BY ED BRUCE edbrucevegas@yahoo.com
DON'T GET BETTER THAN THIS !
THE LAS VEGAS PHILHARMONIC AT THE SMITH CENTER SATURDAY NIGHT HALF MOON...PERFECT !
THIS POPS CONCERT STARTED ON TIME WITH CONDUCTOR MATT CATINGUB CERTAINLY AT THE CONTROLS AND THEN SOME......HARD TO IMAGINE THE WORK PUT INTO THIS WITH ARRANGEMENTS...REHEARSALS....PLANNING AND TALENT.....CATINGUB CERTAINLY WITH MORE THAN A NORMAL SHARE OF TALENT WHEN THEY PASSED THAT OUT....HE SINGS...HE ARRANGES...HE CONDUCTS...HE PLAYS THE PIANO...HE PLAYS THE SAX....HE DOES HISTORY MUSIC TALKS AND I AM SURE HE DID VALENT AND FUNDRAISING TOO.....WHAT A JOB.....WHEN A GUY ENTERS ON TIME IN A PURPLE COAT HE INSTANTLY WINS ME OVER !
TONIGHTS CONCERT HAD NO PRE SHOW TALK BUT THAT WAS COVERED IN AS "COPA GIRLS" HOSTED A SPECIAL AFTERNOON EVENT DOWNTOWN LAS VEGAS .....A TOUR OF THE HOME OF SANDS HOTEL MUSIC DIRECTOR ANTONIO MORELLI........MORELLI CONDUCTED FOR FRANK AND DEAN AND SAMMY AND NAT KING COLE AND ALL SANDS MUSIC SHOWS.....AND FOR THE COPA GIRLS WHO DANCED THERE . THE HOME WAS MOVED TO ITS EIGHTH AND BRIDGER SITE WHEN THE WYNN WAS BUILT IN 1999 ...IT IS ON THE HISTORIC REGISTER........ 14 COPA GIRLS HOSTED THIS EVENT AND 4 ATTENDED THE CONCERT TONIGHT WHICH FEATURED MUSIC OF THAT ERA...FRANK ...SAMMY....DEAN....NAT AND OTHERS.
BACK TO THE CONCERT....GREAT ARRANGEMENTS....MAYBE SOUPED UP WITH SOLOS AND SOME VOCALS.....BOTH CATINGUB AND SINGER ANITA HALL DID SOLOS AND DUETS....FOR SOME REASON IT SEEMED ODD THAT A FEMALE VOICE WOULD DO THESE MALE CLASSICS....THERE WAS CERTAINLY NO FLAW IN HALLS WORK...10 SONGS FOUR DRESSES...SHE LOOKED GREAT AND SANG GREAT ...I WOULD HAVE PICKED SOME DIFFERENT SINGERS FOR THIS LINE OF SONGS.
I REALLY ENJOYED MOONLIGHT IN VERMONT WHERE THE HORNS SAT AND THE HARP AND VIOLIN PREVAILED TO THE EVENINGS BEST ARRANGEMENT.
LOTS OF WORK PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.....ARRANGEMENTS AND HISTORY ON EACH PIECE WITH SOLOS ON MOST.....THE HORNS SAT STAGE RIGHT WITH DRUMMER STEVE MORETTI....AND BASS PLAYER CHRIS DAVIS CENTER AROUND THE PIANO.....THAT WITH ALL THE STRINGS PUSHED FAR LEFT AND NOT HEARD OFTEN ENOUGH....(ESPECIALLY FOR ME).....I STILL MANAGEWD TO GET A GREAT FEEL FOR THE TOTAL PICTURE...WITH THIS CONTINUING GREAT LAS VEGAS PHILHARMONIC.
THE ORCHESTRA STILL SEEMS IN A SEARCH FOR ITS PERMANENT CONDUCTOR....THE LAST ONE HERE WAS TERRIFIC AND GOT MY VOTE....I HAVE SINCE FORGOT HIS NAME....CATINGUB CERTAINLY WOULD NOT BE A BAD CHOICE WITH HIS MULTI TALENTED HISTORY AND VIBRANT PERSONALITY...I LOVED HIM ....THIS HIS SECOND TRIP HERE (4 JULY 2013).
WHEN YOU MISS ONE OF THESE CONCERTS IT IS GONE FOREVER...I AM STILL AFRAID I AM GOING TO DIE AND MISS SOMETHING.....NEXT UP FROM THE LAS VEGAS PHIL FOR ME NOT TO MISS...
26 APRIL MASTERWORKS V...LOVE AROUND THE WORLD
17 MAY POPS V "PARIS,JE TAIME" (WHATEVER THAT IS ...IT WILL BE GOOD)
702 749 2000
I LOVE MY LAS VEGAS PHILHARMONIC
101 A+ A+
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