Month: October 2009
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Henry Fogel wonders if subsidizing ticket prices will help diversify concert audiences. sniper: reloaded dvdrip online
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Last year it was Richard Strauss’s Elektra that got Seattle’s classical music lovers in the Halloween spirit, this year it is three concert showings of Alfred Hitchcock’s classical film Psycho. A concert performance of Psycho is definitely not your typical Seattle Symphony concert. There was no symphony, dazzling, prodigy soloist, and definitely no stuffy atmosphere…
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In my “upcoming” post a few days ago I neglected to mention Simple Measures’s performances at Spectrum Dance Theater and the Fremont Abbey. Simple Measures has built a reputation in Seattle for progressive concert programming that is accessible. It is a mission that founder Rajan Krishnaswami and all of the musicians associated with the group…
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By: Gigi Yellen I saw Lang Lang at Carnegie Hall tonight. Concert was part of the hall’s 3-week-long “Ancient Paths/Modern Voices: A festival celebrating Chinese Culture.” Program included a world premiere of a work for piano and orchestra commissioned by Carnegie Hall, “Er Huang” by Chen Quigang (music director of the opening ceremonies of the…
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On hearing Seattle Baroque Orchestra’s season opening concert at Town Hall Saturday night, my first thought was how well the group sounds in here. Although spotty in places, the acoustics are warm and with a reverberation which enhances but leaves the sound clear. SBO has moved around a bit in its quest for a good…
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Even given the venerable standards of the German/Austro tradition, the age and history of the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, which appeared in concert Tuesday night at Benaroya Hall, is notable. Its founding in 1841, by itself, gives the orchestra prestige, which it might not have otherwise. Simply to have survived the extraordinary cross-currents of culture and…
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buy the film megamind: the button of doom The sound of a loud pop greeted the audience at the Portland Baroque Orchestra concert on Saturday evening (October 24) at Kaul Auditorium. It also surprised violin virtuoso Monica Huggett, because she just broke her E string about five seconds after beginning the first piece. After halting…
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Hubbard Street Dance Chicago has always been immediately appealing, with very few inaccessible moments. That was true when it was a jazz dance company in its earliest days and of which the company gave ample evidence Friday night at the Paramount Theatre. Spectrum Dance Company followed a similar path — a mixed repertory, concentrating on…