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Continuum in Review: Music at the Crossroads/Composers of Central Asia
Continuum in Review: Music at the Crossroads/Composers of Central Asia Merkin Concert Hall; New York, NY February 13, 2011 Continuum’s “Music at the Crossroads” concert featured composers of Central Asia, and the program successfully combined ancient traditions with modern ones. Continuum’s exploration of rarely-heard music is sometimes a result of its travels to remote…
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Park Avenue Chamber Symphony in Review: Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff
Park Avenue Chamber Symphony in Review: Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff David Bernard, conductor Karine Poghosyan, piano Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 Rachmaninoff Symphony No 2 February 13, 2011 The generosity of spirit and affection that infuses the work of two of the most beloved Russian composers, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff, must be genuine and heartfelt in a…
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Dieter Flury, flute and Maria Prinz, piano in Review
Dieter Flury, flute Maria Prinz, piano Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall February 12, 2011 In this program, entitled “Viennese Classics for Flute and Piano,” Bulgarian pianist Maria Prinz and Swiss flutist Dieter Flury proved that you do not have to be born in Vienna to love its musical traditions. In her program notes, Ms.…
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Festival Chamber Music in Review
Festival Chamber Music in Review Ayako Oshima, clarinet David Jolley, horn Yuri Funahashi, piano Calvin Wiersma, violin Theodore Arm, violin/viola Ruth Sommers, cello/director Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall February 2, 2011 Festival Chamber Music is a rotating group of enterprising top-notch New York musicians. They like to take time out from their busy lives…
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Hlif Sigurjonsdottir, Violinist in Review
Hlif Sigurjonsdottir, Violinist in Review Merkin Concert Hall, New York NY January 15, 2011 Violinist Hlif Sigurjonsdottir was born in Copenhagen and grew up in Iceland, where she began her musical studies at an early age. Going on to work with many eminent musicians in Europe, Canada and the United States, she credits her first…
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Live from Lincoln Center/New York Philharmonic in Review
Live from Lincoln Center/New York Philharmonic in Review Alan Gilbert, conductor Lang Lang, piano New Year’s Eve Concert; December 31, 2010 Avery Fisher Hall, telecast on PBS Perhaps as a contribution to the ongoing diplomatic efforts at improving American-Russian relations, the New York Philharmonic’s Music Director Alan Gilbert chose an all-Tchaikovsky program for the Orchestra’s…
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Continuum in Review
Continuum in Review Northern Exposures II: Canadian New Music—The Trailblazers Americas Society December 13, 2010 In the second concert of a series featuring Canadian music, Continuum went back into time to present music from an older generation (works mostly from the 70’s and 80’s) and entitled the program “The Trailblazers”. (The first concert in this…
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“Amahl and the Night Visitors” :In Review
The Transfiguration Camerata and Choir of Men and Boys “Amahl and the Night Visitors” and other selections An Arnold Schwartz Memorial Concert The Church of the Transfiguration (“The Little Church Around the Corner”) December 17, 2010 Although “Amahl and the Night Visitors” was a highlight of the evening, there were other welcome selections that began…