AN EVENING AND MORE.....
D
DTHIS A CLASSICAL PRESENTATION WITH MARSALIS AND THE
CHAMBER ORCHESTRA OF PHILADELPHIA...!
WHEN I ENTERED THE GREAT HAM HALL ON THE UNLV CAMPUS
TONIGHT AND MET 20 MUSICIANS....19 STRING PLAYERS AND A
HARPSICORD I KNEW I WAS IN THE RIGHT SPOT...NO DRUMS..NO
HORNS....MUSIC FROM DEAD COMPOSERS...THOSE ARE THE BEST
AND I AM TALKING REALLY DEAD....TONIGHT...THE COMPOSERS
BORN IN 1685...1671...1668...1685...1695 AND BACH AGAIN AT 1685.
WELL SEASONED STUFF HERE.
MARSALIS AND HIS CONTEMPORARY SAX AND THIS BEAUTIFUL
STRING GROUP IN THE WORLDS GREATEST SOUND STAGE...THE HAM
HALL....ITS AS IF THIS ARENA WERE MADE FOR THIS SHOW...JUST
PERFECT.....PURE CLEAN NOTES PLAYED BY WORLD CLASS
MUSICIANS.
AMAZING THAT LOTS OF BOZOS FOUND FIT TO APPLAUD AT EACH
PAUSE....THEY NEVER LEARN...SOME ARRIVED LATE TOO.
NOT THE SHOW....STARTED ON TIME....TWO HOURS...LOVELY SOUND
....NO CONDUCTER....JUST A CONCERT MASTER....(SHE DIDN'T HURT THE
MENU).
THANKS TO UNLV FOR THEIR CONTINUED EFFORTS IN WORLD CLASS
EVENTS IN A WORLD CLASS VENUE....
TUESDAY AT HAM HALL...FREE BARRICK LECTURE WITH RITA MORENO
AND OTHERS AND A CLASSICAL PROGRAM THURSDAY 702 895 2787
WE HAD DINNER TONIGHT AT THE LOUD HARD ROCK CASINO WITH
JUST CRAP AS OVERHEAD NOISE...WHAT A PAIN....THEN I WENT TO
HAM HALL FOR THE ULTIMATE ANTECDOTE....WHAT ?
BACH...ALBINONI....COUPERIN...DORNELL AND LOCATELLI...ALL NICELY
DEAD FOR 250 YEARS...ALL LIVE ON THROUGH WHAT THE LEFT US
WITH ON TONIGHTS PROGRAM....WITH THE EXCEPTION OF NEIL SEDAKA
AND PAUL MCCARTNEY NO LIVING COMPOSERS WHET THE APETITE.
THANKS TO UNLV PERFORMING ARTS SERIES
100 A+
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