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2023-03-10 06:52:00
Los Angeles Philharmonic. Zubin Mehta, conductor. March 4, 2023.
Walt Disney Hall, Los Angeles, CA. Orchestra East (Seat B53, $200).Waiting for the concertmaster and the conductor to appear.ProgramSymphony No. 3 (1895-96) by Mahler (1860-1911).ArtistsGerhild Romberger, altoWomen of the Los Angeles Master Chorale. Grant Gershon, director; Jenny Wong, associate directorLos Angeles Children's Chorus. Fernando Malvar-Ruiz, directorI couldn't find the program notes on line, reading it in advance would have added to my appreciation of the performance.I was on a weekend trip to the area, and took the chance to visit the "new" Walt Disney Hall. I lived in the area for about a year in 2002, at that time LA Phil had their concerts at Dorothy Chandler. Construction of Disney Hall was ongoing while I visited LA Phil and LA Opera, but I don't remember seeing it. It opened around 2003, so it has been around for 20 years.Mahler's third symphony is his longest, I don't know what symphonies are […]
2022-12-30 00:00:00
Bells for Stokowski and Arnold for Band (Jerry Junkin)
Bells for Stokowski01 - 09 Tielman Susato (arr. Patrick Dunnigan): Selections from 'The Danserye' [20'45] 10 - 12 Ralph Vaughan Williams: English Folk Song Suite [11'30]13 - 14 David Del Tredici: In Wartime [18'28] 15 Michael Daugherty: Bells for Stokowski [13'56]The University of Texas Wind Ensemble conducted by Jerry JunkinReference Recordings RR104 [recorded May 2003; issued 2004][digital download; flacs, cover and inlay scans, booklet sourced from the internet]Malcolm Arnold - Arnold for Band01 - 04 (arr. John Poynter): Scottish Dances, op.59 [10'52]05 Overseas, op.70 [3'4806 - 08 (arr. John Poynter): Little Suite for Brass No. 1, op.80 [7'59]09 (arr. John Poynter): Tam o' Shanter, op.51 [8'09]10 - 12 Water Music, op.82b [8'54]13 The Padstow Lifeboat, op.94 [3'14]14 - 16 Little Suite for Brass No. 2, op.93 [7'12]17 Fanfare for Louis [2'08]18 - 21 (arr. Maurice Johnstone): English Dances, Set No. 1, op.27 [9'29]22 HRH The Duke of Cambridge, op.60 […]
2022-11-19 17:03:00
New York Philharmonic. Hannu Lintu, conductor; Sergei Babayan & Daniil Trifonov, pianos. November 18, 2022.
David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center. Orchestra (Seat BB105, $49).ProgramSymphonies of Wind Instruments (1920; rev. 1945-47) by Stravinsky (1882-1971).Concerto for Two Pianos, Percussion, and Orchestra, BB 121 (1937/40) by Bartok (1881-1945).Ciel d'hiver (2013) by Kaija Saariaho (b. 1952).Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 105 (1918-24) by Sibelius (1865-1957).Percussionists: Christopher S. Lamb, Daniel Druckman, Markus Rhoten.While I have heard of all the composers on today's program, all the pieces are new to me. I looked for - not diligently - the New York Philharmonic Program Notes which are usually posted on line, but couldn't find them. So I feverishly tried to read the Playbill that was handed out at the door. They provided minimal help, as they talked mostly about the "context" of the pieces, rather than what the pieces were about. There are a few exceptions, and I found those quite illuminating, but also felt like I was grasping […]
2022-08-05 21:37:51
HATCHING HARES is the second album by one time Mediaeval Babe and Wilde Rose Anna Tam. Ahead of Cora
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