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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 [...]
PACK THE GAILLARD PROJECT
March 27, 2009 – 6:06 pm
If you’ve been following Eargasms, you know that the Charleston Symphony (players and staff alike) is in pretty bad shape. Scroll down to catch up on their unhappy saga. But the show goes on – at least for now.
What can the average classical music fan do, in these precarious times? It may seem that [...]
Charleston Symphony & Friends Deliver Another Special Evening
March 21, 2009 – 8:53 pm
Musically, last weekend was a very busy one for me (four concerts in as many days) … I’m just now getting caught up with it all in Eargasms. What a joy it is to report on a classical music scene like Charleston’s, offering a level of richness and variety (AND frequency) that makes it impossible [...]
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 [...]
Yuja Wang Brings the House Down
March 16, 2009 – 11:16 am
With the appearance of Chinese sensation Yuja Wang, the College of Charleston’s consistently rewarding International Piano Series ended its season with a fantastic flourish at the Sottile last Tuesday.
I cut my piano recital teeth over fifty years ago in Vienna, Austria – where the world’s very greatest keyboard artists have appeared regularly for centuries. Yet [...]
Crunch Time for the CSO—AND its Overworked Staff!
March 14, 2009 – 11:47 pm
Well, folks – they’ve been telling us it would happen. While no announcement was made, I was able to verify at tonight’s Masterworks event the rumor I’d heard the day before: that the Charleston Symphony’s musicians were, in effect, “donating their services” for this concert. Their latest paychecks amounted to just 20% of their normal [...]
CSO Benefit a Delight
March 11, 2009 – 9:46 am
Saturday evening’s second musician-organized benefit concert this season by (and for) the Charleston Symphony Orchestra drew a pretty respectable crowd at the Cathedral Church of St. Luke & St. Paul.
The evening’s theme was “The Musicians of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra Salute Charleston,” with the assorted musical offerings interspersed by assorted readings and poetry about [...]
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 (and TUMMYgasm) Alert: Imminent CSO Benefit Events
March 5, 2009 – 10:41 pm
The Charleston Symphony — independent of their management – has scheduled a promising pair of benefit events, beginning this weekend.
First up is a Benefit Concert at the Cathedral of St. Luke and St. Paul this Saturday night (March 7), at 8 p.m. The concert theme will be “The Musicians of the Charleston Symphony Salute [...]
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 [...]