Everyone plays it, few reveal its secret. Mohamed Shamseddin is so young it is unnerving to hear how beautifully he does all Mozart demands. He can never have heard her, yet she hovers over him like a godmother. Never ask pianists how they do what they do. The better they are, the less they seem to know.
Technique is one thing, the conversation with notes revealing what they mean is another.
The notes talk through Shamseddin to us. After the journey we had made with Mozart grandfather Haydn did sound a bit pedantic. But the Symphony in D Major, the London, is grand and imposing. The entire symphony was vibrant with bursts of dynamo-like speed and the end was a real dance show. The London symphony bounced on to a photo finish.