3 conductors, 3 cities, 3 newspapers February 3, 2008
Posted by Charles Noble in : conducting, music, the orchestra world, add a comment- Mariss Jansons - Amsterdam
- Marin Alsop - Baltimore
- Xian Zhang - New York City
schubert’s erlkönig February 3, 2008
Posted by Charles Noble in : music, soloists & recitals, video, violin, 2commentsLast night, after his brilliant performance of the Beethoven Second Piano Concerto, Kirill Gerstein played an encore that I’d never heard before, at least on piano alone. It was Erlkönig - originally a song by Schubert, transcribed for solo piano by Liszt. I had heard a similar transcription, by the violinist Max Ernst, for solo violin - and that is even more impressive.
more adams February 3, 2008
Posted by Charles Noble in : appreciation/criticism, contemporary, music, summer festivals, the orchestra world, add a commentIf you enjoyed last night’s first run of the Adams, word is you can come back with your ticket stub from last night in hand and get in to see the piece again tonight. Judging from the response of the audience last night, there may be more than a few takers. It’s good to hear a relatively contemporary piece get such a strong audience response. All the press about how difficult a piece it is surely didn’t hurt, either.
Here’s a clip of OSO violinist Shin-young Kwon playing the cadenza from the third movement, Roadrunner, recorded live at the Tanglewood Music Festival in the summer of 2002. Click here to hear the whole performance.
