A clip of perhaps my favorite living pianist, Martha Argerich, performing the last movement of the Tchaikovsky 1st Concerto.  Hair-raisingly good and exciting!  I must hear her live sometime…

Last night, finally, the regular season was underway! It was a typical gala opening night affair - sold out house (thank goodness!), well-to-do patrons dressed to the nines, the women of the orchestra bedecked in extra spangles and bling (allowed in the dress code specially for the occasion) and a program guaranteed to please most everyone, and disappoint no-one, with a household name soloist and a blockbuster concerto favorite. [Read more →]