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 See ABT’s ‘Giselle’ tonight for half priceNovember 6th, 2009, 12:33 pm by PAUL HODGINS, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTEROver at the O.C. Deals blog, there’s a great discount offer: half-price tickets to see American Ballet Theatre’s “Giselle” tonight at the Orange County Performing Arts Center. Thanks to blogger Marla Jo Fisher for bringing that one to our attention. Review: Veterans shine in ABT’s ‘Giselle’ Other recent stories by Paul Hodgins on the Arts Blog:
Gustavo Dudamel unleashes a potent Verdi Requiem, or, What else did you expect?November 6th, 2009, 11:54 am by Timothy Mangan, music critic CLICK ON PHOTO TO VIEW SLIDE SHOW Review. The Orange County Register, Nov. 6, 2009. Heretofore, Gustavo Dudamel, the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s new music director, has appeared with the orchestra for a week or two at a time. Thursday night marked the beginning of his most extended period with the group to date. He decided to open it with a real corker, a masterpiece of lyrical doom and gloom, pounding fear and hellfire known as Verdi’s Requiem. Expectations ran high in a sold-out Disney Hall. The maestro, in white tie and tails, strode heroically onstage. He waited for complete silence and then began, the muted cellos playing so softly and distantly and intensely the listener leaned forward to hear, was instantly transported into another world until … a cell phone went off. It was a rock tune, strangely familiar yet what was it? I couldn’t quite put my finger on it. The rock tune went off again and one half expected Mr. Bean to stand up with a dumb grin on his face, fumbling in his coat pocket to turn the thing off. Dudamel stopped the orchestra, the audience hissed, he waited for silence and then began again. OK, so it was only a concert after all. Thanks for the reminder, Mr. Bean. ABT’s ‘Giselle’ is a showcase of company’s talentNovember 5th, 2009, 2:18 pm by PAUL HODGINS, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Register review: Veterans shine in American Ballet Theatre’s ‘Giselle’ ABT’s production of “Giselle” continues through Sunday at the Orange County Performing Arts Center. Carlos Kleiber conducts Brahms’ FourthNovember 5th, 2009, 10:11 am by Timothy Mangan, music critic
The third movement of the Symphony No. 4 by Brahms, Carlos Kleiber conducting the Bayerisches Staatsorchester. There are so many good things about this performance, but one thing I especially like is the variety of tone colors Kleiber gets out of this orchestra and out of the piece. So many performances of Brahms are thick and murky. Not this one. Another thing I like: Kleiber looks like he’s having a lot of fun. Speaking of fun, here’s my favorite Kleiber video, old but good. related link: carlos kleiber’s business model Lang Lang gets a little help from little friendsNovember 4th, 2009, 12:08 pm by Timothy Mangan, music critic
Review: Lang Lang And Friends dropped by Orange County last night with performances by kiddie keyboardists, among others. The Orange County Register, Nov. 4, 2009. The Chinese pianist Lang Lang is probably the only classical musician in the history of the world to have his own limited edition sneaker. Dean Corey, president of the Philharmonic Society of Orange County, was sporting a pair Tuesday night at Segerstrom Concert Hall when he came onstage to welcome one and all to the evening’s entertainment, a show (that’s the right word) called Lang Lang and Friends. Lang Lang arrived with tousled hair and wearing a shiny, narrow dark suit that could have come straight out of the Bobby Darin Signature Collection. He was even carrying a microphone. Alfred Brendel he is not. The pianist served as host (sometimes awkward), interviewer, accompanist, motivator and chamber musician for the event, part of the Society’s “Ancient Paths, Modern Voices” festival collaboration with Carnegie Hall. 3 cheers for Deutsche Bank, or, the Berlin Philharmonic for freeNovember 4th, 2009, 1:01 am by Timothy Mangan, music critic
Deutsche Bank will present a free webcast of the Berlin Philharmonic and conductor Simon Rattle performing Brahms’ Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4 as part of a promotion of the orchestra’s upcoming U.S. tour (which stops at Disney Hall on Nov. 23-24). The webcast will be streamed at 8 p.m. EST on Nov. 9 (that would be 5 p.m. PST). All you have to do is register (name, e-mail address) at www.db.com. The concert is from the Berliner’s Digital Concert Hall archives, recorded in the summer. As previously noted, the Berlin Philharmonic’s webcasts are of a different order than most, presented in high definition video, CD-quality sound, and with wonderful camerawork. You can see a free sample at http://dch.berliner-philharmoniker.de/#/en/tour/.
photo: jan bauer/ap 10 Mozart recordings to get you startedNovember 3rd, 2009, 3:00 am by Timothy Mangan, music critic CLICK ON PHOTO TO VIEW SLIDE SHOW The links below are to the pages on online retail sites where you can buy the 10 Mozart recordings to get you started. Please leave examples of your own favorite Mozart recordings in the Comments section below. 1. Serkin performs Mozart piano concertos 2. Pletnev performs Mozart piano sonatas 3. Colin Davis conducts Mozart overtures 4. Giulini conducts Mozart symphonies 5. Harnoncourt conducts Mozart’s Requiem 6. Charles Mackerras conducts Mozart’s “Gran Partita” Serenade 7. The Emerson String Quartet plays Mozart string quartets 8. Giulini conducts Mozart’s “The Marriage of Figaro” 9. Kavakos plays the Mozart’s Violin Concertos 10. Argerich and Rabinovitch play Mozart’s works for piano four hands ADVERTISEMENT
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