Gil Shaham scores with Jonathan Leshnoff's emotionally resonant new sonata in Aspen – Seen and Heard International seenandheard-international.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from seenandheard-international.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Violinist Gil Shaham, always a welcome visitor to the Aspen Music Festival, debuted a new sonata by Jonathan Leshnoff Wednesday in his Harris Hall recital. The world premiere of the heart-on-sleeve, unabashedly melodic, lushly expressive piece made for a memorable occasion.
Festival orchestra presents John Luther Adams 'An Atlas of Deep Time' and more aspentimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from aspentimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Virtuosity from Steven Banks and Gil Shaham in a thoughtful Aspen Music Festival weekend – Seen and Heard International seenandheard-international.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from seenandheard-international.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
There s nothing like sheer virtuosity in instantly relatable music to liven up the proceedings. In the weekend s Benedict Music Tent highlights, saxophonist Steven Banks brought a high-voltage jolt to Friday s Chamber Symphony with a new, crowd-pleasing concerto written for him. Then on Sunday, violinist Gil Shaham and the Festival Orchestra reveled in Eric Korngold s ear-soothing, frankly Romantic concerto, which Jascha Heifetz debuted in 1947.