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Category Archives: Chamber Music
SCOOP! CSO Lives to Play Another Season – but Pays a Steep Price
March 28, 2009 – 11:18 pm
When CSO President Ted Legasy mounted the Gaillard’s stage prior to the Charleston Symphony’s Masterworks concert earlier this evening, you could almost sense the crowd holding its collective breath … he’s been mostly the bearer of bad tidings as of late. But tonight’s announcement was more like a classic “good news/bad news” scenario.
The blessed [...]
A Ducky Double-reed Weekend
March 20, 2009 – 12:54 pm
Over four days last weekend, I got to soak up more dulcet double-reed pleasure than any fan of that particular family of instruments could hope for. Two separate recitals showcased the common orchestral double reeds: oboe, English horn, and bassoon – and both events featured the Charleston Symphony’s main players.
Friday evening’s recital at First Baptist [...]
Charleston Music Fest Does it Again
March 10, 2009 – 10:48 am
A pile of fresh CD reviews (and tight deadlines) for American Record Guide (the national review mag I write for) has kept me out of the blogging loop lately. But Friday before last’s “Mostly Baroque” event – part of the College’s top-notch Charleston Music Fest chamber series – still bears scrutiny.
The concert’s title struck me [...]
Eargasm Alerts: Charleston Music Fest and Bach Festival this Weekend
February 27, 2009 – 11:56 am
Charleston’s music lovers – including me – will be hard-pressed to keep up with all of the wonderful, world-class music that’ll be happening around town over the next three days.
The College’s vaunted Charleston Music Fest chamber music series resumes this weekend with “Extravaganza,” a set of two tempting concerts performed by internationally acclaimed faculty and [...]
CSO Musicians Voice their Concerns
February 16, 2009 – 11:42 pm
I had a candid and informative discussion with three Charleston Symphony musicians last week about their artists’ perspective on the CSO’s current funding crisis. I initially expected to voice their concerns in an upcoming print article – but have since been asked to blog about it instead. It’s rather long for a blog post – [...]
CAM Faculty Shines (as does their cool new DVD!)
February 4, 2009 – 12:00 am
Running behind again! But this’ll be the first of several tardy posts. Multiple events are stacking up: SO much music, SOOO little time! I had to pass up Tuesday’s choice organ recital honoring Mendelssohn’s birthday today (see Eargasm Alert below) in a futile effort to catch up!
In recent years, the Charleston Academy [...]
EARGASM (and EYEGASM) ALERTS:
January 30, 2009 – 12:43 pm
There’s a LOT of special classical music (and dance) going on around town in the coming days – too much to regurgitate complete details about here. So let me do it via the magic of internet links:
The Charleston Symphony Orchestra has a spiffy family concert slated for tomorrow (Saturday) morning: “CSO goes to the [...]
Bad Timing for Lomakov Recital
January 17, 2009 – 2:19 pm
Boy, did you ever miss a good one!
Brilliant (and handsome) young Ukrainian cellist Georgiy Lomakov was the featured artist last week at the College of Charleston’s opening Monday Night concert series event of the New Year. But scheduling it for January 12 – the first day of classes after the long holiday break – [...]
Eargasm Alert: Creative Spark Benefit Concert
January 11, 2009 – 9:07 pm
Ever one to support a worthy cause, I was glad to get a recent email from Norbert Lewandowski, Assistant Principal Cellist with the Charleston Symphony. He reminded me of the vital role of Creative Spark: a local non-profit arts education organization based in Mt. Pleasant. Their scholarship program dispenses more than 20K annually to deserving [...]
Early Music Rocks at the College
Two recent events at the College of Charleston’s Simons Center Recital Hall offered delightful reminders that ancient music is alive and well in Chucktown.
You’d think that a solid hour spent listening mostly to an assortment of simple frame drums would try most concertgoers’ patience. But that’s hardly the case when percussionist extraordinaire Danny Mallon is [...]