BY ED BRUCE edbrucevegas@yahoo.com
GERSHWIN.....SORT OF...THE BEST FOR LAST....AND FIRST
THE CONSISTENTLY ENTERTAINING ENLIGHTENING INFORMATIONAL PRE SHOW TALKS CONTINUE AND EACH CONTINUES TO BE BETTER THAN THE LAST....MORE OF THE SAME TODAY....CONDUCTOR DONATO CABRERA.....CLARINET CORY TIFFIN AND PIANIST ANDREW ARMSTONG....WHAT A HOOT...TOLD STORIES...DID HISTORIES MADE JOKES AND ANSWERED QUESTIONS AND LED ME DOWN THE ROAD OF CONTINUING THE EDUCATION OF THIS MUSIC REPORTER....40 MINUTES ....WOW ....STILL THINK THIS WORTH ANOTHER ADMISSION PRICE.
THIS CONCERT..... JAZZ....NOT MY FAVORITE STUFF...HORNS AND DRUMS AND LACK OF STRINGS....STRAVINSKY...MILHAUD AND BERNSTEIN IN THE FIRST HALF.
SECOND HALF STRONG WITH LV PHIL PRINCIPAL CORY TIFFIN THE SOLOIST...LOVED HIM AND LOVED HIS PRE SHOW TALK EVEN MORE.
RAPHSODY IN BLUE....WHAT TO SAY....ITS BEEN GREAT FOR NEARLY A CENTURY....LIKED IT AT THE 84 0LYMPICS WITH 84 STEINWAYS....LIKED ON THE MOUND AT CASHMAN FIELD AND I LOVED IT EVERYWHERE ELSE AND WILL AGAIN !
THIS TIME SPECIAL.... SET UP IN THE JAZZ LINEUP OF INSTRUMENTS THAT GERSWHIN USED IN 1924 WHEN HE PREMIRED IT.....ALWAYS LOTS OF TWISTS AND ARRANGEMENT FOR THIS PIECE (AND OTHERS)...I LIKE TRADITION AND THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME IN THIS FLORMAT FOR ARMSTRONG.....HE WENT OVER BIG.
SO INTERESTING THAT MOZART 35 VAN GOGH 37 AND GERSWHIN 38 LIVED SUCH SHORT LIVES BUT DELIVERED HALL OF FAME EFFORTS TO THE ARTS....PRETTY MUCH MY FAVORITE TRIO !
WHAT A TREAT THIS ORCHESTRA IS...2016-2017 SEASON RELEASED....GOOD TIME TO START SCHEDULING...I AM. 702 749 2000
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