HAIFA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

BY ED BRUCE edbrucevegas@yahoo.com


ANOTHER GEM IN THE CONTINUING UNLV CHARLES VANDA MASTER SERIES.


WHAT COULD BE BETTER THAN 43 JEWISH STRING PLAYERS ? NOT MUCH.


THIS ONE NIGHTER AT UNLV'S HAM HALL PLAYED TO A SMALL APPRECIATIVE CROWD OF STRING LOVERS....ME AT THE TOP OF THE LIST.


CARL MARIA VON WEBER.....OVERTURE TO EURYANTHE....THE SHORT OPENING PIECE PERFECT KICKOFF OF THE OUTSTANDING STRING TEAM ASSEMBLED....SETTING THE  TONE FOR THE NIGHT.


PIANO CONCERTO NO. 3 IN D MINOR, OP.30 ......SERGEI RACHMANINOV.....PIANIST ROMAN RABINOVICH ONLY 28....HE NEW ALL THE NOTES AND USED A CHAIR INSTEAD OF THE TRADITIONAL PIANO BENCH....DIDN'T SEEM TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN HIS OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE....DELICATE COMPLICATED HAND OVER HAND PIANO ARTISTRY....WONDERFUL TO WATCH FROM STAGE LEFT CLOSE WHERE WE SHOULD ALL SIT FOR PIANO ARTISTS.   REALLY ENJOYED IT....NOT TOO LOUD AND PERFECTLY MARRIED TO THE ORCHESTRA.....CONDUCTOR BOGUSLAW DAVIDOW COOLY BROUGHT THE ORCHESTRA AND SOLOIST INTO A WONDERFULLY MELDED UNIT....GREAT TEAMWORK.
RABINOVICH DID TWO ENCORES.....NEEDLESS TO SAY HE NEW ALL THE MUSIC HERE TOO !
INTERMISSION....CAN'T HELP IT I GUESS.....


TCHAIKOVSKY.....YES...


ALWAYS A TREAT FOR THE WORLDS SECOND GREATEST COMPOSER EVER (STILL LENNON AND MCCARTNEY ON TOP)....TCHAIKOVSKY GAINING A LITTLE WITH ALL I HAVE HEARD LATELY NOT TO EXCLUDE HIS FITH WHICH I HEAR AS I WRITE THIS....


THURSDAY NIGHT IT WAS HIS NO.4 IN F MINOR, OP.36....IT WAS LONG AND NOT AT THE TOP OF MY TCHIAKOVSKY LIST BUT IT WAS STRONGLY INTERPRETTED AND PERFECTLY DELIVERED....THIS SYMPHONY COMPOSED DURING TURBULENT TIMES IN TCHAIKOVSKYS LIFE AND THE MUSIC SEEMED TO REFLECT SOME STRESS.....NADEJA VON MECK THE PATRON FINANCIER FOR MUCH OF TCHAIKOVSKYS LIFE HELPED SUPPORT THIS WORK.....INTERESTING THAT THE TWO NEVER MET...SUCH  IS THE WONDER OF HISTORY HERE AND IN LIFE AND ONE DISCOVERS THIS IN THE PROGRAMS....PRE CONCERT LECTURES AND CONSTANT RESEARCH....GREAT THIS STUFF IS AVAILABLE.


THE ORCHESTRA EVIDENTALLY AT 1024 DID TWO ENCORES WHICH I MISSED...SOMEHOW....TWO AND A HALF HOURS WORE ME DOWN BUT I WOULD HAVE STAYED HAD I KNOWN AND IT WAS SCHINCLIERS LIST AND STARS AND STRIPS FOREVER....I SHOULD HAVE STAYED.


LATE.....94 A


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