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Concert Review

  • Charlottesville Symphony warms to British Riches

    Feb 17th, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Benjamin Britten, benjamin rous, charlottesville symphony, Classical music, Concert Review, George Butterworth, Grace Williams, Malcolm Arnold, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Zachary Wilder

    The Charlottesville Symphony directed by Benjamin Rous performed “British Riches” February 15-16, 2020. The program included a variety of 20th Century UK composers. The relative rarity of the works (at least on this side of the Atlantic) made this a refreshing and engaging concert. George Butterworth’s “A Shropshire Lad” opened the program. This symphonic rhapsody […]

  • Charlottesville Symphony concert just misses the mark

    Nov 18th, 2019 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Anton Bruckner, Ben, Ben Wager, benjamin rous, Brenda Patterson, charlottesville symphony orchestra, Classical music, Concert Review, Felix Mendelssohn, Jamison Walker, Jessie Montgomery, Katy Ambrose, Michael Slon, Pamela Beasley, Richard Strauss, UVA University Singers

    One phrase characterizes my impression of the Charlottesville Symphony’s November 16th concert: “it was great, except for…” The program itself, “Romantic Titans” was first-rate. The first half of the program featured two orchestral works; the second two large-scale choral works. Maestro Benjamin Rouse freely admitted “Caught by the Wind” was something of an outliner. Composer […]

  • Charlottesville Symphony Season Ends Energetically

    Apr 28th, 2019 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Alexandra Beliakovich, benjamin rous, charlottesville symphony, Classical music, Concert Review, Judith Shatin, Orchestral music, Ottorino Respighi, Richard Wagner, Robert Schumann

    The final concert of the Charlottesville Symphony’s 2018-19 season started slowly and finished in triumph. It was quite a journey. The Saturday, April 24th concerto opened with Wagner’s Prelude from “Parsifal.” This is a quiet, introspective work that uses silence as an important element. The orchestra played beautifully, achieving a shimmering quality in some passages. […]

  • Judith Shatin retrospective concert – insights and thrills

    Apr 8th, 2019 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Adam Carter, Chamber music, Classical music, Concert Review, contemporary classical music, David Perry, David Salsbery Fry, David Sariti, electronic music, Gayle Martin, Jennifer Beattie, Jeremy Thompson, John Mayhood, Judith Shatin, kelly Sulick

    The audience for Hearing Things: Music by Judith Shatin  heard some exciting music in Old Cabell Hall on April 6, 2019. The retrospective concert was part of Shatin Music Month. Shatin founded the Virginia Center for Computer Music in 1987 and guided its growth through her retirement. The concert included works created at the Center, as well as some that didn’t use […]

  • Kelly Peral Recital Earns Ovation

    Nov 12th, 2018 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Chamber music, Classical music, Concert Review, Kelly Peral

    Oboist Kelly Peral performed to a small but enthusiastic audience Sunday afternoon, November 10, 2018. The recital was part of the University of Virginia Chamber Music Series, and it was a good one. Peral’s program ranged from the Baroque to the present. A 1728 sonata by Giovanni Boni represented the Baroque. The Sonata in G […]

  • Charlottesville Symphony combines the unusual and the inspired

    Oct 2nd, 2018 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Ayn Balija, benjamin rous, charlottesville symphony, Classical music, Concert Review, Jean Sibelius, Thea Musgrave, York Bowen

    Two things I really enjoy in a concert: unusual repertoire, and inspired performances. I enjoyed both in the opening concert for the Charlottesville Symphony. York Bowen’s Concerto in C minor for Viola and Orchestra constituted the unusual. Viola concertos are relatively rare, and British composer Bowen is seldom heard on this side of the Atlantic. […]

  • Albemarle Ensemble Starts Slow, Finishes Strong

    Mar 19th, 2018 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Albemarle Ensemble, Concert Review

    The Albemarle Ensemble performed a thoughtfully balanced program Sunday, March 18, 2018. It included wind quintet works by Franz Danzi, Nino Rota, and John Harbison. Also featured was an Eric Ewazen trio and an arrangement of a Gaudencio Thiago de Mello piece. The Ensemble opened the concert with Danzi’s Quintet in G minor, Op. 56 […]

  • Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall

    Feb 14th, 2018 | By Tim Snider
    Tags: Benjamin Britten, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Concert Review, Ernest Chausson, Igor Stravinsky, Jennifer Higdon, Riccardo Muti

    The great Italian conductor Riccardo Muti has been music director of the legendary Chicago Symphony Orchestra since 2010. During a long and distinguished career he has conducted, and in some cases led, most of the world’s great orchestras and opera companies.   Under Muti’s leadership, the CSO has, if anything, enhanced its reputation as one […]

  • Renee Fleming and Olga Kern at the Paramount

    Feb 24th, 2015 | By Tim Snider
    Tags: charlottesville, Concert Review, Olga Kern, Renee Fleming

    When it was announced that opera star Renee Fleming and pianist Olga Kern would appear at the Paramount in Charlottesville on February 20, a sellout was virtually guaranteed. Renee Fleming is one of opera’s brightest stars, and having an internationally known soloist like Olga Kern as her accompanist was an added bonus. Fleming is one […]

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