Several classical tunes here. Can you name them?
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6, 3rd movement
Here’s another piece you can play for your friends who think classical music is boring. It’s the third movement, Allegro molto vivace, of Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6, “Pathetique.” Even if you know the music, you might want to listen to
Remembering ‘The Passion of Ramakrishna’
During my career as a music critic, I had the pleasure of reviewing two performances of “The Passion of Ramakrishna” by Philip Glass, which Pacific Symphony revives this week and takes to Carnegie Hall on April 21. The first time
Expanding your repertoire: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
Here’s a piece to play for someone who thinks classical music is boring and/or relaxing. (Fritz Reiner conducts the Chicago Symphony in the second movement of Bartok’s Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta.)
Ravi Shankar: Sitar Concerto No. 2
Here’s an excerpt from Ravi Shankar’s Sitar Concerto No. 2, with Anoushka Shankar as soloist and Zubin Mehta conducting the Berlin Philharmonic. Anoushka Shankar plays her father’s Sitar Concerto No. 3 with Carl St.Clair and Pacific Symphony on April 12-14.
Pacific Overtures, April
My newsletter for April — click on the link below … Pacific Overtures. April, 2018.
Happy birthday, Bach
Video: Hadelich plays Paganini
Augustin Hadelich, who appears in our Bernstein concert next season, plays one of the most charming Paganini caprices, No. 9.
April vlog update
Here’s my colleague, public relations and social media guru, talking about upcoming concerts at the Symphony in this month’s video log.
Pacific Symphony: April concerts
For Carl St.Clair and Pacific Symphony, April is the coolest month. It’s all about Carnegie Hall. As in the conductor and orchestra will make their debut there. Yes, it’s a big deal. The 80th birthday tribute to Philip Glass presented