People Are Talking: UMS presents Ryoji Ikeda’s...
Posted: 10/31/14
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People are Talking: UMS Presents Jerusalem String Quartet:
All in all, a wonderful concert, and a rare treat to hear Beethoven done with playfulness and spirit. I found the Schumann, though, like much of his orchestral music, to be banal, droning and uninspired, save for the last movement. Thankfully it was erased by the superb encore.
People Are Talking: UMS presents Montreal Symphony:
As wonderful as Montreal’s Firebird was, I felt it was a programming mistake. Playing the entire work for ballet didn’t hold up as a concert piece – much of it meant clearly as accompaniment to actual dancing – and detracted somewhat from the incredible performance by Trifonov. Also, the final Bizet encore was unnecessary, inappropriate and shattered a lovely mood
I’ve been a musician for 45 years, and I’ve played and heard Firebird many times….as a concert band transcription. The Montreal Symphony tonight gave me my very first live orchestral experience of Stravinsky’s work. INCREDIBLE. Our seats were very close to the stage, and the location allowed me to also hear nuances in the music that I’d never before noticed in recordings; how the pulse and intention of the composition sweeps across the orchestra; how Hill Auditorium itself becomes part of the music as it augments what a listener experiences; how the orchestra breathes with Maestro Nagano. An unexpected, magnificent, and certainly uncommon and engaging experience. I am not the same person I was at 7:58 this evening. Thank you!
"by Gail
People Are Talking: UMS presents Montreal Symphony:
That you allowed it to continue – if you did – is just as bad.
We were sitting in the upper balcony. Three rows ahead of me was a U of M student who decided to sit “on” the chair instead of “in” the chair. This way she was a head and a half taller than anybody else who was sitting near her. Total interference.
"by Ruth