Saturday, March 21, 2015

MUSIC AT UNLV

BY ED BRUCE edbrucevegas@yahoo.com

A DOUBLE-HEADER ....THEY OVERLAPPED...BAD PLANNING

ORGAN CONCERT AT RANDO RECITAL HALL...... ON TIME........ WONDERFUL........... KICK OFF AT 730 ON THE NOSE...GREAT STUFF FROM THE LOCAL MASTER PAUL HESSELINK...VOCALS AND DANCE ADDED TO THIS........ BECAUSE I HAD TO GO THE HAM HALL AT 8 FOR SYMPHONY..... I MISSED IT.

SEEMS HARD FOR THE 76 PIECE MEXICAN ORCHESTRA TO REPROGRAM...YET THE ORGAN CONCERT COULD HAVE GONE ANYTIME WITH LOCAL TALENT AND THEN I COULD HAVE HEARD ALL OF BOTH....TRYING TO LOOK OUT FOR EVERYONES INTERESTS HERE....MINE IN PARTICULAR !

 MEXICAN NATIONAL ORCHESTRA...GREAT TO GET TO HAM HALL FOR THEIR GREAT SOUND AND WORLD CLASS PROGRAM.
JUST AMAZING ......THIS THE FINALE OF A 43 CONCERT TOUR AND I WISH HAD BEEN ABLE TO SEE THEM ALL.

TURINA....TRES DANZAS FANTASTICAS,OP22......GREAT OPENING NUMBER...PERFECTLY SET THE NIGHT...GREAT INFO ABOUT THIS IN THE FIRST CLASS PROGRAM.

THEN

GUITAR CONCERTO, SOUTHERN MANUEL PONCE....PLAYED BY ALFONSO MORENO GUITAR GENUIS...HE PROVED IT...DID A NICE ENCORE WITHT THE ORCHESTRA....MORENO TRULY ONE OF THE WORLDS GREATEST INTERPETERS OF CLASSICAL GUITAR...WON 1968 PARIS INTERNATIONAL GUITAR COMPETTION...DIDNT LOOK THAT OLD....HE IS ONE OF THE EARTHS TREASURES !

SHORT (THANK YOU) INTERMISSION

THEN

JOHANNES BRAHMS...SYMPHONY NO.1 IN C MINOR, OP.68.....NO SMALL TASK HERE AS BRAHMS TOOK 15 YEARS FOR THIS AND WAS 43 AT ITS BIRTHDATE...AT 35 MOZART HAD WRITTEN 40...JUST TRIVIA.    15 YEARS WELL SPENT !

IT WAS WONDERFUL

2 SUPER ENCORES...THANKS TO UNLV FOR THEIR CONTINUING PERFORMING ARTS PROGRAMS AND THANKS FOR HAM HALL WHICH REMAINS THE CITYS PREMEIR SOUND VENUE....YES

105 A+

NEXT AT UNLV BRASIL GUITAR DUO 15 APRIL 2015 8PM  702 895 2787...GO

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