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The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2024-02-03 21:50:48
Friday afternoon, after a five-year hiatus, I sat in Row R in Symphony Hall, pondering my memories of the players’ individual and collective sounds. It was an extraordinarily moving experience. Of course, the orchestra has some 30 players who weren’t there yet when my husband, violist Burton Fine, retired 18 years ago. [] The post appeared first on The Boston Musical Intelligencer.
2024-02-01 22:36:00
Boston Symphony Orchestra. Andris Nelsons, music director. January 30, 2024.
[…] lurid, and may add some additional dimensions to the experience. Without the distraction of the props and costumes, one's attention is more focused on the music, which isn't a bad thing.The program notes has the duration at 3 hours, including an intermission. In reality it went from 7:10 pm to 10:35 pm. One could argue some scenes can be shortened or cut out completely (e.g., Scene 7, the police station).At the end of Act 2.James Burton (back to audience) is the conductor of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus.Opolais deserved the extended applause she got from the audience.It was a great evening. I do wonder why the play is called Lady Macbeth of Mtensk, though.
2023-12-31 20:16:24
Book number 120 for 2023; 5+ stars This book is amazing. I was given this for Christmas last year, a
2023-12-22 00:00:00
Vaughan Williams Christmas Music, Christmas Baroque, Orchestral Christmas & On Chritmas Night (Richard Hickox, Marc Taddei, Charles Gerhardt & Andrew Nethsingha)
[…] (arr. Peter Knight): A Christmas Suite ('Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly', 'We Three Kings of Orient are' and 'God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen') [8'09]London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles GerhardtSony AK48591 [recording date not given; CD issued 1991][digital download; flacs, cover and inlay scans - no booklet]Recording venue, engineer and producer- no information provided. No booklet provided even with the CD release.On Christmas Night:01 John Rutter: What sweeter music02 Trad.: Noël nouvelet03 James Burton: Balulalow04 William Mathias: A babe is born, op.5505 Harold Darke: In the bleak mid-winter06 Trad.: Ding! dong! merrily on high07 Elizabeth Poston: Jesus Christ the apple tree08 Trad.: I saw three ships09 Richard Rodney Bennett: Out of your sleep10 Peter Warlock: Benedicamus Domino11 John Joubert: There is no rose12 Trad.: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day13 Matthew Martin: Adam lay ybounden14 Matheo Flecha the Elder: Riu, riu, chiu15 Trad.: O little town of Bethlehem16 […]
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