What Allan is playing

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Bogey

#380
March 13, 2010, 09:16:00 AM
Wait on it, wait on it, wait on it.....
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

toledobass

#381
March 13, 2010, 09:23:04 AM
So who's the stevedore in Karl's photo?  :P ;)



Cato,

Ticket sales are actually quite strong.  To bad everything else (grant and big donations) are flailing.  There is NO chance we'll do a world premier while the economy is what it is.  There is just no money for it.  I'm still wondering how this trip to Carnegie is going to work out. 

Here is a preview for next season:

Were doing the 4th for the Bruckner week.  A highlight program for me is the March Classics program.....really looking forward to that as I've been wanting a go at Sibelius 7 for years now.

http://www.toledosymphony.com/performances/2010-2011--Preview/



Also I did play that Pines concert.  Very effective.  The coolest thing was seeing the kids come off stage with all the excitement and adrenalin that they had for the performance they just gave....made even the most jaded orchestra lifer smile a bit.

Allan

toledobass

#382
March 13, 2010, 09:24:23 AM
Quite handsome there Bogey.

Bogey

#383
March 13, 2010, 09:31:14 AM
Quote from: toledobass on March 13, 2010, 09:24:23 AM
Quite handsome there Bogey.

Dressed for dinner. ;D  What have you been serving at the household lately?
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

toledobass

#384
September 24, 2011, 06:33:17 AM
Arnold Cohen played some good piano last night.  Looking forward to tonight, second and final performance.

Cato

#385
September 25, 2011, 05:17:09 PM
Quote from: toledobass on September 24, 2011, 06:33:17 AM
Arnold Cohen played some good piano last night.  Looking forward to tonight, second and final performance.

An interesting review of the concert:

http://www.toledoblade.com/Music-Theater-Dance/2011/09/24/Pianist-gives-dazzling-salute-to-Tchaikovsky.html

An excerpt:

QuoteWith the symphony playing at its peak, the effect was all splendid ensemble, the piano serving both as orchestral instrument but also as still the undisputed leader of the musical pack.

Decisive pedal work enhanced Cohen's digital technique. His assured performance created countless moments of sudden contrast, dynamic emphasis, and tempo and mood change, all to the mutual end of advancing the big musical picture. His first movement cadenza was impeccable.

No surprise that a very large and enthusiastic audience summoned Cohen back to the stage for an encore: a sprightly short piano work by Brazilian composer Ernesto Nazareth, 1863-1964.
"Meet Miss Ruth Sherwood, from Columbus, Ohio, the Middle of the Universe!"

- Brian Aherne introducing Rosalind Russell in  My Sister Eileen (1942)

karlhenning

#386
September 28, 2011, 07:34:22 AM
Sweet. Bravo, Allan!

Karl Henning

#387
March 19, 2012, 10:59:02 AM
Yo, Allan! What's shakin'?
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

toledobass

#388
March 19, 2012, 11:55:37 AM
Howdy Karl!

Not much!  Enjoying the warm weather here.  Getting ready for some fun times.  Spring Symphony and Brahms Double next week.  Then other good programs coming up too.  Bruckner 3 soon.  Late April is the 'post card from Carnegie' concert.  We will play the program that the Oregon Symphony played:


IVES                                     The Unanswered Question
ADAMS                                 The Wound-Dresser
BRITTEN                               Sinfonia de requiem
VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS            Symphony No. 4

Adam, Britten and V-W are Toledo premiers.  SO excited to bring this program to our audience.

How bout you Karl? 

Allan

Cato

#389
March 19, 2012, 01:05:57 PM
Quote from: toledobass on March 19, 2012, 11:55:37 AM
Howdy Karl!

Not much!  Enjoying the warm weather here.  Getting ready for some fun times.  Spring Symphony and Brahms Double next week.  Then other good programs coming up too.  Bruckner 3 soon.
Allan

hH Allan!

I assume that is the Bruckner performance for this year's Rosary Cathedral concert! 

http://www.toledosymphony.com/index.php?src=events&srctype=detail&refno=77&category=Mozart%20%26%20More

If you can make it to Toledo, this concert will be worth it!
"Meet Miss Ruth Sherwood, from Columbus, Ohio, the Middle of the Universe!"

- Brian Aherne introducing Rosalind Russell in  My Sister Eileen (1942)

toledobass

#390
March 19, 2012, 03:28:42 PM
Yes Cato!

The Bruckner Society will be there giving us an award for our yearly performances!

Allan

Cato

#391
March 19, 2012, 05:25:34 PM
Quote from: toledobass on March 19, 2012, 03:28:42 PM
Yes Cato!

The Bruckner Society will be there giving us an award for our yearly performances!

Allan

Yay Team!

I was a member of The Bruckner Society of America back before you were born!   ;D   (Almost 50 years ago!)  Jack Diether, an excellent critic and musical analyst, was the editor of the society's journal Chord and Discord.   I had a fairly nice collection of the journals, but Time can be hungry.  They are no longer part of the vast Cato archives!   :o  If you can find them, every article was worthwhile.

Diether, besides editor of this journal, was also a founder of the Gustav Mahler Society of America.  Chord and Discord carried articles on Mahler occasionally: I recall one on a Mahler work from his teenager years, viz. a piano quartet.
"Meet Miss Ruth Sherwood, from Columbus, Ohio, the Middle of the Universe!"

- Brian Aherne introducing Rosalind Russell in  My Sister Eileen (1942)

Bogey

#392
March 20, 2012, 04:30:20 AM
My-man!  A lot of Bruckner talk....very cool.  Any new eats?
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Karl Henning

#393
March 20, 2012, 04:38:59 AM
Quote from: toledobass on March 19, 2012, 11:55:37 AM
Howdy Karl!

Not much!  Enjoying the warm weather here.  Getting ready for some fun times.  Spring Symphony and Brahms Double next week.  Then other good programs coming up too.  Bruckner 3 soon.  Late April is the 'post card from Carnegie' concert.  We will play the program that the Oregon Symphony played:


IVES                                     The Unanswered Question
ADAMS                                 The Wound-Dresser
BRITTEN                               Sinfonia de requiem
VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS            Symphony No. 4

Adam, Britten and V-W are Toledo premiers.  SO excited to bring this program to our audience.

How bout you Karl? 

Allan



That is one über-bitchin' program Allan!

I've a couple of recitals I'm playing here in Boston in April. A wee small slice of White Nights may finally be performed . . . sometime in 2013.
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

toledobass

#394
March 21, 2012, 09:18:10 PM
Quote from: Bogey on March 20, 2012, 04:30:20 AM
My-man!  A lot of Bruckner talk....very cool.  Any new eats?

Hiya Bogey! 

How ya been?  How's the jazz collection coming along?  Did you pick up those mid 60's Miles Quintet  in Europe? Been out at a lot of ramen shacks lately.  Also as the weather warms, thinking about converting my grill into one of these:

frankenweber

Allan

Bogey

#395
March 22, 2012, 02:34:10 AM
Quote from: toledobass on March 21, 2012, 09:18:10 PM
Hiya Bogey! 

How ya been?  How's the jazz collection coming along?  Did you pick up those mid 60's Miles Quintet  in Europe? Been out at a lot of ramen shacks lately.  Also as the weather warms, thinking about converting my grill into one of these:

frankenweber

Allan

Instead of custom cars, let's chop up our grills....how sweet is that!
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

toledobass

#396
April 09, 2012, 07:32:07 PM
Bruckner week starts tomorrow.  The third.  Bruckner Society in the house to present us with an award for championing the music.

More later,
Allan

Karl Henning

#397
April 10, 2012, 03:48:49 AM
Nice, Allan! Conquer!
Karl Henning, Ph.D.
Composer & Clarinetist
Boston MA
http://www.karlhenning.com/
[Matisse] was interested neither in fending off opposition,
nor in competing for the favor of wayward friends.
His only competition was with himself. — Françoise Gilot

Cato

#398
April 11, 2012, 01:59:01 PM
Quote from: toledobass on April 09, 2012, 07:32:07 PM
Bruckner week starts tomorrow.  The third.  Bruckner Society in the house to present us with an award for championing the music.

More later,
Allan

Yay Team! 

Which version of the Third Symphony is being used?
"Meet Miss Ruth Sherwood, from Columbus, Ohio, the Middle of the Universe!"

- Brian Aherne introducing Rosalind Russell in  My Sister Eileen (1942)
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