Peter Dobrin, Inquirer Classical Music Critic Posted: Saturday, December 15, 2012, 3:01 AM Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 3 has never quite taken off. The listening public adores the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth, but mention the Third and you draw a stare. Is it that ideas in the Third, the "Polish," are exploited with greater economy and real edge in other Tchaikovsky works? Or has it suffered from inconsistent advocacy from the podium? Italian conductor Gianandrea Noseda brought it out of the shadows Thursday night in Verizon Hall. His concepts of a lean sound and flexible beat were beneficial counterpoint to the Philadelphia Orchestra's natural inclination to swaddle Tchaikovsky in...
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