A swan song and a ‘Resurrection’: John Alexander takes the next step in a long career. Pacific Symphony Blog, June 5, 2017.
photo: Drew Kelley
Audio: Debussy: ‘Iberia’
Great piece, nice recording.
Appearance
I’ll be making an appearance tomorrow at 3 p.m at UCI’s Claire Trevor School of the Arts with the Trio Céleste in a program called “The Evolution of Ludwig van Beethoven.” I’ll discuss the stylistic development that can be traced in the piano trios; the exceptional Célestials will play movements from the oeuvre.
Launched
As part of my new job as writer-in-residence at the Pacific Symphony, I’ve launched a blog for the orchestra and will write and host it. We came up with a very clever name for it, I’m sure you’ll agree. It’s called Pacific Symphony Blog. The site has been launched and there are four modest posts.
I hope to keep the topics as general and wide ranging as possible and I hope you’ll visit.
Meanwhile, many people have been asking about the future of Classical Life. To tell you the truth, I’m not entirely sure. As anyone who has visited regularly over the years knows, posts have been much more infrequent in recent months, and it’s likely to continue that way.
But I think I’ll make some effort to keep things going here, as Classical Life has served its purpose pretty well through the years. And there’s sure to be some double posting to be done with Pacific Symphony Blog.
William Henry Fry: Niagara Symphony (1854)
Worth hearing again.
Sort of the “Become Ocean” of its day.
Tony Rowe conducts the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
To hear other works in my Neglected Symphonies series, click here.
Video: Ravel: ‘Alborada del gracioso’: Richter
Sviatoslav Richter, piano
Video: Scarlatti: Argerich
K. 141.
Preview: The Quixotic Quest of Richard Strauss
Preview: Strauss’ Quixotic Quest. pacifisymphony.org, May 11, 2017.
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