BY ED BRUCE edbrucevegas@yahoo.com
MASTERWORKS......IT SURE AS HELL WAS !
THIS ....THE LAS VEGAS PHILHARMONIC AT THE SMITH CENTER....LETS REPHRASE....THE GREAT LAS VEGAS PHILHARMONIC...OF COURSE I AM PREJUDICE....HISTORICALLY AND PREJUDICALLY PREJUDICE...THAT WITH JUST CAUSE.
THE SEASON NEARLY OVER AND NOW THE TIME TO PLAN FOR TICKETS FOR NEXT SEASON...THE SCHEDULE OUT....702 749 2000
I CONTINUE TO RAVE ABOUT THE PRE CONCERT PROGRAMS AT 645....ITS TAKING EFFECT...BIG CROWD FOR THIS ONE.
DONATO CABRERA CONDUCTOR AND JOYCE YANG PIANIST DID 26 TOO SHORT MINUTES ALONG WITH A SOUND SPECIALIST WHO DID A NICE INTERVIEW AND IS WORKING ON THE HORRIBLE SOUND IN THE SMITH CENTER FOR BROADWAY SHOWS. THE SOUND FOR SYMPHONY NEVER AN ISSUE AND CABRERA AND THIS TECHNICIAN COVERED SOME INTERESTING ASPECTS IN THIS WONDEFULLY INFORMATIVE PRE SHOW TALK.....THE ORCHESTRA AGAIN SET UP DIFFERENTLY FOR FIRST HALF AND SECOND HALF PROGRAMS....THE WHAT AND WHY OF HOW THAT WORKS WAS GREAT....AGAIN I THINK THEY SHOULD CHARGE EXTRA FOR THIS PRE SHOW PROGRAM IT IS ALWAYS SUPER AND REALLY HELPS YOU ENJOY THE MUSIC.
THEY DID NOT HAVE TIME FOR INFO ON TCHIAKOVSKYS FIFTH WHICH COULD HAVE TOOK THEM TO YET ANOTHER LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE.
CONDUCTOR DONATO.... SUPERB IN HIS PRE SHOW....ROBIN WILLIAMSESQUE IN HIS EFFORTS TO TELL....SHOW AND INFORM....ALWAYS LOVED YOU DONATO AND YOU HAVE REACHED THE LEVEL OF ONE OF MY HEROES...NOT TOO MANY ON THAT LIST.
IN THE PRE SHOW PIANIST JOYCE YANG EQUALLY INFORMATIVE AND EDUCATIONAL ON HER CAREER AND HER PASSION FOR RACHMANINOFFS .....RHAPSODY ON A THEME OF PAGANIN, OP 43
NICE TO BE ON THE STAGE LEFT CLOSE TO SEE THE HAND WORK OF THE PIANIST (GIVING AWAY SECRETS HERE)....YANG WITH REALLY REALLY SMALL HANDS TOLD HOW RACHMANINOFFS FIVE INCH FINGERS DIFFERED FROM HERS AND HOW MUCH WORK HER PIECE WAS......I WAS ABLE TO GUESS THE COLOR OF HER CONCERT GOWN...MEANS NOTHING OTHER THAN WE HAD CONNECTED PRIOR TO HER PERFORMANCE....THAT...... THANKS TO HER.
LOTS OF MY REVIEW HERE PRE SHOW RELEVANT AND ALMOST THE HIGHLITE OF THE EVENING PRIOR TO KICKOFF...ACTUALLY IT WAS !
OH...MUSIC...
THEY ACTUALLY STARTED ONE MINUTE EARLY.....MY PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED....WHAT NOT TO LIKE HERE.
JOHN ADAMS ...THE CHAIRMAN DANCES, FOXTROT FOR ORCHESTRA............................ 12 MINUTES.....LOVE THE TIMES AND THE BACKGROUND IN THE GREAT PROGRAM...THIS DIFFERENT AND PERFECT TO OPEN THE SHOW.
RACHMANINOFF AND YANG....THIS WOULD MAKE THE PIANO GROW ON YOU....I HAVE SUFFERED WITH SOME BANGING ON THE KEYS IN PIANO SOLOISTS...NOT HERE AND ALSO A LOVELY BLEND OF PIANO AND ORCHESTRA AND SOLOIST....SHE TOOK THREE CURTAIN CALLS AND ONLY PISSED US OFF BY NOT DOING AN ENCORE.
WHAT A LOVELY 27 YEAR GENIUS TO GRACE THE LAS VEGAS STAGE.
NOT TOO LONG ON INTERMISSION
TCHIAKOVSKY'S FIFTH....WELL WHAT ? THIS OF COURSE ONE OF THE GREAT WORKS OF ALL TIME AND ACTUALLY DOWN ON TCHIAKOVSKY'S LIST OF GENIUS WORKS BEHIND THE THREE BALLETS AND THE UNTOUCHABLE VIOLIN CONCERTO.
LOVED IT ! TCHIAKOVSKY THE GREATEST COMPOSER OF ALL TIME FOR 242 YEARS TIL LENNON AND MCCARTNEY !
NOTHING MORE TO SAY OTHER THAN WHATS NEXT..MAY 16
POPS V: "A TRIBUTE TO THE MUSIC OF FRANK SINATRA"....WE CAN ONLY HOPE THE SCHEDULED DRUMMER IS ILL OR MISSES THE PLANE !
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HOW LUCKY I AM TO LIVE IN LAS VEGAS AND ENJOY THIS.....YOU TOO !
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