BY ED BRUCE edbrucevegas
SEASON FINALE
UNLV HAM HALL ON CAMPUS...NO AIR CONDITIONING
CONDUCTOR DAVID ITKIN'S FOURTH SEASON...HIS FINEST HOUR.
6 MINUTES LATE....PRE SHOW LECTURE 4 MINUTES LATE...THE MUSIC LESSON PRIOR TO THE CONCERTS AMONG THE GREATEST TREAT ON EARTH FOR US WITH INQUIRING MUSIC MINDS.
ITKIN INTRODUCED US TO ALEXANDER VIAZOVTSEV...PRINCIPAL FLUTEST, HIS FIRST HIRE WITH THE LVP AND HARPIST KIMBERLY GLENNIE...THEY HIGHLIGHTED THE FIRST PIECE FROM MOZART....CONCERTO IN C MAJOR FOR FLUTE AND HARP, K 299...MOZART WHIPPED OUT THIS MASTERPIECE AT 22....HE NEVER HAD A BAD DAY.....WOW..... WHAT A TREAT...
VIAZOVTSEV FROM SIBERIA....ENDING UP HERE AFTER STOPS IN OHIO AND ARIZONA...HE PLAYS IN THE LION KING AND IMPRESSED ME WITH HIS WHITE SUITE IN FRONT OF THE ORCHESTRA FOR THE OPENING NUMBER...IT WENT BEAUTIFULLY WITH MS GLENNIE'S ALL RED GOWN WHILE SHE PLAYED THE HARP...THAT AFTER A LOVELY LESSON IN THE PRE SHOW ON HOW THE HARP WORKS....ALL LOVELY STUFF !
HALFTIME 23 MINUTES..
GUSTOV MAHLER....SYMPHONY NO 1.IN D MAJOR...ITKIN DISCUSSED THE RICHNESS, POSITIVENESS AND THE HOLLYWOODESQUE THEMES....MAHLER WROTE THIS WHEN HE WAS 28 AND ....THE MIDDLE TWO MOVEMENTS WERE MELODIC AND TOUCHING WHILE THE FIRST AND FOURTH LOUD AND HORNSTRONG...I LOVED IT.
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