POPS IV

BY ED BRUCE edbrucevegas@yahoo.com

IT JUST GETS BETTER AND BETTER AND BETTER...

YES... THATS FROM THE LAS VEGAS PHILHARMONIC MOST PREJUDICED BIGGEST FAN !

SATURDAY A 7 PIECE DELUXE SELECTION OF CLASSICAL SHORTS FROM THE PHIL AND CONDUCTOR DONATO CABRERA.

STARTED ON TIME.... GREAT PROGRAM...HE SELECTED MUSIC I LIKED AND THE ORCHESTRA RESPONDED IN KIND....SWEET TO SEE SUCH JOY ON THE FACES OF THE PLAYERS AS THEY RAN OVER THIS LOVELY HISTORIC LINEUP OF COMPOSERS.

OH...OH.....THE NEXT SEASON IS READY....RELEASED ....SCHEDULED AND READY TO GO...I ONLY SUGGEST YOU GET IN LINE BEHIND ME FOR YOUR 2015-2016 LINEUP.
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GEE THIS WAS WONDERFUL....

INTERSTING THAT I WAS JOINED BY MY 25 YEAR OLD NEPHEW WHO NEVER BEFORE HAD ATTENDED THE ORCHESTRA AND ACTUALLY RECOGNZED SOME THEMES AND REALLY ENJOYED IT....WE CAN REACH THE MASSES.

OPENER./....A PREMIERE PERFORMANCE.....NEWMAN ( LIVE COMPOSER-ONE OF THE FEW) NICE....SHORT...ENERGETIC...COMPOSED FOR CONDUCTOR DONATO.

THEN....THE REAL WINNER..ROSSINI....OVERTURE TO THE BARBER OF SEVILLE...THE BACKGROUND MUSIC TO ELMER FUDD AND BUGS BUNNY CHASING EACH OTHER AROUND THE FOREST....MORE THAN DELIGHTFUL....CABRERA EXPLAINED IT....LOVED IT AND EXHALTED IN CONDUCTING IT....HARD TO TOP THIS.

TCHAIKOVSKY...CAPRICCIO ITALIEN,OP.45....IF THERE WAS A WAY TOP ROSSINI THIS WAS IT.....VIGOROUS....FULL OF LIFE...TCHAIKOVSKY STILL THE WORLDS SECOND GREATEST COMPOSER NEXT TO LENNON AND MCCARTNEY....GREAT.

BERNSTEIN ....THREE EPISODES FROM "ON THE TOWN"....THEY CAME IN AN ALTERED STATE FROM THE SINATRA-KELLY MOVIE....I TEND TO LOVE THE ORIGINAL HISTORICAL PATTERNS.

23 MINUTES FOR INTERMISSION

RIMSKY-KORSAKOV.....CAPRICCIO ESPAGNOL....HARD TO TOP THE FIRST HALF...
NICE VIOLIN IN THIS THAT I AM PREJUDICE TO..

SIBELIUS....VALSE TRISTE ...SENSUOUS....MILDLY RECEIVED

COPLAND....FOUR DANCE EPISODES FROM RODEO.....FAMILAR THEMES GREAT CLOSER.

THIS ORCHESTRA EXCELLS IN EXCELLENCE...CHARACTER....DIRECTION AND AFTER A YEAR DONATO CABRERA NOW AN OFFICIAL MEMBER OF MY FAMILY OF LOVE.

PRETTY GOOD SOUND TONIGHT IN THE SMITH CENTER ALWAYS CHALLENGING SOUND SYSTEM !

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