The Houston Symphony after Harvey
Read my review of Friday night’s concert at Bachtrack.
Andrés Orozco-Estrada
Yo-Yo Ma
I really can’t express what an inspiration it was to hear Yo-Yo Ma perform. You read about these prodigies, but seeing is believing. Read my review at Bachtrack. PS: For all those curious audience members, his serene encore was the “Appalachia Waltz”… Continue Reading
John Adams at Houston Symphony
And pianist Denis Kozhukhin returns to play the Rach 3. Read my review at Bachtrack.
Another Dimension…
…At Houston Symphony last night with Daniil Trifonov playing Schumann’s piano concerto. You can read my review at Bachtrack. What you won’t read in my review is a moment during the cadenza in the first movement, when the gentleman in… Continue Reading
A Nostalgic Creation…
..at Houston Symphony this weekend. Read my review at Bachtrack. And last night, the Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra delivered an astounding concert. It’s getting more and more rare that I’ll hear a piece of music and fall in love with… Continue Reading
Houston Symphony is off and running
The Houston Symphony opened its season with a curious trio of work, but I have no complaints about Sir Ben Kingsley narrating Peter and the Wolf. Read my review at Bachtrack.
Weekend Music: Rusalka and Schumann
I readily admit I was a big fan of the Little Mermaid when I was young–not just the Disney film but the darker, unhappier fairytale versions too. Houston Grand Opera’s Rusalka brought the fairytale happily into my adulthood on Friday. Saturday… Continue Reading
Emanuel Ax with Houston Symphony
A quietly revolutionary performance of Brahms’ second piano concerto, in which ensemble reigned uniquely. Who even remembers the Ives’ symphony that was first on the program? Read my review at Bachtrack.
Mozart and Shostakovich at HSO
Water sprites and revolutions–a delight indeed this weekend at Jones Hall. Read my review of Houston Symphony’s concert at Bachtrack.
A Little Schumann with Your Beethoven?
A pizzicato—the string vibrating against the fingerboard, sound reverberating against the air for a tiny moment—opened all three pieces on the program last night at Jones Hall. Concluding Houston Symphony’s “Three Weeks of Beethoven,” the First and Fourth symphonies were… Continue Reading