photo: © Charles Noble This year Heather and I will be ringing in the new year with Pink Martini at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, presented by the LA Philharmonic. We’ll be part of the Harvey Rosencranz Orchestra, the extra complement of strings that Pink sometimes hauls out of Portland for big shows.
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Ilkka Talvi Ilkka Talvi, former concertmaster of the Seattle Symphony, writes a nice blog (Of Music & Men) as well as doing a lot of high level teaching in the Seattle area. He recently signed up for the new Berlin Philharmonic Digital Concert Hall series of concerts, and here’s what he writes about the experience:
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Our newest cat Figgy on Christmas Eve… moar funny pictures
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I’ll be posting after the new year – hope you and yours have a safe and happy holiday season!
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I was dismayed to read this comment on David Finlayson’s blog from a member of the Westminster Symphonic Choir (which performs all choral works with the New York Phil) on the behavior of the Philharmonic musicians – if it’s true, and I have no reason to doubt it, then it’s shameful. Being professional means being
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I’ve been (in between watching marathon stretches of House MD on dvd) thinking a bit more about the flap over Gilbert Kaplan conducting the New York Philharmonic. It seems that there are two diverging views of the situation, both of which are misguided, or at least misappropriated. Kaplan #1 is an earnest amateur, passionate about
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photo: © charles noble Yes, the ice and snow continued all through Saturday night, and we might get a bit of relief from the precipitation on Monday, but who knows? Hope your holiday travel plans all work out – we’re waiting to see if driving to the Seattle area will work out on Christmas Day.Â
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Steve Smith, music editor for Time Out New York and a freelance reviewer who often writes classical music reviews for the New York Times, writes about his review of the Gilbert Kaplan led performance of Mahler 2 with the New York Philharmonic here. Interesting reading, and it shows how critical a missing sentence can be
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I just got word that today’s (Sunday, December 21) OSO Holiday Kids Concert has been postponed due to inclement weather and treacherous travel conditions in the Portland metro area. Hang on to your tickets – the concert will be rescheduled and existing tickets will be honored.
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With the snow flying, there are likely to be a lot of empty seats and good tickets that have been turned in for re-sale, so if you want to hear trumpeter Chris Botti and an amazing all-star band that he’s brought with him (and the Oregon Symphony, of course) it would be a great night
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More responses are coming in to the original blog post that started the online bickering over whether or not Gilbert Kaplan is a charlatan or a conductor – sometimes I ask myself, what’s the difference? – here’s a sampling: At A Musical Rampage we get the opinion that Kaplan might not be a real conductor,
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I’ve put up a new poll (I know that it’s been a while) which asks the following question: [poll id="6"]
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Photo courtesy of Fear No Music – credit: Charles Noble Congratulations to FearNoMusic, who were awarded a sizable grant from the Regional Arts and Culture Council for their Home Grown concert coming in February 2009 as part of the Oregon 150 celebration, and the Third Angle New Music Ensemble, who won a grant to present
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Norman Lebrecht has weighed in with his opinion of the blog post by the New York Philharmonic’s bass second trombonist David Finlayson which expressed in no uncertain terms Finlayson’s low regard for the conducting prowess and musical fitness of amateur conductor Gilbert Kaplan. Read the Lebrecht posting and digest your initial reaction for a bit
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