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Caught this one. An unusual Bruckner 6 and very enjoyable.
https://www.nporadio4.nl/concerten/9598 ... etails6613

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Just found a youtube link for this piece.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3qB-ch2k2M

and here is a fresh live performance of Still's Afro-American Symphony conducted by Karina Canellakis, all the more relevant given the recent events.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dVPsrE2aCg

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It is now intermission time at the Chicago Symphony. Hahn just perform the Sibelius VC under Alsop. Absolutely fabulous. Technically prowess aside her ability to achieve extremely long musical lines is staggering. Amazingly until now this wonderful musician had only one subscription appearance with ...

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Watch her in action with Royal Stockholm Philharmonic in Dvorak 7th on their website here: https://www.konserthuset.se/en/play/dvorák-symphony-no.-7/ Shortly afterwards she was invited by them to conduct the 2018 Nobel Prize concert. Video of that concert may be available later in the year. YouTube ...

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About 10 years ago, Chailly canceled in Chicago, and JvZ stepped in and changed the program from Mahler 10 to Bruckner 5. I remember on the first performance was so fine that I bought another ticket immediately. He has been a regular visitor in Chicago ever since. Top shelf Bruckner and Shostakovich...

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I remember reading on this very site that a few years back that the Zimerman Brahms piano sonatas and ballads set on DG was sold on eBay for $2000 or some thing like that. That averages out to 1 grand per CD. I still have mine in excellent condition, any takers? But seriously, my limit is in the $40...

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Semyon Bychkov, Jaap Van Sweden. One has been around for a while, one is still starting up; neither holds any prestigious posts currently, but they are both tops imo.

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I did not know he had emergency eye surgery in Chicago back in October 2010. He was in Chicago then subbing in for Muti, and did Mahler 7, which was videotaped and can be seen on youtube. Last February even though he cancelled the performances with CSO and Cleveland, he was still in town to oversee ...

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I just got email notification from the CSO that Boulez has to withdraw from his upcoming March dates in Chicago. The Cleveland Orchestra announced the same for their dates with Boulez citing health reasons. Since he cancellation last year, I don't know know how may concerts he has done. I surely hop...

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Update on Dale Clevenger:

http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/23763.html

Looks like the rumor that he will retire at the end of this season may indeed be true.

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Also saw him doing Tchaik with CSO and Dutoit a few months back. Unfortunately it was not a good performance. I was not happy about the fact that he refused to take his foot off the pedal the entire evening. There were problems with the tuning/voicing of the piano too, so maybe he was frazzled by th...

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I used to be inspired by people, to conceive of music as a theater of sounds. I find this quote quite poignant, as he was branded a plagerist by the press a couple of years ago. I still remember attending a concert performance of Ainadamar some years ago. Unfortunately it will be difficult to re-in...

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I attend the CSO concert almost on a weekly basis. The hit/miss ratio for Clevenger's playing is alarming. Because of the dry acoustics in the hall, and because the entire horn section goes for broke every time they play (and yes that why we love them so much), every mistake he makes is exposed. 3 W...

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I am only a regular subscriber to the CSO, but I will predict that this thing is going to get settled in about a week, and the Carnegie opener will happen. I see the issue is not really about the money, but about equality and respect. The union will not allow a contract that when factoring in the ra...

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Lowe Balcony is always the the best choice: good sound and visuals. However avoid the first two rows, as the parapet wall may cut into your vision. Upper Balcony only the first row is acceptable to me sonically. Gallery: Tricky place. With conventional orchestra seating, the center, and left is alwa...

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I have been to 2 screenings: Nixon in China and Anna Bolena. The theater I went to just opened a couple of years ago, and with very comfortable seats and up to date equipment. Unfortunately I still have reservations about my experience on both occasions. Nixon in China was going along fine until the...

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Baldwin's pianos may be good, but the company lost its way in the '60s, diversified unwisely, filed for bankruptcy twice, and is now a subsidiary of the Gibson Guitar Corporation. Any time in the last 50 years would have been a good time to switch. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_Piano_Company...

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I came across this article, and it reminded me of Lance. I am posting the link here for your reading pleasure.
http://timeoutchicago.com/music-nightli ... -interview

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It gets all explained here, by none other than our esteemed neighbor and rival, Frank Almond, concertmaster of the Milwaukee Symphony.
http://www.insidethearts.com/nondivisi/ ... -breaking/

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I was there. It happend in a private box, so no one would have known what happend other than those in that box. To the rest of the audience it was just a loud thud of a door being slammed. There was no shouting or yelling of any kind. Muti waited about half a minute to make sure all was well before ...

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I am watching this at work with NO sound, and I nearly fell to the floor laughing becuase of LL's goofball faces.

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After having seen his Onegin and Count Almaviva, I agree with everything John F has said. Not just a fine singer, he is born for the stage.

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ok, give us a hint, how many definitions are we talking about? anyway, if it is in any way music related, I would say bar.

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I just came back from a second helping of the Schubert/Clyne program by CSO/MUTI. One word to describe it: STUPENDOUS!
CSO is taking this program and the one from last week (Honegger/Bates/Franck) on tour to California starting next Tuesday. Do not miss it.

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Concert staples? I guess you don't mean Ameriques, which is the fist thing that pops up in my mind. The second would be The Rite of Spring.

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For nearly half a century, Alban Berg's Lulu was left unfinished. He took time away from his opera to write his violin concerto, only to succum to the poisonous effects of a bug sting before he was able to complete the final act of Lulu. He had first 2 acts and some portions of the 3rd act completed...

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Since the mid 80's, the local band here in Chicago has had a composer in residence. So far 6 have been appointed: John Corigliano, Shulamit Ran, Augusta Reed Thomas, Mark Anthony Turnage, Osvaldo Golijov, Mason Bates and Anna Clyne. 3 men and 3 women. I just heard back to back concerts with premiere...

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Please do give us your impressions after hearing this. And thank you for pointing out the correct search on Amazon for the Schumann set. I was able to order a copy

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I have her Brahms lieder disc with Sodergren, and it's a gem. Difficiencies in her projection in a live setting should not stop one from enjoying her studio recordings. Is this Schumann set available on Amazon? I can't seem to find it.

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Portable cassette players which I preferred to the CD walkmans, because they were smaller, and didn't skip. Karajan, Solti, Bernstein, Giulini were still with us. Kleiber's new year concert Horowitz, Richter, Stern, Rostropovich. Mutter was still considered a prodigy, but then there came Kissin and ...

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Never listened to his recordings, but heard him live once with Muti/CSO doing Martucci's Piano Concerto 2. Throughout the entire affair I wish another pianist were playing, maybe a Lisitsa or Feltsman, you know people with real "balls". Lang Lang would have done a much better job. Oppitz played all ...

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Indeed a lot of movies quote other tunes in their sound tracks. However, I always feel somewhat indignant when I hear Mahler 8 in Schindler's List, since it is always credited to John Williams as an original theme.

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That's easy: slower tempi = fewer pieces needed to fill out a concert program! :lol: many mistakenly equate slowness with profundity. as orchestras get larger and larger, coordination problems may lead to slower tempi. However, personally I don't think we are in a slow age of music. We are equally b...

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oops, my bad. :source

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One of the joys of music for me is to discover of music quotations and references among different composers and compositions. The fact remains that music quotations are everywhere (some more obvious than others) and to uncover one usually deepens one's understanding of that composer and his/her work...

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All things considered, maybe the house manager should have stepped in at some point and take charge, especially if the offender is not responding to correct the situation? As for the unwanted noises in the auditorium, there is nothing worse than a hearing aid on steroids. I once had to sit through a...

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Kissin playing Brahms PC 1 with CSO/Dutoit a few years ago had the most impact on me recently. This was after Andras Schiff's heartaching redition of the 3rd mvmt of Schumann's Fantasy in a recital a few month before. Opera wise, Billy Budd at the Lyric Opera of Chicago in 2002 in a McVicar producti...

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Well there has got to be a difinitive answer stastically. No offense to the C. Kleiber fans, I propose to add the total number of concert performances, opera performaces, and recordings in each catagory for each of the candidates starting from age 45 to 75 (or active years after reaches 45), and tak...

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There is no doubt that recorde media has turned some people away from the concert hall. And I know people who have replaced their opera subsciptions with MET HD broadcasts. I'd imagine for many music lovers it is just simple ecconomics. However I'd also presume that when you reach a certain age grou...

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I read about the new Kauffman Center in Kansas City on commandopera.com. It seems to be a really nice venue, with very handsome achitecture inside. I hope the buzz it has generated will go a long way.

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So far this season, I have been to all but one progam offere by the Chicago Symphony at Orchestra Hall. So far every program has been an artistic success to a varying degree. However I am really saddened to see that our orchestra is now playing to half empty halls. I doubt some of the concerts even ...

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I think they may be going about it the wrong way, or information is leaked to the media prematurely. Unlike being a music director where it is usually a 2-3 month committment to the orchestra every year, a manager is a really full time job. They need to find out who is really interested first before...

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As miniatures go, 119/3 is an absolute gem , it allways puts a smile on my face every time I listen to it.

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A couple of seasons ago, she was to perform the Emporer in Chicago, but she thought she was playing the 4th. She learned of her mistake from an interviewer two weeks in advance of the concert date, and cancelled, citing that she didn't have enough time to perpare for the Emporer.

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I have not heard any of the his recordings nor broadcasts, but I have attended four concerts with him (two with Chicago Symphony, one with LA, and one with Simon Bolivar). First of all, it is an entirely different experience attending a concert, as I can easily get caught up in all the excitements, ...

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My advice with GD is to stick to 20th century repertoire concerts, and let older guest conductors be your choice for Brahms, Beethoven, et al. Just my instinct. I certainly hope that he takes your advice... :wink: My own advice for myself is simpler than that... don't go to any Dudamel concerts. He...

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Magnetism also repulses. It's two magnets in this case.

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The highlight of this chicago seaon for me so far is not any of the CSO concerts, but the Music of the Baroque (MOB) concert under their music director Jane Glover. MOB is not a period ensemble, but a chamber orchestra made up with player in the CSO and the Lyric Opera. They tend to focus on baroque...

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Haitiank is currently in Chicago. He turned in a sublime Mahler 4 last week, and this week is Haydn's The Creation which he is performing for the first time. There was a chair on the podium for him to rest between the movements, but he looked fine, and conducted standing the entire evening. Haitink ...

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Hey, I am suer you'll have a blast. I went to their recitial last sunday in Chicago, and it was a pretty fun affair. She played 15 of the new pieces. They are a bit uneven, but all are short so no harm done even if some of them don't live up to the standards of their peers. Lisitsa is always in a ma...

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