Learsfool:
Last Night, the local PBS station aired the New York Philharmonic with Yo-Yo Ma. The program featured music by Osvaldo Golijov, an Argentinian Composer.
The Music was entitled 'Azul'. I thought it was much ado about nothing, but Yo-Yo makes anything sound at least interesting.
After that experiment, they played Tangos by Piazzolla. Ma has made CDs of Tangos before. It was great stuff.
The program ended with Ravel's Bolero. EVERYONE likes Bolero, Except, of course, Ravel!
I noticed that most of the wonem in the Orchestra wore brightly colored dresses. Very nice effect. I contrasted that with DVDs I have recently watched, Vienna, which had NO women, and Berlin, which had their women dressed like the men.
I like the American way much better. I also noticed that it seemed as if more than half of the violin section was female.
How do the top American Orchestras compare with the best Europeans in the world today?? I don't think you can buy CDs by American groups, so I have not heard them recently. Are they still as good as they used to be?
I used to know the names of all the conductors of NY, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland and Philadelphia. Not now.
Cheers
Regular trumpets in use also. :)
Last Night, the local PBS station aired the New York Philharmonic with Yo-Yo Ma. The program featured music by Osvaldo Golijov, an Argentinian Composer.
The Music was entitled 'Azul'. I thought it was much ado about nothing, but Yo-Yo makes anything sound at least interesting.
After that experiment, they played Tangos by Piazzolla. Ma has made CDs of Tangos before. It was great stuff.
The program ended with Ravel's Bolero. EVERYONE likes Bolero, Except, of course, Ravel!
I noticed that most of the wonem in the Orchestra wore brightly colored dresses. Very nice effect. I contrasted that with DVDs I have recently watched, Vienna, which had NO women, and Berlin, which had their women dressed like the men.
I like the American way much better. I also noticed that it seemed as if more than half of the violin section was female.
How do the top American Orchestras compare with the best Europeans in the world today?? I don't think you can buy CDs by American groups, so I have not heard them recently. Are they still as good as they used to be?
I used to know the names of all the conductors of NY, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland and Philadelphia. Not now.
Cheers
Regular trumpets in use also. :)