Boise Phiharmonic violist/blogger/cyclist/survivor Jen Drake tells us about the audiences in Boise. Worth a look – it’ll make ya laugh.
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Carrie Dennis, the phenomenal violist who has (by the anything but grizzled age of 30!) already been Assistant principal violist of the Philadelphia Orchestra, Principal violist of the Berlin Philharmonic, and was just named as Principal violist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic has a couple videos up on youtube. See and hear her for [...]
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Oregon Public Broadcasting will present Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic in their performance of Mahler’s Ninth Symphony (from a performance at Carnegie Hall this past fall) along with bits of performances by Gustavo Dudamel and the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra.
Check out the OPB website for broadcast times (it will also be presented in high-definition, [...]
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UPDATE (11/12): Yet another follow-follow-up article from the New York Times:
But before addressing the news media, Mr. Pak, the permanent representative of his country to the United Nations, met briefly with orchestra officials and their public relations advisers. They agreed to avoid discussing North Korea’s nuclear program, a major concern of the United States. “Otherwise [...]
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An excellent article from the Toronto Sun about the choice young string players must make early in their careers: top-flight instrument or house?
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A great article from the LA Times on the latest generation to join the LA Philharmonic. It could just as well be about the latest wave of players to join the OSO.
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This is the review that did it for me – New York Times music critic Anthony Tommasini fairly wetting himself over the Philharmonic debut of conductor it-boy of this decade, Gustavo Dudamel.
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I was up late last night, listening to the new recording on EMI of Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic performing Gustav Mahler’s great, heart-rending Ninth Symphony. I have to say that it just might be the best modern recording of any work by any orchestra.
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