Ill-timed showmanship mars otherwise strong orchestra collaboration

Precedents were set — one good, one very unfortunate — in the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra’s concert on Saturday. For it joined forces with the touring National Arts Centre Orchestra, one of the first times another professional orchestra has visited the Winspear stage.
NACO was founded in 1969 and has become well known for its Canadian commissions, and for its recordings. This link-up with the ESO was part of the orchestra’s Canada 150 tour, taking it across the country an