Tuesday, May 24, 2016

CABRERA CONDUCTS TCHAIKOVSKY

BY ED BRUCE edbrucevegas@yahoo.com

YET ANOTHER WORLD CLASS LAS VEGAS PHILHARMONIC PERFROMANCE AT THE SMITH CENTER.

FOLLOWING THE USUAL ODDS AND ENDS AND REACTIONS AND REVIEWS.

THIS A TWO SHOW PERFORMANCE AND AGAIN PRECEDING BY THE CONTINULY BETTER AND BETTER PRE SHOW MUSIC LESSON 101 TALK.




OLIVER HERBERT THE GUEST CELLOIST AND CONDUCTOR DONATO CABRERA
STARTED THIS PROGRAM WITH 35 MINUTES OF HISTORY...PRE SHOW PREVIEW...QUESTION ANSWER PERIOD AND MUSIC FUN.....THIS PAIR HAVING WORKED TOGETHER IN SAN FRANCISCO WERE A NATURAL FIRST CLASS TEAM.

CABRERA.... THE PERFECT HOST FOR THIS IDEA AND THE EQUALLY ABLE HERBERT AT 19 EQUAL TO THE TASK WITH HIS HISTORY.....HIS INSTRUMENTS...AT 16 HE PLAYED CARNEIGE HALL AND WAS IS  EDUCATED.....CALCULATED....INTELLIGENT...WORDY AND INFORMATIVE.

STILL SAY THESE PRE SHOW PROGRAMS ARE WORTH AND ADDITIONAL ADMISSION.

OPENER ........BY D J SPARR (LIVING COMPOSER   1975)    SHORT HISTORICAL...PREVIEWED THE DREAM MOOD OF AN ISOLATED FAMILY (KARP LYKOV) IN RUSSIAN....STORY IN ITSELF....IT WAS OK

THEN....THEN  HERBERT PLAYED TCHAIKOVSKY ....VARIATIONS ON A ROCCO THEME, OPUS 33....LOVELY MARRIAGE WITH THE ORCHESTRA....HE IS SO FOCUSED AND PROFESSIONAL AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE.....NEEDLESS TO SAY HE KNEW ALL THE NOTES AND THEN DID A LOVELY ENCORE .....LARGO...DVORAKS NEW WORLD SYMPHONY NUMBER 9...ANOTHER REAL WINNER

ALWAYS INTERMISSION

TCHAIKOVSKYS 6 SYMPHONY THE CLOSER....PREMEIRED 9 DAYS BEFORE THE COMPOSERS DEATH IN 1893...TRULY ONE OF THE GREAT SYMPHONYS....ODDLY THE THIRD MOVEMENT THE REAL HIGHLITE ENCORAGING APPLAUSE BEFORE THE FINALE...WHICH ENDED ON A REAL LOW LEVEL...SURPRISINGLY....THIS PIECE CONTAINS MANY FAMILAR THEMES AND IS TRULY A MASTERPIECE BY THE WORLDS SECOND GREATEST COMPOSER.

DAMN....THE SEASON IS OVER

MAKE PLANS NOW FOR THE UPCOMING 2016-2017 SEASON....LVPHIL.ORG
702 749 2000...TERRIFIC MONTLY PROGRAMS STARTING IN SEPTEMBER.

101 A+

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