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2022-09-16 22:33:00
[…] hire Alexander Barantschik, who remains the concertmaster of SFS.)I heard Fleezanis in her associate concertmaster role in the 1980s, but I had virtually no awareness of who the individuals in the orchestra were or how important the upper seats of the violin section are. I heard her in chamber music once, a great performance of the Brahms piano quintet at Music@Menlo in 2005 in which she was the first violinist. The other players were Ian Swenson (2nd violin), Cynthia Phelps (viola), Ralph Kirschbaum (cello), and Wu Han (piano).Remembering Jorja Fleezanis (Minnesota Orchestra)David Allen, NY TimesJanos Gereben, SFCV
2022-06-14 12:09:49
On this day the revue New Faces of 1956 opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, featuring an eclectic collection of talent including Maggie Smith, Jane Connell, Tiger Haynes, John Reardon, Bill McCutcheon and Inga Swenson.
2022-01-20 02:48:00
[…] for a company with an eight-opera season: Mason Bates, The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs Kaija Saariaho, Innocence Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels' Omar Other items of interest: Statement and links from Diversity, Equity, and Community Do I have a regret or two about this season? Sure: there's no sign of Karita Matilla or Patricia Racette, both of whom have been stalwarts of the company for many years. (Or Ruth Ann Swenson, who is retired.) Philip Skinner, one of my favorite singers, has only a small role. But it's a short season; there are many exciting debuts, and the company is definitely looking very much to the future in its casting.
2020-11-13 07:37:41
Closely worked arguments: Rory MacDonald & the RSNO in Thomas Wilson's Symphonies No. 3 & 4
[…] work, but combined with a sense of orchestral colour and drama so that for all the closely-worked argument, this music is never dry. In terms of sound world, you could draw a line from RVW's middle symphonies, to those of Walton to this one, with perhaps some other stops on the way. Wilson's Symphony No. 5 dates from 1998 and was his last completed score. It was premiered by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, conductor Joseph Swenson, at The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh. The work is written in a single movement, for modest orchestral forces and is to some extent a re-working of a work, Mosaics, written in 1981 for the chamber ensemble Cantilena. Rather intriguingly the instrumental line-up for Mosaics includes a harpsichord part. We start with cor anglais and timpani, we are not a million miles from the opening of Act 3 of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde, except the emotional […]
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