Interview: Carl St.Clair remembers Leonard Bernstein. Pacific Symphony Blog. Feb. 22, 2018.
Great moments in music criticism (I)
“I realize that my liking or not liking what Mr. Heifetz plays and how he plays it is a matter of no import to the stellar spaces in which he moves. But it happens that I did go to the concert last night and that I did observe pretty carefully his virtuosity. It was admirable and occasionally very, very beautiful. The fellow can fiddle. But he sacrifices everything to polish. He does it knowingly. He is justly admired and handsomely paid for it. To ask anything else of him is like asking tenderness of the ocelot.”
— from “Silk-Underwear Music” by Virgil Thomson.
Pacific Symphony announces 2018-2019 classical season
Pacific Symphony 40th season announcement. Pacific Symphony Blog, Feb. 10, 2018.
Shura Cherkassky in Amsterdam
Introduction (in Dutch language) JEAN-BAPTISTE LULLY Suite de Pièces 00:03:07 I. Allemande 00:06:59 II. Air tendre 00:09:21 III. Courante 00:11:06 IV. Gigue FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN 00:14:10 Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 (Andante con moto) 00:26:17 Nocturne No. 15 in F minor, Op. 55, No. 1 (Andante) JOSEF HOFMANN 00:33:14 From Charakterskizzen, Op. 40: Kaleidoscop, No. 4 FRANZ LISZT 00:38:15 Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 in C sharp minor S. 244/12 MORTON GOULD 00:48:15 Boogie-Woogie Etude Intermission MODEST MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition 00:51:14 1) Promenade 00:52:36 2) Gnomus 00:54:54 3) Promenade II 00:55:53 4) The Old Castle 01:00:17 5) Promenade III 01:00:47 6) Tuileries 01:01:43 7) Bydlo 01:04:18 8) Promenade IV 01:05:00 9) Ballet of Unhatched Chicks 01:06:15 10) Samuel Goldenberg & Schmuÿle 01:08:33 11) Promenade 01:10:11 12) Limoges, le marché 01:11:44 13) Catacombæ 01:13:19 14) Con mortuis in lingua mortua 01:15:37 15) The Hut on Hen’s Legs – Baba Yaga 01:19:20 16) The Great Gate of Kiev FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN 01:26:02 Tarantelle in A flat major, Op. 43 (Presto) SHURA CHERKASSKY, piano. Filmed in Amsterdam (Prinsengracht Concert 1992), 27 August 1992.
Pacific Overtures, February
My February newsletter, with concert listings, interviews, a playlist, a video, a ticket deal for students, and classical music news and views from around the internet. …
Pacific Overtures. February, 2018.
Interview: Alexander Romanovsky
Interview: Pianist Alexander Romanovsky to make Pacific Symphony debut with Prokofiev’s Second Concerto. Pacific Symphony Blog, Jan. 29, 2018.
Program from New Year’s in Vienna 2018
A quick rundown, including repertoire…
Program for New Year’s concert from Vienna. Pacific Symphony Blog, Dec. 27, 2017.
Great moments in commercial music: Lincoln
Music by Shostakovich, the second waltz from his Jazz Suite No. 2.
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