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by ED BRUCE edbrucevegas@yahoo.com


LAS VEGAS PHILHARMONIC KICKOFF PROGRAM WITH NEW CONDUCTOR DONATO CABRERA !


WHEN I ENTERED THE SMITH CENTER AND SAW TWO HARPS I KNEW I WAS IN THE RIGHT PLACE....ONLY THING BETTER THAN ONE HARP....TWO HARPS !


FUTURE LVPHIL PROGRAMS.... 15 NOVEMBER 2014...POPS 1 ...SMITH CENTER
                                    22 NOVEMBER 2014...MASTERSWORKS ll...SMITH CENTER


702 749 2000......THESE PROGRAMS....HIGH TICKET DEMAND...GET EM EARLY


THE LV PHIL OPENS THEIR SHOWS WITH A PRE CONCERT TALK...(BEST THING ON THE PROGRAM THIS NIGHT)....THIS GOES AT 645 AND IS MUSIC HISTORY AND A PRE SHOW MUSIC BRIEF....AND QUESTION ANSWERS WITH CONDUCTOR CABRERA...SUPER.


TONIGHTS SHORT PROGRAM FEATURED SOPRANO DEBORAH VOIGT...SHE SANG A COUPLE OF ITALIAN OPERA SONGS IN THE FIRST HALF AND SHOWED OFF HER BRILLIANT VOICE....OF COURSE I WAS UNABLE TO UNDERSTAND WORD ONE....BUT THE SOUND AND BACKUP ORCHESTRA STRONG.....


THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER....TWO WAGNER PIECES AND TWO BEETHOVEN PIECES IN THE FIRST HALF.....BEETHOVENS LEONORE OVERATURE NO.3 MY PICK OF FAVORITES IN THE FIRST HALF.


INTERMISSION...I HAD NO WATCH TONIGHT SO I CAN'T  RAG ON HOW LATE THEY WERE BUT I KNOW THEY WERE....INTERMISSION SEEMED LONG TOO....ENTIRE PROGRAM OVER AT 919 WITH AN ALLEGED 730 KICKOFF.


SOUND IN THE SMITH CENTER IMPROVING....ESPECIALLY PRE SHOW...WITH THE ORCHESTRA YOU DON'T NEED SONG DIALOGUE LIKE IN THEIR PLAYS....THERE IS STILL HOPE HERE AND THEY ARE IMPROVING.


SECOND HALF...A SHORT MASON BATES PIECE ...MUSIC FROM A LIVING COMPOSER !


VOIGT CHANGED HER GORGEOOUS GREEN GOWN WITH A STRIKING WHITE DRESS WITH SILVER SQUARE CENTER PIECE...SHE LOOKED GOOD TO ME.


SHE SANG THREE ENGLISH LANGUAGE SONGS...TWO HAMMERSTEIN AND ONE GERSWIN AND THEN A FINALE.....FIRST CLASS TO SEE LIVE VOCALS IN FRONT OF MY FAVORITE ORCHESTRA.


PRIOR TO THE PREVIEWED ENCORE FINALE AN 18 MINUTE RAVEL PIECE.....LAVALSE.....IT WAS LOUD....EVERYTHING WAS TONIGHT.


A NICE INTERACTION BETWEEN CABRERA ANDD VOIGHT.....HE SAID HE ONLY HAD THREE WEEKS TO PUT TOGETHER THE SEASON AFTER THE TWO YEAR SEARCH FOR HIM WAS FINALIZED.


I LOVE THE ORCHESTRA SOUND....TONIGHT THEY MANAGED TO AVOIDE ANY OF MY FAVORITE MUSIC....THIS OF COURSE WILL NOT BE REPEATED ON 15 NOVEMBER.


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