Month: November 2009
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watch let me in online Lang Lang is a rare commodity in the world of classical music today. On the one hand, he is a star. Put him on a program with the local symphony orchestra and the house will sell out. His stardom arises from his limitless talent and unorthodox displays of ecstasy, joy,…
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I have been to three of the four concerts put on by the Russian Chamber Music Foundation of Seattle. Each time, I have high hopes for the future of this local group. The last concert I attended, a Rachmaninov retrospective performed by musicians from the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, was poorly attended and…
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San Francisco might seem like an unlikely place for a Mahler tradition to take root. Mahler’s epic, heaven shaking symphonies don’t exactly match up seamlessly with the casual atmosphere of the Bay Area, its progressive politics, and foggy, clement summer days. But, that is exactly what has happened in San Francisco since Michael Tilson Thomas…