Tonight the Columbus Symphony plays Peter Tchaikovsky’s 6th and last symphony, the “Pathetique”. I’ll discuss some of the technical issues in the piece, mainly the difficult clarinet entrance on the first page. But first a few words about the composer.…
Naughty Composer Jonathan Leshnoff
This weekend’s concerts of the Columbus Symphony include Tchaikovsky’s 6th Symphony, “Pathetique”, the unusual Beethoven Leonora No. 2, and Jonathan Leshnoff’s Double Concerto for violin and viola, with our Concertmaster, Charles Wetherbee on violin and Roberto Diaz, viola. Jonathan was…
Columbus Symphony, Stravinsky’s “Firebird” and more
Stravinsky’s “Firebird” – InstantEncore. Live streaming recordings of our program last weekend. Carneiro’s Firebird (1945 version) was WILD, and fun! The program also included two pieces by Augusta Read Thomas, worth a listen. And the Poulenc Gloria in G major.…
Podcast: David Niwa, Assistant Concertmaster, Columbus Symphony
David and I discussed, among other things, his musical family and the perks which came with it while growing up in the midst of the Chicago Symphony; his studies with two great violinists Aaron Rosand and Szymon Goldberg at Curtis…
H.L. Mencken’s Saturday Night Club reconvened by Concert Artists of Baltimore
via Clef Notes: H.L. Mencken’s Saturday Night Club reconvened by Concert Artists of Baltimore – The Baltimore Sun’s classical music critic Tim Smith blogs about the sonic art, local and beyond – baltimoresun.com. Fresh ideas for the rebirth of classical…
Spring Reverb: Golia/Turetzy; Dana Reason Trio
sandiego.com | Arts | Spring Reverb: Golia/Turetzy; Dana Reason Trio. There’s also an element of 20th-century classical piano music to her thought—the fragmented, block forms, shifting meters, and piquant dissonances of Stravinsky; the asymmetrical rhythms and spicy harmonies of Bartok;…