Satori welcomes spring Saturday with Durufle, Shostakovich
Satori welcomes spring Saturday with Durufle, ShostakovichAllentown Morning CallAlso on the program are Haydn's Flute Quartet in D Minor, Beethoven's Piano Trio Op. 70 No. 2, and the fourth movement from Shostakovich's Piano Trio No. 2, performed by the winners of Satori's Student Chamber Music Competition held in February.and more »
CSO, van Zweden offer taut, energetic performances
CSO, van Zweden offer taut, energetic performancesChicago Classical ReviewBy Lawrence A. Johnson Jaap van Zweden conducted the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Wednesday night in music of Shostakovich, Vaughan Williams and Beethoven. Photo: Bert Hulselmans The schedule for this week's Chicago Symphony Orchestra concerts has been ...and more »
CSO, Van Zweden hold their own (musical) summit
CSO, Van Zweden hold their own (musical) summitChicago TribuneAnd Van Zweden's program ventured far enough off the beaten track that even Beethoven's thrice-familiar Seventh Symphony took on a bracing boldness by virtue of the unusual context. John von Rhein E-mail | Recent columns Related CSO names Alexander ...Jaap van Zweden offers beauty — and excitement — with the CSOChicago Sun-Timesall 3 news articles »
Alabama Symphony: Carnegie Hall success needs to translate to support at home
Alabama Symphony: Carnegie Hall success needs to translate to support at homeal.comIt took shape on day one, with the Houston Symphony presenting Shostakovich's “Antiformalist Rayok,” a biting satire of Soviet censors that had to be kept under wraps during the composer's lifetime. The New Jersey Symphony and pianist Marc-Andre ...and more »
Aspects of nostalgia at Davies Symphony Hall
Aspects of nostalgia at Davies Symphony HallExaminer.comSchnittke's was the generation that followed Dmitri Shostakovich. This meant that he did not have to endure Adolf Hitler and less of Joseph Stalin than Shostakovich and Sergei Prokofiev did; but he did have to endure most of the insanity of the Cold ...and more »