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Last night the Nashville Symphony had a great program for the Saturday before Easter (I don't know if it was intentional). They started with Berg's Violin Concerto, which deals with resignation, then acceptance of death. Then they ended with Bruckner's 7th, which ends in triumph over death. It was a great experience.
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Brian wrote:
Last night the Nashville Symphony had a great program for the Saturday before Easter (I don't know if it was intentional). They started with Berg's Violin Concerto, which deals with resignation, then acceptance of death. Then they ended with Bruckner's 7th, which ends in triumph over death. It was a great experience.
That sounds intentional to me, and quite clever as well!
Then they ended with Bruckner's 7th, which ends in triumph over death.
Forgive me if I find Bruckner's self indulgence here amusing!
Okay. But I don't find Bruckner self-indulgent. Mahler, however, is a completely different story.
Well it was the melodramatic notion of 'triumph over death' I was thinking of.
Well, then that's my fault. He just calls it Symphony No. 7; the characterization was mine.
You could brush aside the religious/metaphysical aspects of it and just say it is him coming to terms with Richard Wagner's death and realizing life goes on. In the last movement, he is almost mocking the seriousness of the first two movements.
Either way, it ends up being life-affirming.
_________________ "There are two things that haven't got to mean anything. The one is music, and the other one is laughter." Immanuel Kant.
Last Saturday I went to the Nashville symphony to hear Hugh Wolff guest-conduct Beethoven's fourth concerto and Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances. I had a great time. After the Beethoven concerto, played flawlessly by Horacio Gutierrez, I found myself spontaneously standing to my feet. I never do that.
It sounds like they've finally adjusted to playing in their new symphony hall; every detail was crystal-clear.
_________________ "There are two things that haven't got to mean anything. The one is music, and the other one is laughter." Immanuel Kant.
returning right now from a concert of the Brass Ensemble of the conservatories of Sassari and Trieste (two quite detached corners of Italy!), conducted by M° David Short
nice, entertaining music: arrangements by D. Short from O. Lassus, Saint-Saens (Carnival of the Animals), E. Morricone, J. Williams etc., from balcanian folk (Trieste is near Slovenia and Croatia) and from other movie music and songs
On Thursday I'll be going to a concert of the Cape Town Philharmonic orchestra - this is a professional orchestra of the City of Cape Town.
Conductor: Jonas Alber
Soloist: Avigail Bushakovitz (violin)'
Program
Weber: Euryanthe Overture
Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.4 in F minor
I heard Avigail when she was 16. She played the same piece, but is now a bit older and started to study at Juliard since then, so it will be interesting to see her progress.
2 weeks later and did not have time to report on the concert, but it was really special. Avigail is a fantastic soloist and I hope that some of you will have the chance to see her in future.
Winter arrived here in full swing this week, so I am sure that I will be spending more time at home to read more on this site!
Tomorrow night:
Conductor: Bernhard Gueller
Soloist: Catherine Foxcroft (piano)
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Saffa wrote:
2 weeks later and did not have time to report on the concert, but it was really special. Avigail is a fantastic soloist and I hope that some of you will have the chance to see her in future.
Winter arrived here in full swing this week, so I am sure that I will be spending more time at home to read more on this site!
Well time is a commodity everyone seems to have less and less of these days, but thanks for the mini review.We'll have to look out for the name Bushakovitz!
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Saffa wrote:
2 weeks later and did not have time to report on the concert, but it was really special. Avigail is a fantastic soloist and I hope that some of you will have the chance to see her in future.
Winter arrived here in full swing this week, so I am sure that I will be spending more time at home to read more on this site!
Tomorrow night:
Conductor: Bernhard Gueller Soloist: Catherine Foxcroft (piano)
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