Month: March 2010
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By Philippa Kiraly Russian conductor Vassily Sinaisky takes the podium this week for four concerts with the Seattle Symphony at Benaroya Hall, the first of which was Thursday night. The well-designed program, not blockbusters but two big works by Brahms and Ravel, created a study in contrasts between the two. Written a short generation apart,…
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Frank Ferko is in town for a performance of his Stabat Mater by Choral Arts. He participated in a Meet the Composer last night at Fare Start. I live blogged the Q&A (you can find the transcript by clicking on the Live Blog page) and at the beginning of the question period I took this…
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It was couples only night Thursday at the Seattle Symphony. French and German. Ravel and Brahms. Cello and Violin. Daphnis and Chloe. Returning to the podium was the conductor Vassily Sinaisky. With everyone wondering who will be the Seattle Symphony’s next music director, Sinaisky is undoubtedly at the top of the list for some people.…
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megamind movie download About once a year, Orchestra Seattle performs its “big orchestra” concert at the University of Washington’s Meany Hall. A few years ago, Benjamin Britten’s “War Requiem” was chosen for the concert. Last year, the orchestra was absent from the Meany Hall stage. This season, Orchestra Seattle returned to the University of Washington…
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By Dana Wen Some consider Beethoven’s thirty-two sonatas for piano to be the “New Testament” of piano literature. (The “Old Testament” is the forty-eight Preludes & Fugues of J.S. Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier). When viewed as a whole, the sonatas serve as a microcosm of Beethoven’s life, containing some of his finest musical ideas and enabling…
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TGN is launching another live blog event. This time, I will be live blogging from the Choral Arts’ Meet the Composer reception with composer Frank Ferko starting at 6:30 pm this Friday at Fare Start. Attending the Meet to Composer reception with Mr. Ferko is a good opportunity to meet and interact with one of…
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The back and forth this weekend over Challenge 2010 on this blog and elsewhere got me thinking. After years of going hearing the SSO as a private person and writer, I have never donated to the Annual Fund. I’ve been a subscriber and bought individual tickets. And, I think I am one of the rare…
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