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Early Music Rocks at the College

April 13, 2009 – 9:45 am

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 [...]

By Lindsay Koob | Also posted in Blogroll, Chamber Music, Choral Music, City Paper Staff Blogs, Comments, Composers, Musicians, Random Observations, The Back Channel | Comments (0)

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 [...]

By Lindsay Koob | Also posted in Blogroll, City Paper Staff Blogs, Comments, Composers, Conductors, Musicians, Opera, Random Observations, Symphonic Music, The Back Channel | Comments (0)

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 [...]

By Lindsay Koob | Also posted in Blogroll, Chamber Music, City Paper Staff Blogs, Comments, Composers, Musicians, Random Observations, The Back Channel | Comments (0)

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 [...]

By Lindsay Koob | Also posted in Blogroll, City Paper Staff Blogs, Comments, Composers, Musicians, Random Observations, The Back Channel | Comments (0)

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 [...]

By Lindsay Koob | Also posted in Blogroll, City Paper Staff Blogs, Comments, Composers, Conductors, Musicians, Random Observations, Symphonic Music, The Back Channel | Comments (0)

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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Ann Schein makes it Sound Easy

February 28, 2009 – 11:21 am

The Sottile Theatre resounded last Tuesday to the rare keyboard artistry of Ann Schein, thanks to the College of Charleston’s ever-worthwhile lnternational Piano Series. She appeared here in the same series around eight seasons ago – and I’ve been dying to hear her again ever since.
Shein began her demanding program with the supremely evocative [...]

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CSO and Chorus Tackle Vaughan Williams

February 27, 2009 – 12:13 am

The Charleston Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, led by Dr. Robert Taylor, packed the business end of Citadel Square Baptist Church last Sunday evening. The occasion was a festive and thrilling concert of choral-orchestral gems by 20th-Century English master Ralph Vaughan Williams – the 50th anniversary of whose death we observe this season.
The rest of [...]

By Lindsay Koob | Also posted in Blogroll, Choral Music, City Paper Staff Blogs, Comments, Composers, Conductors, Musicians, Opera, Random Observations, Symphonic Music, The Back Channel | Comments (1)

Ballet Theatre and CSO Do it Right

February 18, 2009 – 10:33 pm

The Eargasms (and EYEgasms) flowed non-stop at the nearly packed Sottile Theatre Saturday evening, when Charleston’s Ballet Theatre and Symphony Orchestra got together for the first time in years to bring us a sweet and memorable Valentine’s Day treat.
First up was a busy and complex realization of Benjamin Britten’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra. [...]

By Lindsay Koob | Also posted in Blogroll, City Paper Staff Blogs, Comments, Composers, Conductors, Musicians, Random Observations, Symphonic Music, The Back Channel | Comments (0)
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