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Monthly Archives: June 2007
Eargasm Alert: Organ Wizard Wayne Foster Returns to Charleston
June 27, 2007 – 5:43 pm
It’s about time. S. Wayne Foster, perhaps the finest classical organist (and harpsichordist) to ever live and work in Charleston, departed the Holy City around two years ago — after quite a spell first as Artist-in-Residence and then as Organist/Director of Music at First (Scots) Presbyterian Church. He appeared to be settling into Charleston for [...]
Eargasm Alert: A Native Son, his Violin, and his Gift
June 22, 2007 – 12:02 pm
Thinking back to the dark days following Hurricane Katrina, some of you may recall the touching story of Samuel Thompson, a superb classical violinist. He was involved in a musical project in New Orleans when Katrina hit — and, with nothing but his violin and the clothes on his back, he ended up among the [...]
Farewell—For Now
June 12, 2007 – 9:37 am
Blogging about music at a time like Spoleto can be so incredibly cool – it’s like keeping a diary, except everybody can read it. And even though there are some things about my life that I will NOT blog about, I find it’s still something like taking one’s pants off in public. After all, a [...]
Eargasm Alert: Taylor music Festival
June 12, 2007 – 9:33 am
Well, Spoleto may be history for this year, but the musical action’s not over yet. Esteemed local musicians Rob and Mary Taylor are staging their Taylor Music Festival this week, hard on the heels of Spoleto. This very different and enjoyable event presents the unusual combination of Choral Music and Celtic Music, and offers both [...]
Lullabies for Disaster Relief: a Shameless Plug
June 10, 2007 – 9:46 pm
Yup, you got it. I’m asking for your money. But pour MOI? Perish forbid!
As I write, I’m listening to one of the most gorgeous vocal CD’s I’ve heard lately … and no wonder; it’s done by Courtenay Budd – of the lovely soprano voice that’s graced Charles Wadsworth’s Dock Street Chamber programs off and [...]
Mahagonny? We Still Live There
June 10, 2007 – 9:44 pm
– The final installment of my promised opera overview.
Kurt Weill’s Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny was Spoleto’s magnum operatic opus this time ‘round. Just about everybody around here who’s written about it has also raved about it. I don’t need to go into great detail here – just take a look at [...]
Chamber Finale: Supreme Schubert and More
June 9, 2007 – 11:07 pm
With Schubert’s heart-rending “Cello Quintet” on the menu Saturday afternoon, you couldn’t have kept me away from the Dock Street Theatre with a court order. But program XI – the final one – sported some other goodies worth mentioning, too.
Michael Torke, one of today’s “hot” American composers – wrote an extended piece called Telephone Book, [...]
Eargasm Alert: A Miracle named Micah
June 9, 2007 – 11:04 pm
Sure, the festival’s just about over, and the sense of artistic overload is building to the bursting point. But here’s one more remarkable event – not an official part of the festival – that you just may have to hear to believe.
Tomorrow (Sunday) at 3:00 PM, I’m proud to host a very special piano recital [...]
Intermezzi Farewell
June 9, 2007 – 4:02 pm
– A final post from guest blogger Sam Sfirri:
As I strolled to St. Matthew’s for the last time this Spoleto season, I noticed Charleston’s streets had become noticeably emptier, with the art vendors gradually leaving Marion Square Park. The recently intensified heat seemed to drain all the excitement and creative energy out of those who [...]
One Last Spoletogasp
It’s hard to believe it’s over — that it’s been over, for more than a week. It seems like a rich, juicy dream of musical gluttony. But it must’ve happened: I emerged from my usual semi-comatose post-Spoleto state this morning to find my own festival music overview on the streets in today’s City Paper (and [...]