POPS V

BY ED BRUCE edbrucevegas@yahoo.com

I CONTINUE TO SUPPORT AND ADMIRE THE LAS VEGAS PHILHARMONIC.

LAST SHOW OF THE SEASON....A TRIBUTE TO THE MUSIC OF FRANK SINATRA.

I HAD AN ISSUE WITH THIS BEFORE IT STARTED AND THE ISSUE SURFACED !

WHY WOULD YOU NOT HAVE VOCALS TO THE SINATRA SONGBOOK ?

ANYWAY THIS STARTED ON TIME WITH WONDERFUL SINATRA ARRANGEMENTS PLAYED BY THE WONDERFUL LAS VEGAS PHIL.

 18 SONGS..... ONLY TWO VOCALS BY GUEST CONDUCTOR MATT CATINGUB....OK.

HOPE I NEVER AGAIN SEE A SET OF DRUMS IN FRONT OF THE ORCHESTRA THIS ORCHESTRA OR ANY ORCHESTRA.......... AND ALSO ON THE DOWN SIDE A GLASS PARTION IN FRONT OF THE WINDS ...THAT BETWEEN THE PIANO AND DRUM SET....SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.....WE HAD MY TWO LEAST FAVORITE INSTRUMENTS STAGE CENTER IN FRONT OF THE ORCHESTRA...THUS DENYING MY IMMEDIATE BOND TO THE HARP AND OTHER STRINGS.

ANYWAY...IT WASN'T SO BAD..... THE ORCHESTRA WAS GREAT AS USUAL AND THE DRUM SET ONLY MARGINLY TOO LOUD......THE SONG BOOK WONDERFUL..... WITH "MOONLIGHT IN VERMONT"....LEADING THE WAY.

ON THURSDAY BRUCE EWING....BRET BARRET AND CLINT HOLMES....ON THIS STAGE SANG THE MUSIC OF HAL PRINCE....WHAT A NOVEL IDEA TO HOLD THEM OVER ..EACH FOR 3 NUMBERS...THAT COULD HAVE KICKED THIS PLAN INTO OVERDRIVE !

HARD TO NOT LIKE CATINGUB...HE DID SOME NICE HISTORY ON THE SONGS WHICH EVERYONE LOVES AND HE CAN SING AND HE CAN CONDUCT AND HE CAN RUIN HIS OWN SHOW WITH HIS MARRIAGE TO THE DRUMMER....WELL NOT RUIN...BUT OVER ACCENT!

LOVE THE LAS VEGAS PHIL...NEW SEASON SCHEDULE AVAILABLE.............................. 702 749 2000................................SUGGESTING HERE THAT WE ALL PARTAKE IMMEDIATELY.

DAMN GOOD MUSIC AT THE SMITH CENTER SATURDAY NIGHT.

99 A+

A TASTE OF THE MENU FOR 2015-2016 FOLLOWS


2015 - 2016 Season

Beethoven & Brahms:
Opening Night
Saturday, September 12, 2015 - 7:30 P.M.
Location: The Smith Center
Donato Cabrera, conductor
Andrew Tyson, piano

Cabrera Celebrates Sibelius
Saturday, November 21, 2015 - 7:30 P.M.
Location: The Smith Center
Donato Cabrera, conductor
Alexi Kenney, violin

Cabrera Conducts Rachmaninoff
Saturday, January 9, 2016 - 7:30 P.M.
Sunday, January 10, 2016 - 2:00 P.M.
Location: The Smith Center
Donato Cabrera, conductor
Martina Filjak, piano

Cabrera Conducts Mozart
Saturday, March 5, 2016 - 7:30 P.M.
Location: The Smith Center
Donato Cabrera, conductor
De Ann Letourneau, violin

Cabrera Conducts Tchaikovsky
Saturday, May 21, 2016 - 7:30 P.M.
Sunday, May 22, 2016 - 2:00 P.M.
Location: The Smith Center
Donato Cabrera, conductor
Oliver Herbert,