Blogs1 - 9 of 9 recent posts for tag:"chicago symphony"
26
Jun
2009
Ivo il “Terribile” aprirà stasera il Ravello Festival  

9 days ago by Alessandro Romanelli

Sarà il celebre pianista serbo insieme all’Orchestra del Teatro San Carlo di Napoli, diretta da John Axelrod ad aprire stasera sull’ incantevole squarcio mozzafiato della costiera amalfitana, il Ravello Festival (26 giugno – 26 settembre). In programma il notissimo Secondo Concerto per pianoforte e ...

LSDmagazine - lsdmagazine.com · Rank: 31,952 · 21 references

23
May
2009
Concert Review: Scofield Scorches the CSO  

43 days ago by Bill Harrison

Thursday, May 21, 2009 - Symphony Center, Chicago Third Stream music, that quasi-experimental blend of orchestral textures with modern jazz, has had a rocky history, at best. To my ears, when composers or arrangers try to bring so-called classical music together with a swinging rhythm section disast ...

Jazz Underneath - jazzunderneath.blogspot.com · 3 references

04
May
2009
Mahler 6 - Mov 4 - CSO - Haitink  

62 days ago by Andy

b286guy wrote: Riveting final minutes of Mahler’s 6th Symphony, gloriously performed by the Chicago Symphony with the great Bernard Haitink.

Style Ikons Music - styleikons.com · 3 references

25
Apr
2009
Mahler Symphony 3  

71 days ago by John Roos

There cannot be too many recordings of the Third Symphony by Gustav Mahler. Famously, Mahler commented that music should encompass the world. And no symphony more than the Third demonstrates the breadth of this vision. We can imagine how strange this must have sounded to audiences before the era of ...

John Roos' Blog - johneroos.com · 1 reference

14
Apr
2009
Dvorak- Cello Concerto No. 2 in B Minor, op. 104  

82 days ago by HP

Dvorak's Cello Concerto even impressed his benefactor and advocate, the great Johannes Brahms. He is said to have exclaimed, "Why did I not know it was possible to write a cello concerto such as this? If I had known, I would have written one long ago!"

Black Holes and Snowy ... - hazardouspaste.com · 3 references

15
Mar
2009
lisitsa wows chi-town  

112 days ago by Charles Noble

Helene Grimaud - will rue the day Photo: Mat Hennek/DG Valentina Lisitsa - saved the day Photo: Iran Issa-Khan Pianist Helene Grimaud spaced out and learned the wrong Beethoven concerto for her planned CSO appearances this weekend, and Portland favorite Valentina Lisitsa was called in to pinch hit f ...

daily observations - nobleviola.com/wordpress · Rank: 55,475 · 49 references

27
Feb
2009
Morning Coffee: 2.27.09  

128 days ago by Steely D

Alvin Ailey, Yo-Yo Ma and the Chicago Symphony. It is all been on the Obama’s social agenda and may be just what the Arts community needs to get more people to support. Gotta love a leader with true class. { LAT} Whoa- Obama is not aiming to end the US wars slowly. Why? Unlike the Vietnam war, photo ...

Parlour Magazine - parlourmagazine.com · 36 references

02
Feb
2009
Review: Tristan und Isolde/Lyric Opera  

153 days ago by Dennis Polkow

RECOMMENDED There is good news and bad news for Wagnerites this week from Lyric Opera: the good news is the opening of the sumptuous David Hockney production of Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde” with Deborah Voigt as Isolde, a feast for the eyes and ears that opulently ends the Wagnerian famine that Chi ...

Newcity Stage - newcitystage.com · Rank: 79,193 · 29 references

27
Jun
2008
Mimir Chamber Music Festival performances begin on July 3 at TCU  

373 days ago by Mimir Staff

The 2008 Mimir Chamber Music Festival begins its 11th season of performances on Tues., July 3, with an all-Beethoven evening featuring works from the maestro's late career. Texas Christian University once again plays host to the two-week festival, during which 18 young artist-musicians will particip ...

Mimir News Room - mimirmusic.blogspot.com