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2023-07-12 04:42:00
Girls of the Golden West Revisited
Davone Tines and Julia BullockGirls of the Golden WestPhoto: Corey Weaver/Courtesy of San Francisco OperaNot by me, but by John Adams, who has made some revisions to the opera since its 2017 premiere.Mark Swed, LA Times, 2019 (paywall; review of the Amsterdam production)Jim Farber, SFCV, January 19, 2023 (John Adams on revising GGW)Jim Farber, SFCV, January 31, 2023 ("Is the Third Time a Charm for GGW?")Media round-up of the premiere
2023-02-07 15:49:00
Girls of the Golden West, Redux
Davone Tines and Julia BullockGirls of the Golden WestPhoto: Corey Weaver/Courtesy of San Francisco OperaThe most recent - probably the last - revision of John Adams's Girls of the Golden West was performed the other week at the Los Angeles Philharmonic. I did not see it, but here are some reports.Jim Farber, SFCV, interviews Adams about the revisionsJim Farber, SFCV, Review of the performanceMark Swed, LA Times, ReviewMark Swed, LA Times, reviews the Amsterdam revision of 2019Previously: my media round-up of the November, 2017 San Francisco Opera premiere.
2022-12-08 21:47:00
For Harold Shapero Fans
Harold Shapero and the Electronic Music Studio's BuchlaPhoto in the Robert D. Farber University Archives and Special Collections at Brandeis University(I'm happy to give photo credit, but there's no credit on the web site. There's an excellent change that Ralph Norman took this photo, though.)Upcoming, a concert I wish I could attend. Harold Shapero died in May, 2013.Harold Shapero Tribute Concert featuring his late works:Bagatelles for solo pianoThe Whittier Songs - settings of abolitionist John Greenleaf Whittier's poemsEssex Chamber Music Players (ecmp.org)Sunday, April 30, 20234:00 PMTemple Emanuel of Andover7 Haggetts Pond Road, Andover, MA 01810Admission is free, donations are accepted
2021-05-26 07:00:58
Good Problems To Have
The more attention we focus on the processes used to enter the post-pandemic period of concert activity, the better. Case in point, there’s an excellent article from Jim Farber in the 5/24/2021 edition of San Francisco Classical Voice that includes interviews with the CEOs from New York Philharmonic and San Francisco Symphony about how both groups are approaching the return to more in-person events. A few things caught my eye such ...
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