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Jewish Classical Music Finds Advocates in the Northwest

Posted in Seattle, WA, tagged , , , , , , , , , on April 30, 2008 | No Comments »

When the Seattle Symphony, David Schiff, Miraim Fried and members of Seattle’s Jewish community gather on May 7, 2008 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of Israel, they won’t just be celebrating a country; they will be celebrating the Northwest’s unique connection to Jewish music. It is understandable to expect a city [...]

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Review: Portland State University’s La Boheme

Posted in Portland, OR, tagged , , on April 30, 2008 | No Comments »

Portland State University’s production of Puccini’s La Boheme received a strong performance on opening night (Friday, April 25) at Lincoln Hall. The singing and acting by the principals won over the audience with convincing portrayals of young, poverty-stricken artists and lovers in the midst of their struggle to survive in Paris in the 1830s.
It’s really [...]

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Reviewing the Weekend in Classical Music

Posted in Seattle, WA, tagged , , , , , , , , , on April 29, 2008 | No Comments »

Take Two
Depending on your point of view, Saturday’s Seattle Symphony performance was either excellent or catastrophic. The performance began well enough. Mendelssohn’s youthful Sinfonia No.10 received an spirited and convincing interpretation from both the orchestra and guest conductor Gunter Herbig. The balance among the reduced forces was especially notable.
The orchestra’s balance carried through the evening [...]

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Rattle Staying in Berlin

Posted in Seattle, WA, tagged , on April 28, 2008 | No Comments »

Bloomberg is reporting the Berlin Phil. members voted to extended Rattle’s contract beyond 2012.

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Review: Fear No Music lives up to its name

Posted in Portland, OR, tagged , on April 26, 2008 | No Comments »

The Fear No Music ensemble gave its third concert, appropriately titled “ear courage,” on Sunday evening (April 20) at The Old Church in downtown Portland. The concert reached both ends of the spectrum in terms of volume with some really loud and almost ear-splitting pieces and others that had super pianissimo passages. All of the [...]

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Upcoming Events

Posted in Seattle, WA, tagged , , , , , on April 26, 2008 | No Comments »

The Seattle Chamber Players finish their 2007/2008 season with two concerts exploring contemporary Asian composers and music inspired by Chinese poetry. April 25 and 27th.
Gunther Herbig continues his two week stay by leading the Seattle Symphony in a performance of Dvorak’s Cello Concerto and Sibelius’ Symphony No.1. Rick Steves would be proud, because [...]

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