Well, with the last titanic chords of Mahler’s Seventh Symphony ringing across the expanses of the Salem Armory Auditorium, my 10th season with the Oregon Symphony came to a close. For three of my colleagues, it marked their final seasons with the orchestra, and after a stupendous amount of seasons, I must say! Frederick Korman
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We’re doing Mahler 7 this week, and I’m dazed and confused. I just can’t get my head and heart around this tough nut. I hadn’t even listened to the piece via recording all the way through until a couple weeks ago, as I was getting ready to do it. I’d heard a live performance in
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Here are some thoughts that have passed through my head during the last couple of days of rehearsals: Mozart really is a great composer (Norman Lebrecht notwithstanding) Composer John Adams just might have the best copyist in the business Choruses will, without fail, laugh at all the conductor’s jokes Playing softly is much more difficult
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Next week, my orchestra begins rehearsals for John Adams’ On the Transmigration of Souls. With the release of the critically-acclaimed United 93 this past weekend and the Adams work on my music stand, my thoughts have returned to the tragic events of nearly five years ago. Today on the National Public Radio program Fresh Air,
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