Thursday, January 18, 2018

LAS VEGAS PHILHARMONIC ...NEXT

BY ED BRUCE edbrucevegas@yahoo.com

SOUNDS FROM TWILIGHT   10 FEB 18   730PM  SMITH CENTER  702 749 2000


Saturday, February 10, 2018 - 7:30pm

JUST FINISHED YET ANOTHER LV PHIL MASTERPIECE

THIS .....MUSCIANS CHOICE........ WITH THREE PHIL ARTISTS...ALL UNLV TEACHING PLAYING ARTISTS !

FIRST THE PRE SHOW AT 630....STILL THE BEST
EDUCATIONAL FUN TOOL AT THE SMITH CENTER
EVERY CONCERT WITH CONDUCTOR DONATO CABRERA AND THIS NIGHT THE  TRIO...

WHEN YOU HIT THE ARENA AND THERE IS A HARP CENTER STAGE AND NO DRUMS ON STAGE YOU GOT A WINNER  ! ! !

HARPIST KIMBERLEY GLENNIE LED OFF WITH CLAUDE DEBUSSY......DANSES SACREE ET PROFANE..ALL CONCERTS SHOULD START THIS WAY...
WAY TOO BRIEF..

NEXT... OBOEIST STEPHEN CAPLAN WITH RALPH
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS CONCERTO FOR OBOE AND
STRINGS IN A MINOR....BRILLIANT IN SOUND AND
CAPLAN EQUALLY BRILLIANT AND ENLIGHTENING
IN THE PRE SHOW...WILLIAMS WORK WAY UNDER
RECOGNIZED IN HIS TIME AND NOW...MORE LATER.

THIRD....ANDREW SMITH CELLO WITH CARL PHILLIP
EMMANUEL BACH....CELLO CONCERTO IN A MAJOR
Wq.172    PERFECT BLEND OF ORCHESTRA AND
CELLO....NO DRUMS ON STAGE  ALL STRINGS
LOVELY...GREAT ARRANGEMENT MELD HERE....

AND IF THESE THREE PRINCIPALS WITH THE PHIL
WERE NOT ENOUGH....THEY DID THE FINALE...
ENORMOUS....WILLIAMS ,,,,,FANTASIA...SOFT
NEAR SILENT STRING ETIQUETTE....IT WAS GREAT
LEFT 1500 TALKING ABOUT IT ALL THE WAY HOME...
BOY THIS WAS WONDERFUL...

SALUTE....

NEXT ....AGAIN....SOUNDS FROM TWILIGHT  10 FEB
THE SMITH CENTER PRE...SHOW...630

THANKS TO ALL FOR LETTING ME LIVE LONG
ENOUGH TO ENJOY THESE SUPERLATIVE CONCERTS.

110 A+ A+ A+



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