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ArtsJournal: music
2016-07-12 13:45:35
Philly’s New-Music Orchestra Has New Music Director
“After spending last season trying out candidates, Orchestra 2001 says it has hired a new artistic director: Jayce Ogren. He starts the job at the group’s concerts in late October.” He is only the second director Orchestra 2001 has ever had.
2014-10-10 16:27:00
A shiny black Steinway leading an entire orchestra is quite irresistible to me, so whenever I see a piano + orchestra show, I leap at the opportunity to put on a pretty dress and soak in the music. Last night was no exception. I headed to the National Arts Centre for “Emanuel Ax & Mozart” but ended up being swept away by another master entirely. Emanuel Ax performed Richard Strauss’ “Burleske in D minor for Piano and Orchestra”, conducted Jayce Ogren and it was pure magic. The combination of strength, passion, gentleness, and charm was irresistible. There were stunningly Liszt-like virtuosic sections – sparkling champagne bubbles trilling off the keys. These incredible piano flourishes were were underscored by strength and rootedness so it did not float off into the atmosphere, which was a testament to Ax’ mastery. Never excessively flashy, his fingers hardly left the keys, just easily gliding across […]
2013-10-09 16:30:00
This Week in Toronto (Oct. 7 - 13)
[…] of pace, the TSO is presenting Canadian singer/songwriter Rufus Wainwright in Rufus Wainwright In Concert, on Friday Oct. 11 8 pm. On the program are the Overtures to Acts 1 and 2 of his opera Prima Donna, which had a successful run at the Luminato Festival three years ago, plus other works by the composer. He will also be performing songs by Rodgers, Coots and Arlen. Joining Wainwright is soprano Melody Moore. Conductor Jayce Ogren is on the podium leading the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. For more information, go to http://tso.ca/Home.aspx Rufus Wainwright at Roy Thomson Hall Latvian-born cellist Mischa Maisky and his celllist-daughter Lily Maisky are playing a recital at Koerner Hall on Oct. 10 8 pm. On the program are works by Schubert, de Falla, Rachmaninoff and Schostakovich. Maisky is of course a celebrated soloist as well as an avid chamber musician, having collaborated with […]
2013-04-22 23:52:00
New York City Center, Balcony (Seat D135, $62). Conductor - Jayce Ogren; Osiride - Randall Bills, Faraone (Pharaoh) - Wayne Tigges, Amaltea (Queen) - Keri Alkema, Mose (Moses) - David Salsbery Fry (substituting for David Cushing), Aronne (Aaron) - Aldo Caputo, Mambre - Zachary Finkelstein, Elcia - Sian Davies, Amenofi - Emily Righter. Story. The opera is based on the events as described in Exodus. It starts with the plague of darkness, and ends with the Egyptian army being drowned at the Red Sea. Within this plot is the love story between Osiride, the son of the Pharaoh, and Elcia, a Hebrew woman. Osiride is struck down by lightning as the result of the last plague. It has been a long time since we last saw a New York City Opera performance (April, 2008, according to my blog entries.) I have kind of […]
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