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ArtsJournal: music
2020-04-09 18:54:29
Future Jazz past: Hal Willner, circa 1992
The death of this funny, smart, idiosyncratic, unique music producer at age 64 saddens me. We were East Village neighbors in the go-go ’90s, flush with ideas to try in the future. Here’s my entry about him from Future Jazz. – Howard Mandel
2019-07-27 18:52:00
Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra – Andrew Manze, conductor; Pekka Kuusisto, violin, Knut Erik Sundquist, bass. July 26, 2019.
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center. Orchestra (Seat N12, $50). Pre-Concert Recital Four Seasons of Buenos Aires (1965-70) by Piazzolla (1921-1992, arr. Bragato). Neave Trio: Anna Williams, violin; Mikhail Veselov, cello; Eri Nakamura, piano. Program Romanian Folk Dances for string orchestra (1915-17) by Bartok (1881-1945, arr. Willner). Le quattro Stagioni (“The Four Seasons”) by Vivaldi (1678-1741). The program certainly looked promising: a pairing of the Four Seasons by Vivaldi and Piazzolla. We last heard this combination in 2016 with the New York Philharmonic; on that occasion two of the seasons were performed by Frank Huang, who also did the entire Vivaldi composition. Piazzolla’s Cuattro Estaciones Portenas started off as tangos, and have been arranged by various musicians for different combinations of instruments. Today’s arrangement was made by Jose Bragato – who was a member of the Piazzolla quintet - […]
2019-02-09 10:06:21
From the Pens of Women: Kitty Whately on her forthcoming Wigmore Hall recital & the challenges of bringing music by women composers to the fore
[…] Of arms and a woman: Blondel late medieval wind music inspired by Christine de Pisan (★★★½) - CD review 1769: a year in music from Ian Page & The Mozartists (★★★★) - Concert review Requiem Masses for murdered royalty: HerveNiquet & Le Concert Spirituel in Requiems for King Louis XVI & Queen Marie Antoinette by Cherubini & by Plantade (★★★) - concert review In transcription: Berlioz arranged Liszt and Richard Strauss arranged Willner at Conway Hall (★★★★) - concert review Home
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