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2012-09-30 07:00:35
Classical music: What are your favorite warhorses? The Ear says warhorses need defending and performing, and also thinks Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto is far superior to his Second.
ALERT: Phenom conductor Gustavo Dudamel (below) leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic in Stravinsky ‘s “The Rite of Spring ” LIVE on an NPR webcast today at 5 p.m. EDT on www.npr.org . Here he discusses the landmark work with “All Things Considered” host Robert Siegel: http://www.npr.org/blogs/deceptivecadence/2012/09/28/161964987/gustavo-dudamel-on-the-magic-of-stravinskys-crazy-music By Jacob Stockinger Just a week ago, last Sunday afternoon, I heard a stunningly good concert by the Madison Symphony Orchestra . It was the perfect season opener and featured an all-Russian program plus a tribute to two MSO figures who died recently, principal tuba player Paul Haugan (below top) and longtime conductor and music director Roland Johnson (below bottom). I agree with just about all my critic colleagues, who wrote very positive reviews. It was an extremely impressive and satisfying concert in so many ways. The “Adagio for Strings ” by UW composer John Stevens (below) was […]
2012-09-24 07:00:13
Classical music: The Madison Symphony Orchestra hits its first glorious high note of the new season with an all-Russian program plus a tribute to the loss of two of its own.
[…] Board of Advisors for the Madison Early Music Festival and frequently gives pre-concert lectures in Madison. By John W. Barker The Madison Symphony Orchestra opened its new season with a truly memorable program this past weekend. It had been planned as a collection entirely of Russian music , but the mood and organization were complicated by two sad losses of recent months. One was the orchestra’s long-time and beloved tuba player, Paul Haugan (below top), and the other was Roland Johnson (below), the long-time builder and conductor of the MSO as well as the co-founder of the Madison Opera . In their memory, maestro John DeMain opened the concert with a performance of the “Adagio for Strings” — not the famous one by Samuel Barber but the one by John Stevens (below) of the University of Wisconsin School of Music. It is easy […]
2012-09-19 07:00:00
Classical music: Let us now praise ensemble orchestra players who are overshadowed by conductors and soloists. Auditioning for a symphony orchestra is an arduous life-changing event, as a terrific NPR story documents.
[…] , who also serves as the director of the UW School of Music. The work was originally composed in 1991 for tuba and euphonium ensemble, then revised in 2009 for strings and given its premiere by the Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra . The performance of this work is being dedicated to the memory of longtime retired MSO music director and conductor Roland Johnson who died in May at 91, and to the memory of Paul Haugan, the longtime principal tuba player for the MSO who died prematurely in July. See below). Performances are in Overture Hall on Friday at 7:30 p.m.; Saturday at 8 p.m.; and Sunday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $16.50 to $78.50. For more information about tickets, call the Overture Box office at (608) 258-4141 or visit www.madisonsymphony.org For J. Michael Allsen’s program notes for the “Russian Resounds” concerts, visit: http://facstaff.uww.edu/allsenj/MSO/NOTES/1213/1.Sep12.html […]
2012-08-13 07:00:38
Classical music: Madison Symphony Orchestra’s principal tuba player Paul Haugan, of Madison and Milwaukee, dies at 57.
By Jacob Stockinger He was a big man with a big shock of white hair who played a big instrument – the tuba — and could be seen sitting in the back right side of the Madison Symphony Orchestra , with which he played for 30 seasons. He was Paul William Haugan (below) of Milwaukee , and he died unexpectedly on July 28 in Milwaukee, apparently of heart disease. He was 57. Haugan, originally from Madison, was a world-class tuba player with an extraordinary history of professional and personal experiences that included playing with four different symphonies and even recording with the rock groups Blood, Sweat and Tears , The Moody Blues , and Emerson, Lake and Palmer . Related by birth to J.S. Bach and Richard Wagner , Haugan also accompanied Frank Sinatra and Barbara Streisand . Here is a link to the obituary and death notice that […]
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