Category Archives: Symphonic Music
Prepping for Verdi & Mahler
You always get more out of a great piece of music if you learn a little something about it first. Verdi’s rip-snortin’ Requiem looms large (Monday), and Mahler’s “heavenly” Symphony No. 4 (plus Strauss & Dukas) will be upon us the next day. Other blogging priorities keep me from spending much time on telling you […]
Electric Brahms
Last night’s full moon would’ve just about been rising as the Spoleto Festival Orchestra tore into Brahms’ fourth symphony. Remember Cher in Moonstruck? Could that be what got into them? All I know is that some kind of magic happened at the Sottile last night. Some of us who thought we knew this towering masterpiece […]
Bracing For Brahms
I was wondering where the heck I’d find the time to blog at you about the first of Thursday’s Festival Concerts Thursday evening (May 31, 8:00 p.m.) at the Sottile Theatre – where Brahms’ magnificent Symphony No. 4 (and some lighter fare from Ravel) will happen. I’ll be there with bells on, as our most […]
Von Oeyen Triumphant
Monday’s Intermezzi Series opener at St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church was jam-packed, and for good reason. Andrew von Oeyen, Spoleto’s perennial piano darling (at least for the six straight years he’s been here), was the main draw.
And not only did he dazzle us yet again with his keyboard wizardry, but he conducted the entire concert, […]
The Festival’s Unsung Heroes
Everywhere I go during Spoleto, people — often poorly informed ones — ask me about the Spoleto Festival Orchestra. “Are they from a local high school? They look so young.” Aghast at such injustice, I’m here to set the record straight.
Last Spoleto, long-time SFO manager Tom Parchman stopped by my Millennium Music classical room (remember, […]
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 […]