Coronavirus Conditions Make Us Rethink the Classical Music Scene in the Decade Ahead. Voice of OC, May 6, 2020.
Bernd Alois Zimmermann: ‘Un petit Rien’
A beautiful, playful and uncharacteristic piece by Bernd Alois Zimmermann.
Rossini/Liszt: Overture to ‘William Tell’
Liszt’s spectacular transcription of the Overture to ‘William Tell.’ Great fun.
Review: Yuja Wang and a chorus of coughing
Review: Yuja Wang Displays Virtuosity and Temperament for a Puzzled Segerstrom Audience. Voice of OC, Feb. 22, 2019.
Review: Emanuel Ax plays early Beethoven
Review: Early Beethoven Gets the (Emanuel) Ax Treatment. Voice of OC, Jan. 22, 2020.
Yuja Wang unveils welcomely quirky program for her February recital in Segerstrom Concert Hall
Fashion is still TBD.
Baldassare Galuppi – C major Sonata, first movement
Bach – C minor Toccata
Brahms – Intermezzo in A minor Op. 116 No. 2
Chopin – Mazurka Op. 67 No. 4
Chopin – Mazurka Op. 67 No. 3
Brahms – Intermezzo in E minor, Op. 119 No. 2
Chopin – Mazurka Op. 30 No. 4
Brahms – Intermezzo in C-sharp minor Op. 117, No. 3
Chopin – Mazurka Op. 68 No. 3
Brahms – Romance in F major, Op. 118 No. 5
Scriabin – Sonata No. 4 in F-sharp major Op. 30
Ravel – Une Barque sur L’Ocean
Berg – Piano Sonata
Federico Mompou – Secreto
Scriabin – Sonata No. 5 Op. 53
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Merry Christmas from Pergolesi
Merry Christmas to all. Here’s a bit of annual listening for me, not Christmas music per se, but certainly in the right mood. One of the best orchestral trombone sections in the history of the universe — Byron Peebles (my teacher), Ralph Sauer, Herbert Ausman and Jeff Reynolds — performs music by Pergolesi (or perhaps just attribute to him), recognizable from its use in Stravinsky’s “Pulcinella” Suite.
Review: Duke Ellington’s ‘Nutcracker’ at Segerstrom Concert Hall
Review: Tchaikovsky’s “Nutcracker” gets the Ellington treatment. Voice of OC, Dec. 16, 2019.
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