MASTERWORKS IV

BY ED BRUCE edbrucevegas@yahoo.com


SIMPLY MARVOLOUS.......MARRRRRRVOLOUS.


LOTS OF US LOVE THE STRINGS AND EVEN HAVE COME TO LOVE THE PIANO AFTER SATURDAY NIGHT.


THIS THE LAS VEGAS PHILHARMONIC WHICH IS DOING A PROGRAM A MONTH...STILL NOT ENOUGH FOR ME......


GUEST CONDUCTOR DAVID LOCKINGTON IN HIS SECOND VISIT HERE WON ME OVER 30 SECONDS INTO HIS PRE CONCERT TALK.......WHOEVER THOUGHT THIS IDEA UP CONCEIVED THE GREATEST IDEA EVER SINCE PLANNED PARENTHOOD.


LOCKINGTON...GLIB .....HISTORICAL....INTELLIGENT ANDHE  HUMMED AND SANG SOME NOTES (WHAT A BEAUTIFUL VOICE) WHILE LAYING OUT THE EVENINGS PROGRAM WITH FOOTNOTES ...JOKES AND STUFF....YA STUFF TO WATCH FOR....THIS IS REALLY HELPFUL FOR ME BECAUSE I WANT TO LEARN AND I DO AND I NOW KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR.....THESE PRE SHOW TALKS ARE SO GOOD THEY SHOULD CHARGE SEPARATE ADMISSION FOR THEM AND THEY NOW GIVE THEM AWAY WITH THE CONCERT TICKET....WHAT A BARGAIN.


I WISH TO CAST MY VOTE FOR DAVID LOCKINGTON AS THE LVPHIL PERMANENT CONDUCTOR.


FAR AS I COULD TELL HE DID A GREAT JOB SMILED A LOT AND DELIVERED THE BACON !


OH YES....MUSIC.


5 MINUTE MUSSORGSKY ....DAWN ON THE MOSCOW RIVER.....DELICATE ...SOFT....PERFECT..STRINGS !


THE PIANO....


GUEST ARTIST ALEXANDER SCHIMPF PLAYING TCHAIKOVSKY'S PIANO CONCERTO NO.1 OP.23 B FLAT MINOR.....WHATEVER THE HELL THAT MEANS....WHAT IT MEANS TO ME WAS FAMILIAR THEMES PLAYED BY SCHIMPF....PREVIEWED BY LOCKINGTON AND MELDED PERFECT WITH THE SUPER LAS VEGAS PHILHARMONIC....NICE BLEND AND TEAMWORK ON THIS....SCHIMPF IN AN EARLY INTERVIEW MENTIONED HIS PLAN TO WORK WITH THE ORCHESTRA RATHER THAN DEMANDING AN AGENDA....LOOKED TO ME AND SOUNDED TO ME LIKE THEY GOT IT PERFECT.....FOR PIANO I LIKE TO STRATEGICALLY POSITION MYSELF TO STAGE LEFT CLOSE TO CATCH THE FINGER WORK OF THE ARTIST....LOCKINGTON PREVIEWED THIS THEME BUT I HAD ALREADY MADE THE DECISION TO MAKE THE POSITIONALLY PERFECT EFFORT TO SEE THIS....BOY WAS IT MAGNIFICENT....THREE MOVEMENTS HERE AND I GUESS IT IS FUTILE TO THINK LAS VEGAS AUDIENCES WOULD NOT APPLAUD DURING THE MOVEMENTS......I WAITED TIL THE CONCLUSION.


INTERMISSION.....INTERESTING TO ME THAT THE ST PETERSBURG ORCHESTRA ALL ENTER THE EMPTY STAGE AT THE SAME TIME LIKE THEY WERE ON A TEAM AND INVADING THE UKRAINE.....HERE THE LVPHL PLAYERS COME AND GO AT THEIR LEISURE...MEANS NOTHING REALLY OTHER THAN I NOTICED.


45 MINUTE FINALE...JEAN  SIBELIUS...SYMPHONY NO 2, OP. 43 D MAJOR.


THIS COMPLETES THE PROGRAM FROM THE PERFECTLY DEAD COMPOSERS (ALWAYS A PLUS..THIS INCLUDES A FINE HISTORICAL LIST).....LOTS OF OPPORTURNITYS HERE TO CLOSE YOU EYES AND REALLY FOCUS ON THE THEMES AND DIFFERENT INSTRUMENTS.


I HAD A SWELL TIME....THE SMITH CENTER DOWNTOWN MUST HAVE MADES SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO THEIR SOUND SYSTEM...JUST GREAT THIS NIGHT.....TRUE EARLY IN THE PRECONCERT TALK WHERE LOCKINGTON TALKED ABOUT REVERBRATION OFF THE THICK WALLS.....I AM PAYING ATTENTION.


THANKS LVPHIL YOU REMAIN A LAS VEGAS TREASURE


LVPHIL....NEXT...SMITH CENTER...POPS IV "LOVE VINTAGE LAS VEGS STYLE"  5 APRIL 2014
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