performed by the St. Louis Symphony under Leonard Slatkin, or below by the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (cover image by Dawid Zawiła) The dialectic of this music, that is to say, its movement, the way each and every note comes out … Continue reading Copland Symphony no. 2, ‘Short Symphony’
Something political. I went to a concert last night with the recently elected president of Taiwan. Or we happened to be in the same building. I got to the concert hall (中山堂, not the National Concert Hall) later than I … Continue reading Concert Review: TSO’s Dadaocheng at Dawn
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)
Fugue for Thought 