His 11 colleagues listen and watch with careful attention. Even in fast-moving sections, the dozen keep their equanimity and generally do not shirk quick changes of tempo. To date, Miropolsky has chosen miniatures for his programs. For this concert, there was Mozart, Bach, Granados, Ravel, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Dvorak and Brahms, to list the major names. One of the difficulties of the programming was the seeming similarity of the music, even if it were separated by more than a 100 years, such as Bach and Mozart, from the 18th century, compared with Prokofiev and Rachmaninoff, of the 20th.
More variety is needed to make the music-making itself more compelling.
Miropolsky introduced most of the 16 numbers, often with charm and humor.