Thursday evening’s Seattle Symphony concert marked the start of a series of signature events highlighting this season’s focus on émigré composers. With the exception of Schoenberg and Stravinsky, two of the composers tasked to write a movement for the Genesis Suite, the composers featured have mostly been forgotten. Luckily, Schwarz has proven to be a [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Despite challenges Genesis Suite is an enjoyable romp
Posted in Seattle, WA, tagged Arnold Schoenberg, F Murray Abraham, Igor Stravinsky, Seattle Symphony on May 31, 2008 | No Comments »
Subterfuge
Posted in Seattle, WA on May 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A comment was posted in the Contributors section yesterday wondering about the real reason Joshua Roman is leaving the Seattle Symphony. The comment churned some thoughts I have been wrestling with ever since the cellist announced he was stepping down from the SSO and thoughts formed through conversations with fans of the orchestra and Roman.
I‘ve [...]
Contemporary with a twist: the Corigliano Quartet
Posted in Seattle, WA on May 28, 2008 | No Comments »
Dozens of famous composers have borrowed or imitated folk tunes and pop music in their works, from Dvorak, Vaughan Williams and Kodaly to Stravinsky and Copland, not to mention Beethoven and Mozart (think “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”). Two of the works performed at Meany Hall Thursday night by the Corigliano Quartet follow in their footsteps.
Commissioned [...]
The world’s best selling conductor
Posted in Seattle, WA on May 26, 2008 | No Comments »
Antoni Wit is not a household name. Nonetheless, Antoni Wit, Naxos’ house conductor, has/is the best selling classical conductor, at least according to Grammophone Magazine. Given all the hand wringing over whether classical music is dying it is astonishing to think Wit’s total album sales are in the millions while most labels are content [...]
Shostakovich Kitty
Posted in Seattle, WA, tagged Arnold Schoenberg, Shostakovich on May 22, 2008 | No Comments »
Alex Ross posted about the Mahler loving cat that strolled out on stage before the Israel Philharmonic was about to play Mahler. Well, I have often tried to gauge my cat’s interest in different composers. Schoenberg gives her fits, but Shostakovich lulls her to sleep.
Tacoma Philharmonic
Posted in Seattle, WA, tagged Andre Previn, Leon Fleisher, Seattle Symphony, Tacoma Philharmonic on May 22, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Over on the links page, I have added the Tacoma Philharmonic. Don’t be fooled by the name, the Tacoma Phil. is no longer an orchestra, but a presenting organization. Like most things in the Pacific Northwest, the orchestra was started in 1933 by a 21 year old who hiked from Portland to [...]
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