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March 2010
Here’s what came into my inbox today: French Horn Enthusiasts; Our Fourth annual show. Don’t miss it! The Northwest Horn Orchestra rides again On Saturday, April 3rd at 8:00, The Northwest Horn Orchestra will perform at The Old Church, 1422 SW 11th, in downtown Portland. Maestro Dave Bryan and eighteen French horn players from The
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Just got back from a visit to some friends who have the most amazing garden, which was created from a completely blank slate over the course of several back-breaking years. Here’s one photo from many that I took over the weekend. You can see the rest here.
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Coming up after the orchestra’s extended spring hiatus is a concert conducted by Pinchas Zukerman. In addition to conducting a work by Malcom Forsyth and Beethoven’s First Symphony, he’ll be playing the Brahms Double Concerto for violin and cello with his wife, cellist Amanda Forsyth (and leading the orchestra from the violin). Here’s one of
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There’s been quite a bit of unfortunate news for American orchestras in the past week or so. Here’s a roundup of what I’ve noticed lately. Fortunately, there is no mention of the Oregon Symphony here – and in fact, ticket sales for next season are very strong. I think that people here in Portland are
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This is one of those recordings that I’m very excited about getting my hands on. Roberto Dìaz, currently the president of the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, and a former principal violist of both the National Symphony and Philadelphia Orchestra, along with Jeremy Denk, one of the more exciting, interesting pianists playing today (and
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David Stabler reports that Carlos Kalmar has been asked to fill in for James Levine with the Boston Symphony in early April. UPDATE: David Stabler reports that CK will also be filling in for Esa Pekka Salonen with the Chicago Symphony this coming week. [link]
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As a violist, I’m a big fan of Schubert’s Sonata for Arpeggione (an now-defunct six-stringed instrument resembling a cello). It has all the great melodic lines that you expect of Schubert, and it’s one of the great pieces written for any instrument. Cellists like to claim it as their own, but there is nary an
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Here are a the recordings that I’m planning on listening to this week (finally – time to do some listening!): Ian Bostridge – Songs of Faure, Debussy & Poulenc with Belcea Quartet, Julius Drake and Leon Bosch Richard Danielpour: String Quartets Nos. 2, 3 & 4 American String Quartet Bartok: Bluebeard’s Castle Valery Gergiev, London
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If you’re looking for something to do on this second day of Spring (with much different weather than yesterday), the Arnica Quartet (with guest cellist Trevor Fitzpatrick) will be performing at the Salem Public Library on the Camerata Musica series this afternoon at 2:30 p.m. The concert is FREE. We’ll be doing some core quartet
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Even when I’m not doing full-blown blog posts, I will often tweet news items that catch my interest and that I think might interest you. So if you have a spare moment, please subscribe to my twitter feed – it will also notify you of new blog posts instantly!
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It is exactly 3 hours and 33 minutes until the orchestra’s Spring break begins, and it’s also going to be the warmest day of the year – so far – on Saturday. We are all like farm animals who can smell the warm barn with yummy oats inside, and we can’t wait to get there!
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Many of you who read this blog are familiar with Greg Ewer, violinist with the Oregon Symphony, and founder and artistic director of 45th Parallel. He recently got engaged to the wonderful and talented Becky Hornsten, who is one of the brightest lights I know. Turns out, she was recently diagnosed with breast cancer, and
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This Sunday the Arnica Quartet will be performing on the Salem Camerata Musica series at the main branch of the Salem Public Library. The concert is at 2:30 in the afternoon, and is free to the public. The big finish piece for the concert is Beethoven’s Op. 59 no. 1 – part of a set
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William Eddins, maestro and blogger extraordinaire, has crafted a post about a series of myths that have been perpetuated about the art/practice of being a conductor – I highly recommend it. Also of interest – the bit where he talks about how being just three or four feet removed from one’s usual position on stage
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