10 JANUARY 2015...WHAT A DAY...A DAY FOR "BABES"
STARTED WITH MY WIFES BIRTHDAY BREAKFAST WITH FAMILY ...CONTINUED WITH A FIVE STRING HARP CONCERT AND CONCLUDED WITH THE LAS VEGAS PHILHARMONIC CONCERT AT THE SMITH CENTER DOWNTWON LAS VEGAS.
ALL CLASSIC POSITIVE EXPERIENCES IN THE LIFE OF ONE OLD REVIEWER !
PHILHARMONIC 2 MINUTES LATE AND PRE TALK ALSO 2 MINUTES LATE !
NOW RANDOM THOUGHTS AND REACTIONS TO THE SYMPHONY !
BESIDES MY WIFE.. THE THREE WOMEN WHO PLAYED A CLASS ACTION PROGRAM CONCLUDING MY DAY WERE LV PHIL GUEST CONDUCTOR REI HOTODA...VIOLINIST BELLA HRISTOVA....AND LV PHIL CONCERTMASTER DEANN LETOURNEAU....
THANK YOU ALL FOR THE MUSICAL GENIUS YOU POSSESS.
THE LV PHIL CONTINUEs TO OPEN THEIR CONCERTS WITH PRE SHOW TALKS BY THE CONCERT CONDUCTOR AND SOMETINES GUEST ARTIST....NEXT TO POKER MACHINES IN THE BAR AND PLANNED PARETNHOOD ....THIS THE WORLDS GREATEST IDEA......HOTODA MAKING HER SECOND APPEARANCE HERE EQUAL TO THE MICROPHONE AS SHE IS TO THE BATON....WHILE I WONDER WHY WE NEED A GUEST CONDUCTOR I FIND HOTODA A WELCOME ADDITION TO MY ENTERTAINMENT TASTES ANY TIME.....SHE RAN OVER THE MUSIC ...INTRODUCED THE GUEST AND UNFORTUNATELY LEFT TOO SOON AND TOOK NO QUESTIONS.....I LOOKED UP HER BIO AND AT 44 SHE HAS MONUMENTAL CREDITS AND THEY ALL APPEARED TO BE ON DISPLAY SATURDAY NIGHT.
RAVEL'S MOTHER GOOSE SUITE OPENED THE PROGRAM ....GREATLY ENHANCED BY THE PRE SHOW TALK AND CRACKED OPEN 17 MINUTES OF MAGIC.
MAX BRUCH'S VIOLIN CONCERTO NO.1 IN G MINOR, OP.26.....UP NEXT....GUEST VIOLIN VIRTUOSO BELLA HRISTOVA NAILED THIS ONE...PROBABLY THE SECOND BEST VIOLIN CONCERTO EVER (NEXT TO TCHIAKOVSKY)....HRISTOVA WAS OUT ALL TOO BRIEFLY IN THE PRE SHOW TALK AND SAID THIS PIECE JUST "SPARKLED"...IT DID AND SHE DID TOO.....GORGEOUS YOUNG WOMAN FROM BULGARIA.....EDUCATED...WARM....TALENTED....TRAINED...HOW COULD YOU GET ENOUGH OF HER...SHE FOLLOWED THE BRUCH CONCERTO WITH A SWEET BULGARIAN DANCE ENCORE....ALSO TOO BRIEF....WHAT A FUTURE....BEST I HAVE SEEN FROM BULGARIA SINCE I COVERED THEIR MENS VOLLEYBALL VICTORY OVER THE USA'S GOLD MEDAL WINNING TEAM HERE....IN 1984 !
INTERMISSION....ALWAYS A DOWNER...NOBODY LEFT !
FINALE...36 MINUTE SYMPHONY NO.8 IN G MAJOR,OP.88...FROM ANTONIN DVORAK....ALWAYS GREAT TO HEAR FROM MY CZECH HISTORY.....HOTODA SAID NO.8 WAS THE PREVIEW TO THE CLASS "NEW WORLD SYMPHONY NO.9" BY DVORAK.
THIS ONE A BIT HORNY AND DRUMMY IN THE FIRST AND LAST MOVEMENTS AND MAYBE A TAD LOUD...CAN'T GET ENOUGH STRINGS. LVPHIL DIDN'T HURT IT !
CONCERTMASTER LETORNEAU.....I ALWAYS FEEL AT HOME AND AT EASE WITH CONCTROL WHEN YOU LEAD THE ORCHESTRA....PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME.
ONE WONDERFUL NIGHT....THE LVPHIL REMAINS ONE OF LAS VEGAS'S TOP TREASURES....
BACK SOON FOR YOU VALENTINE FREAKS "ME"...14 FEBRUARY 2015 SMITH CENTER
POPS III : A GERSHWIN VALENTINE.....THERE WILL BE AT LEAST ONE IN ATTENDANCE.....FOR YOU 702 749 2000
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