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My review of yesterday's Youth Orchestra performance is now on Examiner.com, complete with a rather unconventional (but still appropriate) photograph!
Today's New York Times had a great piece of Bernard Haitink rehearsing the Julliard Orchestra. This really appealed to my general interest in the kinds of communication that take place in the performance of music, so I find the way in which conducto…
I just finished reading about re-rite, a new approach to cultivating audiences proposed by Esa-Pekka Salonen currently being pursued by his Philharmonia Orchestra. Since I have used my Examiner.com post to write about different approaches to "virtua…
Last night's performance reawakened all sorts of latent thoughts about Elgar which led to today's Rehearsal Studio post, now available for all to read!
I was there last night. I agree with Robertson that the first movement (and, for that matter, the second) is such a workout that the pianist needs a break. Why not use that "break time" for applause? If you check out my own account, you will see tha…
"San Francisco's own" Chloe Veltman attended this. She used her "lies like truth" blog to post a trip report. Personally, I prefer her summary to the prospect of slogging through the whole affair! I disagree with some of her conclusions but definite…
I have used my Examiner.com review to try to tease out connections between Mahler and Scelsi and to offer my final (at least for now) reflections on Mahler; comments are always welcome!
I have used my Examiner.com review to try to tease out connections between Mahler and Scelsi and to offer my final (at least for now) reflections on Mahler; comments are always welcome!
This morning I used my blog to write a post reflecting on a review of Jurowski conducting the "Resurrection" in London and how that review informed my listing to the Mahler Festival; all are invited to follow the hyperlink and retaliate!
This morning I used my blog to write a post reflecting on a review of Jurowski conducting the "Resurrection" in London and how that review informed my listing to the Mahler Festival; all are invited to follow the hyperlink and retaliate!
I found myself feeling a bit like a Monday-morning quarterback when writing about last night's concert for Examiner.com. I ended up calling the piece "Mahler's memory," since I tend to like titles that can have more than one meaning. I offer it as a…
My Examiner.com piece on the opening night of the Berlin Philharmonic, which may be experienced through their Digital Concert Hall service, is now "in the system." I bring this to the attention of the San Francisco Symphony Social Network because I…
My Examiner.com piece on the opening night of the Berlin Philharmonic, which may be experienced through their Digital Concert Hall service, is now "in the system." I bring this to the attention of the San Francisco Symphony Social Network because I…
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- My favorite musicians:
- Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Christian Tetzlaff, Leif Ove Andsnes, Simon Rattle
- My favorite composers:
- Gustav Mahler, Alban Berg, György Ligeti, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Joseph Haydn
- The instrument(s) I play (or played, as a kid):
- piano
- My favorite concert of all time:
- Concert RHEINGOLD conducted by Solit at Carnegie Hall
- What I’d like people on this social network to know about me:
- SF Concerts Examiner at Examiner.com; former card-carrying member of Society for Music Theory; pioneer in computer music (the topic of my doctoral thesis)
- How I’m connected with the San Francisco Symphony:
- go to concerts
Stephen William Smoliar's Blog
Youth Orchestra review
My review of yesterday's Youth Orchestra performance is now on Examiner.com, complete with a rather unconventional (but still appropriate) photograph!
Posted on November 16, 2009 at 8:04am —
First Rattle/Berlin Carnegie Review
This morning's New York Times had the review of the first of three Carnegie Hall performances given by Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic.
Posted on November 13, 2009 at 7:51am —
No Capuçon but still a Great Program
There was more than enough to compensate for Capuçon's absence, as I have now written on my Examiner.com site.
Posted on November 12, 2009 at 7:54pm —
Zemlinsky is Returning!
The San Francisco Symphony will be performing Alexander Zemlinsky's "Lyric Symphony" at the end of April. By interesting coincidence, the New York Philharmonic performed it last week; and Brilliant Classics just released a "reprint" of a classic DG recording with Júlia Várady and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau singing with the Berlin Philharmonic under Lorin Maazel. All this seemed to justify my writing an "… Continue
Posted on November 9, 2009 at 3:20pm —
Schubert and Mahler and Berg, Oh My!
According to a review I just read in the Financial Times, MTT brought an interesting approach in combining his Schubert-Berg and Mahler material to the London Symphony Orchestra. This included material not used in the Festival concerts he gave here. I wish I had been there to help beef up the "scanty" audience!
Posted on November 9, 2009 at 2:45pm —
Comment Wall (4 comments)
- At 1:29pm on June 18, 2009,
Jean Shirk said… - Hi Stephen - thanks for tipping us to this - we've blocked this person/bot from our network, and will report them to Ning, the software platform company, to make sure they're also banned from other Ning networks. Thanks for helping us keep an eye on this - we appreciate it. We monitor the network frequently, but there's no way to prevent it absolutely. Thanks again.
- At 2:57pm on June 3, 2009,
Bill Scherlis said…
- Steve, Indeed we are big PSO fans, and enjoy hearing your talented brother on english horn -- and occasionally on jazz piano too. --Bill
- At 5:29pm on May 6, 2009,
LASpier said… - Hey Stephen,
Thanks so much for joining the party. We're glad to have you with us.
Cheers,
Louisa
- At 4:09pm on May 6, 2009,
Jean Shirk said…
- Hi Stephen - welcome to the social network! Look forward to your contributions. I hope you find it an interesting place to visit and meet other music fans. Again, welcome!
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