Review: Pacific Symphony explores the Holocaust. Orange County Register, June 6, 2014.
A talk with Jeremy Denk on the eve of Ojai
Interview: Ojai Music Festival thinks Denk. Los Angeles Register, June 6, 2014.
Photo: Courtesy of Ojai Music Festival
Frühbeck de Burgos retires
I was sorry to hear this. Tanglewood has sent a press release that the great Spanish conductor Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos has retired for good.
It says:
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos has resigned his position as Chief Conductor of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra and has signaled an immediate end to his conducting career. The 80-year-old Spaniard, who has been beset with health problems in recent months wrote “After meeting with my doctors I have come to the following conclusion: I have to recognize publicly that I have cancer and that in this state of health and with deep sorrow I am not able to conduct at my standards and the moment to quit professional matters has come.”
More here.
Prokofiev: ‘Montagues and Capulets’
From “Romeo and Juliet,” of course. One of my favorites. Yuri Temirkanov conducts the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.
Denk on Bach
Was Bach inspired by the physical play of hands on the keyboard in composing the “Goldberg Variations”? As they say on Facebook, watch this amazing video. What Denk does next will blow your mind.
Review: Jake Heggie’s ‘The Radio Hour’
Review: Heggie’s ‘The Radio Hour’ works. Orange County Register, May 19, 2014.
‘Cosi fan tutte’ at the L.A. Philharmonic
Review: A cozy ‘Cosi’ has style and substance. Los Angeles Register, May 27, 2014.
Photo: Craig T. Mathew and Greg Grudt/Mathew Imaging
Great moments in commercial music: iPad
The music is Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Violin Concerto and the star of the ad is the composer himself.
Here’s my review of the premiere of the Violin Concerto in 2009.
Review: Previn’s ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’
Review: Previn’s ‘Streetcar Named Desire’ pulls into L.A. Los Angeles Register, May 23, 2014.
A talk with Jake Heggie about his newest opera
A ‘Radio Hour’ like never before. Orange County Register, May 15, 2014.
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