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Birmingham Symphonic Winds in Review
Birmingham Symphonic Winds in Review Keith Allen, conductor Alice Tully Hall; New york, NY April 17, 2011 In the last three years I have reviewed three superb choral ensembles brought to New York by Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY.) The high standards of DCINY were again reflected in this performance by the Birmingham…
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Texas Tech University School of Music and Manhattan Concert Productions in Review
Texas Tech University School of Music and Manhattan Concert Productions Present From Lubbock to Carnegie Hall Featuring the winners Elizabeth Hott, soprano, Meg Griffith, flute Bill Waterman, tuba, Ji Yang, piano Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall April 16, 2011 If these four young musicians, selected by audition from the 500 music majors of Texas…
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New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra in Review
New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra Guerguan Tsenov, conductor Gabrielius Alekna, piano Symphony Space; New York, NY April 11, 2011 The New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra’s April 7th concert at Symphony Space had a fine guest soloist, Lithuanian pianist Gabrielius Alekna and a solid guest conductor, Bulgarian Guerguan Tsenov, who led this semi-professional ensemble in works by Beethoven and Brahms. Mr.…
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2010-2011 Concert Season
Tokyo String Quartet (Martin Beaver, Kikuei Ikeda, violins, Kazuhide Isomura, viola, Clive Greensmith, cello) 92nd Street Y; New York, NY October 30, 2010 With pianist Juho Pohjonen January 22, 2011 With pianist Aleksandar Madzar March 5, 2011 With pianist Robert Levin Orion String Quartet (Daniel and Todd Phillips, violins, Steven Tenenbom, viola, Timothy Eddy, cello)…
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Musica De Camara String Ensemble in Review
Musica De Camara String Ensemble in Review Roselin Pabon, Conductor A Celebration of Hispanic Music St. Patrick’s Cathedral; New York, NY April 7, 2011 The all-encompassing acoustical blur of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral and the spectacularly intricate dance music performed by the Musica De Camara String Ensemble did not mesh together particularly well, but quality program…
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Katarzyna Musial, Pianist in Review
Katarzyna Musial, Pianist in Review The Kosciuszko Foundation; New York, NY April 3, 2011 Under the auspices of the Kosciuszko Foundation, Polish-Canadian pianist Katarzyna Musial gave a colorful and varied Sunday afternoon program that included Messiaen, Chopin, Lutoslawski, and Mussorgsky. Possessing a lovely stage presence , Ms. Musial also chose well for her opening works: two…
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Quentin Kim in Review
Quentin Kim in Review Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY April 1, 2011 Virtuoso pianists who perform their own works are part of a time-honored tradition, and in this bicentennial year of Liszt (not long after anniversaries of Schumann and Chopin) we are reminded of this fact. Among the new generation in this…
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Stavanger Symphony Orchestra in Review
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra in Review Fabio Biondi, Conductor and Soloist Stern Hall at Carnegie Hall March 23, 2011 The first movement allegro of Vivaldi’s Concerto in G minor for violin, two oboes, two flutes, bassoon and strings, RV 577, which began this evening’s concert by the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, was preceded by an allegro…
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So-Ock Kim, Violinist in Review
So-Ock Kim, Violinist in Review Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall Presented by the Korea Music Foundaton March 17, 2011 Any violinist who chooses a program of unaccompanied music for a New York debut must be not only a consummate player and musician, but also possess extraordinary courage and self-confidence. So-Ock Kim has all these…
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Joanne Chang, Pianist in Review
Joanne Chang, Pianist in Review Sally Shorrock, flute and Tienni Chen, piano Multicultural Asian and Italian Concert Series Tenri Cultural Institute of New York; New York, NY March 12, 2011 While all eyes were on the news of the earthquake in Japan last weekend, it was a particularly meaningful experience to visit the Japanese Tenri…