The outer movements are full of lively dialogue, with some lovely arabesques in the final Allegro.

Similarly, the cadenza that connected the slow Larghetto movement to the ebullient final Allegro was a bit fancy and overextended.

The final Allegro was taken at a bracing tempo with no loss to its lilting playfulness.

Halfway through the final allegro the world came into existence again, as quietly and effortlessly as it had gone.

In the final allegro the dancers were visibly taxed, yet for all of the blurring of the details, "Brandenburg" remains an unequivocal delight.

The final allegro is a sort of polonaise in binary form for full orchestra.

The final allegro is an ingenious instrumental version of a da capo aria, with a middle section in the relative minor key, F sharp minor.

At times, as in the buoyant statement of the beginning of the final Allegro, this approach worked neatly.

Yet in the scherzo and the final allegro, taken quite fast, the music sounded short of breath.

From the work's sinister opening motif through the lyrical second movement to the spirited final allegro, there is a refreshing sense of excitement.