Review: St. Louis Symphony delivers memorable Mahler at Soka. The Orange County Register, Jan. 28, 2016.
Pacific Symphony: 2016-2017 season
Renee Fleming on tap as Pacific Symphony sets 2016-2017 season. The Orange County Register, Jan. 26, 2016.
Pinchas Zukerman, Jonathan Biss, Royal Philharmonic
Review: Pinchas Zukerman and the Royal Philharmonic give Mozart his regal due. The Orange County Register, Jan. 21, 2016.
Philharmonic Society of Orange County announces 2016-17 season
First out of the gate …
Berlin Philharmonic tops O.C. presenter’s 2016-17 slate. The Orange County Register, Jan. 20, 2016.
photo: courtesy of philharmonic society of orange county
The Orlando Consort sings ‘The Passion of Joan of Arc’
Review: The Orlando Consort sings to ‘The Passion of Joan of Arc.’ The Orange County Register, Jan. 18, 2016.
Dilijan Chamber Players perform Taneyev
Review: Dilijan Players offer Russian program capped by rarity. The Orange County Register, Jan. 15, 2016.
Neglected symphonies: Playlist
Here’s my playlist of Neglected Symphonies so far, all in one take. Click on the titles below to hear said work (I have downloaded every one of them to this site; you will not be re-routed to YouTube.) I suggest downloading this post onto your cell phone, and listening with earbuds on long walks or while doing housework. To read how I went about curating the playlist, click here.
Waldemar von Baußnern: Symphony No. 7, ‘Die Ungarische’ (1926)
William Henry Fry: Niagara Symphony (1854)
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8 (1956)
Franz Schmidt: Symphony No. 3 (1928)
Eduard Tubin: Symphony No. 5 (1946)
Ernest Chausson: Symphony in B-flat (1890)
Nino Rota: Symphony No. 3 (1957)
Rued Langgaard: Symphony No. 6, ‘The Heaven-Storming’ (1920, rev. 1930)
Edmund Rubbra: Symphony No. 6 (1954)
Henk Badings: Symphony No. 12, ‘Symphonische Klangfiguren’ (1964)
Camargo Guarneri: Symphony No. 4, ‘Brasilia’ (1963)
Otto Ketting: Symphony No. 6 (2012)
Luis de Freitas Branco: Symphony No. 1 (1924)
Kalevi Aho: Symphony No. 1 (1969)
Andrzej Panufnik: Symphony No. 9, ‘Sinfonia della Speranza’ (1987)
Lutoslawski: Symphony No. 2: 1. Hesitant (1967)
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 15 (1972)
Martinu: Symphony No. 6, ‘Fantaisies symphoniques’ (1955)
Honegger: Symphony No. 3, ‘Symphonie Liturgique’ (1946)
Franz Berwald: Symphony No. 3, ‘Singuliere’ (1845)
Going medieval on ‘Joan of Arc’
‘Joan of Arc’ gets a new soundtrack. The Orange County Register, Jan. 11, 2016.
photo: courtesy of the orlando consort
Viva Albeniz
Part of a cluster of streets in my Orange County neighborhood named for Spanish composers. Other streets are named for Granados, Torroba, Rodrigo, Turina and Sarasate.
Orange County Youth Symphony Orchestra teams with YMF Debut Orchestra to perform music by Ives, Turnage and Nielsen
Review: O.C. Youth Symphony teams with Debut Orchestra at Disney Hall. The Orange County Register, Jan. 11, 2016.
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