Month: November 2009
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The NWS released this teaser video of Chagnard and the orchestra rehearsing in Tacoma. If you are live in Seattle, you can hear Chagnard’s band of merry musicians play this Friday at the Nordstrom Recital Hall. full red film hd
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By: Richard Fong Looking resplendent in a champagne colored one shouldered floor length gown, Ms. Yang opened with a knock-out performance of the Lute Partita. From the opening figure she was in total control. Her Bach was excellently paced and phrased. I was particularly impressed with her separation of the voices in the countrapuntal passages.…
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As a general rule, Music of Remembrance concerts leave me with mixed feelings. We gather on these evenings to hear the works of composers silenced by the wretched events of the Holocaust, cut down by the Nazis in an attempt to erase their very existence from the pages of history. With such an event weighed…
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By: Lorin Wilkerson Seattle Repertory Theatre turns to music as a central theme with playwright Michael Hollinger’s hilarious, moving, and insightful work Opus at the Leo K. Theatre. The play offers a detailed look into the frenetic existence of the imaginary world-class Lazara Quartet as they begin preparations for the gig of a lifetime at…
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It has been a pretty heady week for Portland Opera. The company took a gamble in producing Philip Glass’s Orphée on Friday evening (November 6) at Keller Auditorium and emerged a winner. This rarely heard opera retells the Orpheus legend according to the vision of Jean Cocteau, and it held a near-capacity audience spellbound.
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This is part two of my interview with John Hollenbeck. In this part, Hollenbeck talks about his association with Meredith Monk and his work in the Meredith Monk Ensemble. In addition, he shared with me how he composes music, taking an idea and developing it into a full piece of music. watch full version of…
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I wish I could let the Sumi Hahn thing over at the Seattle Times and here on TGN go. But, I can’t. I have heard from plenty of really smart, thoughtful people on why her review was badly written. Her style is her own. Does she sometimes use language that is a little over the…
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The recession hits the Honolulu Symphony. No wonder Andreas Delfs is interested in the music director opening here in Seattle. From the article: The 109-year-old symphony, which bills itself as the oldest American orchestra west of the Rockies, said it will cancel all of its November and December concerts and made no guarantees that the…
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Saturday night, Michael Miropolsky took the artistic helm of the Bellevue Philharmonic in a rousing concert of Russian music at the Theatre at Meydenbauer Center. watch the harry potter and the deathly hallows: part 1 film Miropolsky has been assistant principal second violin with the Seattle Symphony since 1991, but has pursued a career in…
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Since its beginnings in 1992, Cappella Romana has performed in various locations in Seattle but none has seemed like home to the group until its performance Saturday night at St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in Montlake. The acoustics are excellent, the ambience, all curved walls, domed ceiling and iconic mosaics, fits Cappella Romana’s continuing exploration…