tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post112879943320538882..comments2024-03-25T16:51:04.370-05:00Comments on <a href="http://ionarts.blogspot.com/">Ionarts</a>: A Big Plate of Americana for My BirthdayCharles T. Downeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14978821617871429169noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1138211319495096582006-01-25T12:48:00.000-05:002006-01-25T12:48:00.000-05:00Can you explain what you mean by this? I'm a big ...Can you explain what you mean by this? I'm a big Upshaw fan, but I know she has her critics.<BR/><BR/>My fiancée explained to me some of the controversy surrounding Upshaw’s “emotional modification” as opposed to technically accepted practices of dealing with 20th-century worksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1129173162538124832005-10-12T22:12:00.000-05:002005-10-12T22:12:00.000-05:00With Maazel having left and Jansons at the helm of...With Maazel having left and Jansons at the helm of the Bavarian Radio SO... it is difficult to think of better. But I honestly don't know the scene well enough to pick any one... There are six good orchestras (soon only five) in Munich alone - <B>SOMEONE</B>'s gotta be playing something interesting. And in Berlin they are crazy, half of the time, anyway - Rattle has flaws but he's a good jflhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03017753357752263113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1129122431349788572005-10-12T08:07:00.000-05:002005-10-12T08:07:00.000-05:00I left it intentionally vague, now that some Europ...I left it intentionally vague, now that some European [and Russian] orchestras are following most American orchestras down the path of the warhorse and fear of the [classical] new. What's your favorite non-American orchestra and conductor, Jens, and what is your favorite program(s) that this orchestra will be playing this season? (I hope the program will include at least one, if not two works byGarth Trinklhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11084463787729969177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1129071798196843012005-10-11T18:03:00.000-05:002005-10-11T18:03:00.000-05:00uh... you mean "what other AMERICAN orchestras" ??...uh... you mean "what other AMERICAN orchestras" ?? And it is surely not the BSO that's to hail... it is Levine.<BR/><BR/>jflAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1129048506394641962005-10-11T11:35:00.000-05:002005-10-11T11:35:00.000-05:00Also BTW, the Boston Symphony's concert in Washing...Also BTW, the Boston Symphony's concert in Washington, next March 11, presented by WPAS, is even stronger, in my opinion, than the one Frank reviews:<BR/><BR/>R. Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks<BR/>Peter Lieberson: Neruda Songs (with Mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson) <BR/>Elliott Carter: Three Illusions for Orchestra<BR/>Beethoven: Symphony No. 7<BR/><BR/>What other orchestras in Garth Trinklhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11084463787729969177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1129039305868090092005-10-11T09:01:00.000-05:002005-10-11T09:01:00.000-05:00You're thinking of Carter's "Soundings" written fo...You're thinking of Carter's "Soundings" written for Barenboim as both pianist and conductor. Notes to the work are at the Carnegie Hall website, as well as, no doubt, the Chicago web-site.<BR/><BR/>As for other Chicago premieres of Mr Carter's works (from Carnegie Hall website):<BR/><BR/>"In Chicago, Carter has found one of his most important champions in Daniel Barenboim. They met for the firstGarth Trinklhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11084463787729969177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1128820487892917342005-10-08T20:14:00.000-05:002005-10-08T20:14:00.000-05:00The same night, another work of Carter's - Spheres...The same night, another work of Carter's - Spheres (I think) - saw its premiere in Chicago under Barenboim. 'Tis good to be 97 and kicking.jflhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03017753357752263113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5607352.post-1128817179525910622005-10-08T19:19:00.000-05:002005-10-08T19:19:00.000-05:00Alright, now that's a really good review! I love ...Alright, now that's a really good review! I love it when you guys write reviews that enable (?)(uh oh) me to feel as if I were there. I esp. liked the part about the concept of jazz headroom, who had it that night, who didn't, and who the real "diva" was. <BR/><BR/>Accurate, clever, angry and/or gushing, ionarts is the place on the web for non-stop vicarious classical music thrills. Art, too.Princess Alpenrosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02745033267349506217noreply@blogger.com