A few days ago I was thinking of writing a post on how difficult it is for a good orchestra to maintain its “chops” when performing “real” music only 8-10 weeks in a season. But I would have been wrong.…
Conductor Thierry Fischer in Columbus
Thierry Fischer, Principal Conductor of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and also Chief Conductor of the Nagoya Philharmonic, conducts Debussy”s Nocturnes, Frank’s D minor Symphony and Ravel this weekend with the Columbus Symphony. Stewart Goodyear plays Ravel’s Piano Concerto…
Backun Fever
A few years ago I attended the annual Clarinet Festival, a huge multi-national event for clarinetists, by clarinetists and attended by thousands of clarinetists. It springs up in a different city and country late each summer. That year it was…
Loving Russian Music
Since a friend of mine moved to Minneapolis last Fall, I’ve perused the Minnesota Orchestra’s site from time to time. I noticed that Andrew Litton will be conducting Shostakovich’s 11th Symphony March 26-28. I would love to hear that performance,…
Jahja Ling and Ax promise depth
Our rehearsals with Jahja Ling this week have been very satisfying. He brings with him a wealth of experience from working with one of the world’s great orchestras, the Cleveland Orchestra. Under Ling’s steady wings, we should be able to…
Clarinet news shows its dangerous influence!
From Marianne Faithfull to Marijuana on Clarinet Boulevard, from Brahms to Blues to contra-alto-clarinets to T. S. Elliot, today’s google report on the keyword clarinet overflowed with color and variety. According to the South Bend Times, an Elkhart mas was…