Enigma Variations A lovely tribute, Elgar’s Enigma Variations was an early version of what we now might call a mixtape. Elgar turned each movement into a tender portrait of a personal friend, and these powerful and emotional tokens of friendship have become extraordinarily popular. The “Nimrod” variation is often used as a song of national mourning and was played at Princess Diana’s funeral. Under the direction of conductor Vinay Parameswaran, the Cleveland Orchestra performs the piece at 7 tonight at Blossom. Check the orchestra website for ticket prices.
At top American ensembles, young assistant conductors are a far more varied group than the reigning music directors. How can the next generation come to power?
Solti Foundation US announces 2021 Career Assistance Awards 12/05/2021
The American Solti Foundation announced the young American conductors who have been selected as 2021 recipients of The Sir Georg Solti Career Assistance Award. They are, Assistance Award (in alphabetical order) are conductors:
Nathaniel Efthimiou, founding Music Director of Orchestra Contempo, Assistant Conductor, Boston Civic Symphony, Assistant Director of Music at Boston’s historic Park Street Church and acting Assistant Conductor, Rhode Island Philharmonic;
Kevin Fitzgerald, Assistant Conductor of the Alabama Symphony Orchestra and Music Director of the Alabama Symphony Youth Orchestra, he is also the founder of the Michigan-based contemporary music ensemble ÆPEX Contemporary Performance;
Solti Foundation U.S. Board Chair Penny Van Horn and Elizabeth Buccheri, Artistic and Awards Committee Chair, today announced remotely from their respective homes the young American conductors who have been selected as 2021 recipients of The Sir Georg Solti Career Assistance Award. The 2020-21 season has been a time of joy and sadness. Our Foundation has lost a shining light, Lady Valerie Solti, who passed away earlier this season. Her committment to her late husband s legacy and joy in helping up and coming musicians in the conducting world made our Foundation a reality. We celebrate her and Sir Georg s lives as we announce fifteen Solti Career Assistance Awards, stated Ms. Van Horn.
Cleveland Orchestra epitomizes title words in new ‘Style and Craft’ Adella episode
Updated May 07, 12:22 PM;
Posted May 07, 12:22 PM
On the 10th In Focus series episode, Cleveland Orchestra oboist Frank Rosenwein and pianist Carolyn Gadiel Warner perform Ravel s Sonatine. TRoger Mastroianni
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CLEVELAND, Ohio –There’s nothing dry about the Cleveland Orchestra’s latest “In Focus” series episode.
The title, “Style and Craft,” suggests an erudite lesson, but the pair of works by Ravel and Britten released on the Adella platform Thursday night from Severance Hall is in fact openly lush and elegant, anything but academic.
The Ravel, certainly, is warm and intimate. In a treat attributable to these unusual times, principal oboe Frank Rosenwein joins pianist Carolyn Gadiel Warner in a bright, refreshing performance of Ravel’s Sonatine, an early work originally conceived for solo piano.