Te Kanawa Preparation for Performance
Preparation for Performance Those of you who have a background in music performance, know well about the extent of work that is required to prepare a piece for public performance. It seems to me that …
Conductors Archive
Alsop Conducts Dvorak
Alsop conducts Dvorak 9 When Marin Alsop became the conductor of the Baltimore Symphony a couple of years ago, there was an amazing outcry on the part of some of the orchestra members: Seems they …
Frans Bruggen conducts Haydn
Frans Brüggen conducts Haydn This is a Philips2-disc album in which Frans Brüggen leads the Orchestra of the 18th Century in Haydn’s symphonies numbers 95, 96, 98, 100, 101, and 104. And these performances were …
Schumann Symphonies 1 and 2
Schumann symphonies 1 and 2 The Schumann Symphony number 2 is one of my all-time great favorites. And the reason is that when I first joined a symphony orchestra more than 50 years ago, I …
Yo Yo Ma in SF!
Yo Yo Ma in SF! Mark your 2010 calendars on January 20th and January 21st: On these 2 days, Cellist Yo Yo Ma will perform with the San Francisco Symphony at Davies Hall at 8 …