A trio, quintet, and septet add up to an impressive range of emotional and timbral explorations in the concluding concert of Seattle's summer chamber music festival.
2014Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2015-06-19UTC15:23:39+00:002014-08-04A trio, quintet, and septet add up to an impressive range of emotional and timbral explorations in the concluding concert of Seattle's summer chamber music festival.Seattle Chamber Festival closes on an elegiac noteen_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-seattle-chamber-festival-august-2014Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngThomas Mayhttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/15715https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/15715https://bachtrack.com/files/40605-thomas-may.jpgThomas May is a writer and translator based in Seattle. His books include Decoding Wagner and The John Adams Reader, and he blogs about the arts at memeteria.com. He has written for The Washington Post, Gramophone, Listen, Symphony magazine, OPERA America, crosscut.com, and many other publications.https://bachtrack.com/files/24799-6481_adam_neiman_seattle_lisa_marie_mazzucco.jpg240240Adam NeimanLisa Marie Mazzucco2014-Aug-02, Benaroya Hall: Nordstrom Recital Hall: Seattle Chamber Music Society Summer Festival: Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovskyhttps://bachtrack.com/listing-seattle-chamber-festival-august-20142014-08-022014-08-02Benaroya Hall: Nordstrom Recital HallSeattleWashingtonUnited States98101200 University Street47.607827-122.3375494
The musicians got on a bus to their next destination as the audience left the music hall. What had happened no longer was. Yet so much had changed after two Beethoven symphonies and Bruch’s violin concerto, all totems of the staple repertoire.
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Yo-Yo Ma, currently the Judson and Joyce Green Creative Consultant for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, along with members from the same orchestra and the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, took the stage at Symphony Center for a single night last Wednesday.
2013Bachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.png2013-11-07UTC16:44:34+00:002013-05-20Yo-Yo Ma and company perform Bach, Dvorak and Beethoven at Symphony Center in Chicago.Yo-Yo Ma and company entertain at Chicago Symphony Centeren_GBtruehttps://bachtrack.com/review-yo-yo-ma-members-of-chicago-symphony-orchestraBachtrack Ltdhttps://bachtrack.com/themes/bachtrack2013/mastheadlogo.pngDan Wanghttps://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/2135https://bachtrack.com/22/270/list-published/2135https://bachtrack.com/files/27231-dan_wang.jpgDan Wang is a graduate student in music history and theory at the University of Chicago.https://bachtrack.com/files/2638-yo_yo_ma_michael_oneill.jpg400400 Michael O'Neill2013-May-15, Chicago Symphony Center: Yo-Yo Ma and CSO Musicianshttps://bachtrack.com/listing-yo-yo-ma-members-of-chicago-symphony-orchestra2013-05-152013-05-15Chicago Symphony CenterChicagoIllinoisUnited StatesIL 6060441.878904-87.6244023
There are musical moments that lift you up into a jet stream you ride till your feet are on the pavement again. Last evening in Koerner Hall was a flow of such moments as the Amici Chamber Ensemble celebrated their first set of twenty-five musical years.
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It was the first time I'd been fully clothed in this venue. Prior to its 2008 reinvention, Dovecot Studios was the oldest of Edinburgh's six Victorian swimming pools. Now a tapestry studio and exhibition space, it doubles as a resonant chamber music venue. The musicians occupied the shallow end, amply lit by bright Edinburgh skies through the lengthy cupola.
