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2023-07-26 13:16:58
The University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music has... The post Eighth Blackbird cellist lands professorship appeared first on Slippedisc.
2022-04-02 05:33:00
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. Xian Zhang, conductor; Inon Barnatan, piano. April 1, 2022.
[…] concert pianists. However, unless Barnatan just came off another series with another orchestra, that he could do them without music was most impressive. (This assumes he will do 2 to 4 without music also.) I think he can be excused with a wrong note here or there (and I am quite sure there were a few), and don't think he would consider a virtue of performing live. I guess I am referring sarcastically to the Eighth Blackbird here. One wonders how the concertos got grouped in this particular manner. One could argue you always want No. 5 to be the last one played. Or one could do that chronologically (in which No. 2 would come first). Or it could be 1, 3, 4 followed by 2, 5; which would satisfy both concerns. I do wonder if tomorrow's performance will be a let down. We shall see. Our flight […]
2022-04-01 18:12:00
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Louis Langree, conductor; Eighth Blackbird, ensemble. Livestreamed March 26, 2022.
[…] different parts of the world - although they all live in the US right now). I do wonder - somewhat facetiously - do they expect members to come and go, and is membership restricted to one particular sex/gender only? In the Program Notes there is this statement that "scholars" have wondered if these nine mothers are analogous to the "nine sisters," goddesses personifying different kinds of waves. A suggestion to these scholars: just ask. Eighth Blackbird has been around since 1996, and making a big deal whether they are celebrating their 25th or 26th anniversary this year. Well, welcome to the club. Everyone on earth is wondering what to think about the pandemic. My suggestion in this case: don't take yourself that seriously by making a virtue out of "miss[ing] a note or two." The instruments I counted in the ensemble: piano, violin, cello, oboe and variants, flute, […]
2021-11-06 15:46:51
Jacob Cooper, Steven Bradshaw – Sunrise
Sunrise is a new CD by Jacob Cooper and Steven Bradshaw, recently released by Cold Blue Music. Jacob Cooper has a long and distinguished composing career including commissions by the Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group, Eighth Blackbird, the Calder Quartet and others. His music has been performed by the JACK Quartet, the Minnesota Orchestra, […]