Eastern Music Festival: Review by William Thomas Walker July 5, 2007, Greensboro, NC: Guest conductor David Lockington skillfully accompanied his wife, violinist Dylana Jenson, in two French showpieces. He led his alert musicians in an astonishingly mature performance of Shostakovich's brooding Symphony No. 10. Older classical music collectors will remember the digital RCA LP incarnation of Dylana Jenson's first recording, Sibelius' Violin Concerto, coupled with Saint-Sa¨e;ns' Opus 28 with Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra. This was issued shortly after Jenson had become the first American woman and, at age 17, the youngest person ever to win the Silver Medal at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. Amazon.com still lists used copies of the Victrola budget CD reissue, which is overdue for revival... Jenson's web site has a link to a fascinating 1998 interview covering the ups and downs of her career. Triangle music lovers may remember her guest appearance with the NC Symphony during the Zimmermann era. Ravel's "Tzigane, Concert Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra," and Saint-Sa¨e;ns "Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso," Op. 28, found no weaknesses in Jenson's armory of virtuoso technique with spot-on intonation at any speed and during complex multiple stops. She produced a fine, warm tone that was readily projected into the hall. She gave the Ravel piece all the faux-Hungarian vibrato it could bear. The interpretation of Saint-Saëns' work was articulate, with crisp, clear musical lines. Lockington's accompaniment was ideally balanced with gorgeous refined quiet playing from the orchestra.