Posts Tagged ‘piano’
Musical chairs
When we celebrated the birthday of Romanian-born pianist, Radu Lupu, last week, I made the observation on the air that a number of pianists have idiosyncrasies, and Lupu’s mild and harmless one is to sit on a regular office chair when he is playing. … Read More »
Tuesday 05/15/12 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Conductor: Alain Altinoglu Pianist: Lang Lang Chabrier: España Bizet: Symphony in C Schmitt: La Tragédie de Salomé Chopin: Piano Concerto No 1 in E Minor, Op 11 Related posts: Monday 02/20/12 New York Philharmonic This Week Tuesday 04/10/12 Chicago Symphony Orchestra Wednesday 07/04/12 Live! At The Concertgebouw
“Coming to grips with the composer’s central thought”
You can tell when the big guns come to town by who is in the audience. I saw Leon Fleisher walking up aisle at Shriver Hall yesterday evening during the intermission of Richard Goode’s recital. It’s been a couple of decades since Goode played on the Shriver Hall Concert Series, and it was certainly wonderful … Read More »
