Not during the booming, brassy Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman, No. 1 by Joan Tower.
Nor during the opening passages of the saucy, sassy Huapango by José Pablo Moncayo, as arranged by Ernesto Enriquez.
The shock of hearing an orchestra play in person for the first time in 15 months came later during Huapango with the unexpected rattle of maracas.
Like a rattlesnake s warning, this tingling sound ricocheted through my nervous system, reminding me that certain responses to orchestral music cannot be duplicated by listening to recorded or streaming versions of it.
Austin Symphony returns in-person
The Austin Symphony Orchestra played its last concerts of the season also its only concerts in person at Riverbend Church in West Austin. The customary venue for the group s annual performances of Handel s Messiah, the room is tall, wide and comfortable. The stage is copious although not big enough for the entire orchestra to to sit together within the protocols of soc
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The Dane County Board on Thursday delayed a vote on a proposal that would have asked the sheriff to cut 50 jail beds in several years, once a seven-story tower is completed as part of a $148 jail construction project.
On a 28-9 vote, the board sent the resolution to be workshopped in two county committees because some supervisors wanted the measure to have more power, but it was unclear how much that would cost and whether it would further delay the jail consolidation project.
âIt is nothing more than a recommendation from this board,â Sup. Patrick Miles, 34th District, said of the resolution in its current form. âI think we can do something with teeth.â