Already more than a year ago, I brought some friends to attend this concert, at which the adagio of Mahler’s fifth symphony was played, followed by the entirety of his fourth symphony. In short, the strings in the adagio were … Continue reading Concert Review: TSO’s Lieder of Mahler
And they begin. This was the first concert of the Taipei Symphony season I’ve been able to attend, and really the first concert of the season, but it wasn’t supposed to be. The TSO’s season opener back at the end … Continue reading Concert Review: Dance with Sabine Meyer (TSO)
Taipei Symphony Orchestra under Gilbert Varga Anna Vinnitskaya, piano November 15, 2014 I shamefully have waited over a month to get around to writing some little bit about this performance. It’s a bit of a break from our Germanic thing we’ve been on for a while, and now it’s been so long that I may not be able to do it justice, but it must be written! It was not at the National Concert Hall, where most performances take place, but was down the road a bit at another venue. I’ve attended there before, and while it doesn’t have the … Continue reading Concert Review: TSO’s Passion for Tchaikovsky
Fugue for Thought 