Attended a fine performance last night—Inon Barnatan and Alisa Weilerstein. Came full circle with their last selection—the Rachmaninoff Sonata in G. I’ve loved this piece since I first heard it. Ashkenazay and Harrell provided a public radio “driveway moment.” Christopher O’Reilly and Carter Brey cemented it…
Went to a great recital the other day and didn't record it here—David Grielsammer played a somewhat daring program contrasting Scarlatti and Cage sonatas. Or maybe it was the common ground between the composers that he was highlighting. Whatever, it really worked for me Before the show,…
I attended a recital by Orion Weiss at Kennedy Center yesterday, and I can't remember being so enthusiastic about a young performer for quite some time. Here's what I thought yesterday. > Word for the day: toccata. Orion Weiss will explore many pieces of this variety…
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WPAS began its Hayes Piano Series for the season with a recital by Ran Dank. Here's a view from Twitter and YouTube. [View the story "Ran Dank, revisited" on Storify [//storify.com/schultzmt/ran-dank-revisited]]…
The new year kicked off with a recital by Jeremy Denk. > Embarrassment of riches this afternoon: historic Met performance on radio; recital tickets at Kennedy Center. — Mike Schultz (@schultzmt) January 23, 2010 [https://twitter.com/schultzmt/statuses/8118732790] > Jeremy Denk pleases at Kennedy Center: Bach, Ives, Liszt, and…
> Just the thing for a sloppy day: recital by Plamena Mangova about to begin. House does seem a little light. Standards, Scriabin, Ginastera. — Mike Schultz (@schultzmt) December 5, 2009 [https://twitter.com/schultzmt/statuses/6376392555] > Mangova satsfies, not overwhelms. Ginastera pleases most. Maybe too brilliant; has not yet…
A post about a Lincoln Center performance [http://mikeschultz.posterous.com/musical-tradition] reminded me I should take advantage of the new embedded tweet feature to capture my impressions of a recent Kennedy Center performance. > Tsujii at #KenCen [https://twitter.com/search?q=%23KenCen&src=hash]: good in Chopin;…