Category Archives: Conductors

A Nice Tender Land (plus some fresh local talent)

Friday evening was one of those impossible evenings, if you happen to be a critic – I struggled to juggle two overlapping events, and one of them (next post) gets short shrift as a result.
Hey, I couldn’t just walk out of the Charleston Symphony’s semi-staged concert performance of The Tender Land, Aaron Copland’s only […]

Symphonic Splendor — And a Choice Cello, to Boot

After hearing super-cellist Robert deMaine in Friday’s Charleston Music Fest event at the College, I was doubly determined to make it to Saturday evening’s Charleston Symphony concert at the Gaillard (the latest in the Masterworks series) – where deMaine showed us what he could do with orchestral backup.
But first, we heard some stirring sounds by […]

OLÉ! Fandangos (and other cool Hispanic stuff)

Last Friday’s Charleston Symphony “Backstage Pass” concert at the Sottile Theatre capped the series’ early emphasis on the huge (and little-known) body of engaging music from south of the border – and by that I mean not only Mexico, but south all the way into South America.
The program’s title came from the first work, […]

Eargasm Alerts – LOTS of ‘Em

– Plenty of good stuff to tell you about this week – beginning tonight (Thursday) at 8:00 p.m. with jazzman Frank Duvall & friends appearing at the Simons Center Recital Hall.
Chamber Music Charleston is presenting their second House Concerts program at various downtown Charleston and Kiawah Island homes through Nov. 5. Tickets are kinda […]

Bavarian Philharmonic Energizes Beethoven

Those of you who followed Eargasms during Spoleto know that I was only able to keep up with the best stuff with the help of guest bloggers – mostly fellow musicians and knowledgeable classical fans around town. I’m finding that, even during the regular season, it’s well-nigh impossible to keep up with all the best […]

Eargasm Alert: The Best they’ve Ever Been

Sorry for the last-minute notification on this – the headlong pace of my life often leaves me running behind. But, especially if you’re a choral aficionado, here’s a concert you just can’t miss.
The College of Charleston Concert Choir just finished their fall concert tour – and based on their performances, Dr. Robert Taylor, their […]

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 […]

Lindsay WHO?

Me? Well, if you’ve ever shopped for classical CDs at Millennium Music, you’ve probably encountered crazy Lindsay, the resident classical geek (glasses, big hair, even bigger mouth). I’ve been writing – both locally & nationally – about great music for years, and it’s my honor & privilege to cover a big chunk of the classical […]

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