlist, a jubilant mix of rock and hip
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