UNLV SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

BY ED BRUCE edbrucevegas@yahoo.com

SO MANY SYMPHONYS TO BE HEARD SO LITTLE TIME....GOT THREE MORE TONIGHT.

UNLV FOOTBALL TEAM RANKED 151ST OF 120
UNLV BASKETBALL TEAM RANKED 36TH OF 221
UNLV SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA RANKED NUMBER 1 AHEAD OF THE ENTIRE FIELD

THE UNLV SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AT THE PEAK OF ITS POWERS TONIGHT ON CAMPUS AT HAM HALL FOR THREE PERFECT PIECES.

MUSIC DIRECTOR AND CONDUCTOR TARAS KRYSA ABLE TO SELECT MUSIC TO MY EAR ON THIS NIGHT. MR KRYSA THE REASON YOU REMAIN ONE OF MY HEROES IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU DID TONIGHT AND WHEN YOU GO TO BE THIS EVENING....THINK TO YOURSELF...JOB WELL DONE !

MUSSORGSKY...DAWN ON THE FLOWER...7 MINUTES OF SOFT STRINGS CONDUCTED BY ONE OF THE STUDENTS. PERFECT OPENER.

RACHMANINOV...RHAPSODY ON A THEME OF PAGANINI....SOLOIST JAE AHN-BENTON ON THE PIANO...THE PERFECT MELD OF ALL ORCHESTRA PARTS ESPECIALLY THE STRINGS TO THE PIANO. PROGRAM DESCRIBED IT PERFECTLY..."RACHMANINOV ARTFULLY BLURS THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN SOLOIST AND ACCOMPANIST"...GREAT STUFF. WHILE I REMAIN PARTIAL TO THE STRINGS THIS PIECE AND ITS DEVELOPMENT HELPED ME LEAN A TISH TO THE PIANO...SOLOIST JUST MAGNIFICENT IN HIS YOUTH, HIS APPROACH AND HIS LOW KEY VIRTUOSITY.

INTERMISSION

STRAVINSKY....L'OISEAU DE FEU...THE FIREBIRD OF COURSE THE SIGNATURE PIECE FOR STRAVINSKY AND THIS SWEET 25 MINUTES MIMICKED THAT CLASSIC...AGAIN REFERING TO THE PROGRAM..."OUTSTANDING BALANCE BETWEEN LYRIC AND RHYTHMIC ELEMENTS".

VERY ENJOYABLE SELECTION OF MUSIC TONIGHT...WELL PLAYED...WELL CONDUCTED AND IN THE SOUND PERFECT HAM HALL.....AUDIO HERE REMAINS UNSURPASSED IN THE WORLD.

SURE GLAD I LIVED TO HEAR THIS AND ANXIOUSLY AWAIT THIS GROUPS NEXT CHALLENGE.

WHILE THE LAS VEGAS PHILHARMONIC IS UNFRIENDLY TO THE PATRONS THE UNLV SYMPHONY WELCOMES THE WORLD TO GREAT WONDERS. CALL 895 2787 FOR FUTURE PROGRAMS.

THANK YOU TO 58 PLAYERS AND ONE GREAT CONDUCTOR TONIGHT, YOU HAVE CONTINUED TO ENRICH MY LIFE. I MADE THE CHOICE TONIGHT OF MUSIC OVER HOCKEY AND IT WAS THE CORRECT ONE.

STARTED ON TIME WITH ALL ELEMENTS IN PLACE.

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