BY ED BRUCE edbrucevegas@yahoo.com
FRIDAY AT UNLV .....DANCE WITH CLASSICAL RECORDED MUSICAL...SATURDAY AT THE SMITH CENTER IN LAS VEGAS REAL CLASSICAL MUSIC LIVE IN THE GREAT VENUE.
FRIDAY THEY DID THE BEST FIRST....SATURDAY...THE BEST WAS LAST !
RANDOM THOUGHTS OF THIS WONDERFUL EVENT.
THE LAS VEGAS PHILHARMONIC AUDITIONING CONDUCTORS IN MASS FOR THEIR CURRENT OPENING...ON THIS NIGHT DANIEL MEYER SHOWED UP 4 MINUTES LATE FOR THE OPENING REMARKS SEMINAR PRE CONCERT AND IMMEDIATELY WON ME OVER. THESE ARE TALKS OF MUSIC...MUSICIANS....CONDUCTORS...HISTORY AND PROGRAMMING AND ARE AMONG THE WORLDS BEST IDEAS. THE LVPHIL PREVIOUS CONDUCTOR WAS SENSATIONAL AT ENLIGHTENING AND ENTERTAINING....MEYER ON THIS NIGHT WAS HAS TWIN ON INFORMATION AND PRESENTATION...IT WAS WONDERFUL...GLIB...EDUCATATIONAL AND MEYER PRESENTED THE TWO SOLOISTS WITH INSTRUMENTS TO TOP THIS IDEA OFF....THE WHOLE THING COULD HAVE BEEN AN HOUR...THE THEME REMAINS A MUST FOR SERIOUS CONCERT GOERS.
THE LAS VEGAS PHILHARMONIC ONE OF OUR CITYS TREASURES....ALWAYS A TREAT.
MANAGEMENT ....TICKETING AND THE EXPERIECE IMPROVING AT THE SMITH CENTER ...STILL WORK TO BE DONE !
THE CONCERT OPENED WITH MUSIC FROM 1577...GIOVANNI BARIELI ....30 STUDENTS AND PHILHARMONIC HORN PLAYERS CAME DOWN TWO AISLES WITH STANDS AND TOOTED FOR ABOUT 7 MINUTES....HOW DO YOU LIKE THOSE AISLE SEATS NOW? IT WAS DIFFERENT AND FUN.
JOHANNES BRAHMS ...SYMPHONY NO. 3.....VERY DRY AND ORDINARY....MANY IN THE AUDIENCE DOZED..IT WAS WELL PLAYED AND LEFT NO LASTING MEMORY....YOU CAN'T LIKE EVERYTHING.
INCREDIBLE TO ME HOW DUMB THE PATRONS ARE TO APPLAUDE AFTER EVERY MOVEMENT WHEN THE PROGRAM AND PROTOCOL TELLS THEM NOT TO...NO HOPE HERE.
INTERMISSION...TIME TO CRAWL OVER EACH OTHER.
SAMUEL BARBER OVERTURE TO SCHOOL TO SCANDAL....8 MINUTES....RELATIVELY NEW 1933...FUN...UPBEAT...PERFECT PREVIEW OF WHAT WAS TO COME.
GEORGE BIZET.....CARMEN FANTASIA....ARR: DONALD HUSBERGER
FOR THE OLD TRADITIONALIST WHO DOES NOT LIKE NEW....HERE WAS SOME EXTREMELY CREATIVE...FRESH AND ENLIGHTENING....TO INSPIRE NEW CREATIVE JUICES.
HUNSBERGER ARRANGED THIS IN 2004 FOR GUEST ARTISTS BARBARA BUTLER AND CHARLES GEYER WHO PREMIRED IT IN THAT YEAR IN LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.....WERE PERFECT. WITH CONDUCTOR MEYERS PRE SHOW PREVIEW AND PREVIEWS BY THE GUEST ARTISTS IT WAS SUPER HELPFUL TO ENJOY THIS.
TWO PLAYERS FIVE HORNS WITH TASTES OF ALL BIZETS CARMENT MARRIED TO MULTI HORNS....CHOREOGRAPHY....HUMOR...SOLOISTS AND PRESENTATION TO TOP OFF A WONDERFUL EVENING.....LOVED IT....EVERYONE DID....
DANIEL MEYER YOU ARE ONE OF MY HEROES.
THANKS TO THE LV PHILHARMONIC FOR EXISTING..
4 MINUTES LATE........ TWICE OTHERWISE A PERFECT SCORE....
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