Sunday, October 25, 2015

PASSPORT TO THE WORLD

BY ED BRUCE edbrucevegas@yahoo.com

ACTUALLY......... PASSPORT TO EUROPE...

THIS THE LAS VEGAS PHILHARMONIC ONE NIGHTER AT THE SMITH CENTER

 
AS ALWAYS THE PRE SHOW TALK BY CONDUCTOR DONATO CABRERA A WONDERFUL BASIC .....MUSIC HISTORY 101 !

MORE AND MORE ATTENDING THESE INFORMATIVE TALKS AT 630 EACH CONCERT NIGHT...CABRERA DID 40 MINUTES TALKED ABOUT EACH OF THE 10 SHORT PIECES ON THE PROGRAM AND TOOK QUESTIONS....HE IS INCREASINGLY FABULOUS FOR THIS PROCESS......DVORK'S...SLAVONIC DANCE HE SAID WAS "MUSIC TO SOOTHE YOUR CZECH GRANDMOTHER".....I AM SURE... I WAS THE ONLY ONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO HAD TWO CZECH GRANDMOTHERS ! ! !

THE PROGRAM HAD 9 COMPOSERS "ALL FROM EUROPE".....ALL LIVED AT THE SAME TIME AND WERE ALIVE AT THE SAME 28 YEARS..... 1876-1904.....CABRERA TOLD ME THIS MEANT NOTHING AND WAS ONLY A SPACE IN TIME WHEN THESE SHORT NUGGETS WERE COMPOSED.....SO MUCH GOOD STUFF IN THESE HISTORY LESSONS ....I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE.....IT WIL BE 21 NOVERMBER 2015 AT THE SMITH CENTER..................CABRERA CELEBRATES SIBELIUS.

SIBELIUS ONE OF THE CONDUCTORS FAVORITES.....TWO PIECES IN TONIGHTS CONCERT....CABRERA SO ANXIOUS TO DO THE SECOND HE ALMOST FORGOT THE WONDER EDWARD GREIG FINALE.....WE HAD LOTS OF FUN WITH THAT.

EVERYONE HAS DIFFERENT TASTES....TONIGHT I ESPECIALLY ENJOYED GLIERE....DANCE OF THE RUSSIAN SAILORS AND ELGARS POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE.

THE CONDUCTOR HAS GREAT ZEST AND EMOTION IN INTERPRETING THE MUSIC......A WONDERFUL MAGNETIC PASSION THAT TRANSFERS TO THE AUDIENCE.

PROBABLY A SELLOUT ON THIS NIGHT...YOU WILL WANT TO GET TICKETS EARLY......
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THE "PHIL" CONTINUES TO BE ONE OF LAS VEGAS TREASURES....MINE IN PARTICULAR.

OF ALL THINGS...... I GAVE UP THE PBR FINALS AT THE THOMAS AND MACK TONIGHT FOR THIS ....GLAD I DID....

NEEDS TO BE HEARD TO BE APPRECIATED.
STARTED ON TIME

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