Month: November 2009
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By: Gigi Yellen Performing as the ensemble Europa, the trio of pianist Jane Harty, violinist Leonid Keylin and cellist Mara Finkelstein today played the most traditional of this season’s Music Northwest programs (www.musicnorthwest.org).. This makes the second time this week I’ve seen these string players in concert with a series artistic director, a visionary woman,…
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The Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra opened its 2009/2010 season Sunday with music by Ravel and Debussy in a delightful concert that was the perfect refuge on a dark rainy afternoon. Conductor Adam Stern assembled a program of mostly little-known works culminating in the ever crowd-pleasing Boléro . The selections allowed each section of the orchestra to…
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By: Philippa Kiraly It’s always awe-inspiring to hear the Seattle Youth Symphony. To see 125 children, yes, kids, on stage performing difficult orchestral works with all the professionalism and technique of musicians years their senior in age and experience is exciting and hopeful. Not every teen or preteen is glued to a computer screen or…
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By: R. M. Campbell The flute is not a traditional major solo instrument but Taub, by virtue of hard work, a lot of talent and a nose for provocative new work, has nearly made it one. He is often in concert in Seattle, either by himself or with others, as well as traveling in the…
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By: Gigi Yellen step up 3d movie download full movie Two longhaired four-year-old girls danced during intermission, mimicking the Seattle Dance Project performers’ spins and holds. Whether from the front row, where these two little friends sat, or from a back corner just six rows behind them, where I and a dozen others stood, audience…
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Anne Midgette has a nice post on the changing economics of newspapers and orchestras. Anyone interested in the future of journalism and orchestras ought to take a look. Changes are coming, if they haven’t already, orchestras and newspapers need to jump in feet first or run the risk of slipping into obsolescence. the drawn together…
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Lots and lots of music this weekend. Some of the highlights include David Popper playing cello a number of fine, local instrumentalists playing David Popper’s Hungarian Rhapsody for Cello and Dvorak’s Dumky trio as part of Music Northwest’s concert series. Schwarz and the SSO play Carl Orff’s much loved Carmina Burana. The Onyx Chamber Players…
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This Saturday, acclaimed local flutist Paul Taub is celebtrating 30 years in Seattle with an anniversary concert at Cornish College. Seattle audiences know Paul well through his work with the Seattle Chamber Players, his solo flue recitals, and through his work as a Cornish faculty member. I was lucky to be able to sit down…