Saturday, November 7th, 2009
I have often heard Maurice Ravel's F major string quartet as the centerpiece or conclusion of a recital, but last night was the first time I heard it...
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Friday, November 6th, 2009
One of the (many?) outstanding features of the Beaux Arts Trio, of which Menahem Pressler was founding member and pianist, was the extensive breadth...
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Thursday, November 5th, 2009
There are two ways to acquire a foretaste of the music that the Berlin Philharmonic will be performing, under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle, at...
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Thursday, November 5th, 2009
Now that the Christmas season begins after Halloween (at least as far as television advertising is concerned), I have begun my annual search for...
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Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
I have approached past performances of Johannes Brahms' C minor piano quartet, Opus 60, as if "it comes close to being a piano concerto for...
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Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
I wrote my review of the first concert of the 39th season of the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players (SFCMP) under the title "The composer...
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Monday, November 2nd, 2009
Having been interested enough in Gustavo Dudamel's debut as Music Director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic to write about both its broadcast on...
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Last night at Davies Symphony Hall I learned why it had been so difficult for me to find any information about Hans Erdmann and the score he composed...
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Saturday, October 31st, 2009
ZOFO (which, by virtue of a clever typographical twist, stands for 20FingerOrchestra) gave its first public concert last night in the Osher Salon of...
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Friday, October 30th, 2009
Anyone who enjoys attending orchestra concerts but has wondered over just what is communicated between conductor and orchestra and how those...
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