It would be hard to imagine a more powerful performance of the work.
The last performance of the work, in its North American premiere, is tomorrow afternoon.
So one movement was dropped for this occasion, the only performance of the work this season.
On the way to a performance of the work in 1947, she was injured in an automobile accident.
It added up to a fiercer and more propulsively confident performance of the work than one normally hears.
9.30am: The Department for Work and Pensions is publishing information about the performance of the work programme.
The second half, the part rehearsed, is a performance of the work by the quartet, straightforward in audio terms.
The ensemble opened the concert with an indifferent performance of the work, marred by a few intonation problems.
Mr. McGegan spurred his charges to an invigorating performance of the work, which reflects the influence of Turkish janissary bands.
He eventually hopes for a live, on-site performance of the work to celebrate the tower's 125th anniversary next year.
This was not the first performance of the work at the Met; the Bolshoi Opera presented "The Gambler" there on tour in 1975.
