Terrific review (more of a commentary, actually) by Bernard Holland in the New York Times the other day about the duelling Russian Orchestras currently touring the US – the Russian National Orchestra, (sometimes called the RNO), and the recently-constituted National Philharmonic of Russia, a/k/a the NPR. Common to both of them is violinist [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Cold War’
A Tale of Two Orchestras: the "other" NPR
Posted in Classical Music, Concert Previews, Conductors, Russia, Washington DC, orchestras, tagged Cold War, Mstislav Rostropovich, New York Times, Olga Kern, Rachmaninoff, Russian orchestras, Shostakovich, Vladimir Spivakov on March 23, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Aspen in Winter – the Vladimir Feltsman File
Posted in Classical Music, Colorado, Composers, Festivals, Pianists, Politics, tagged Aspen, Chopin, Cold War, J.S. Bach, Mozart, piano, Reagan, Vladimir Feltsman on February 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In the summer months, there’s probably more music-per-capita-per-minute in Aspen than anywhere else on the planet – The Aspen Music Festival & School crams 350+ concerts, lectures, and events into eight or so weeks between the end of June and mid-August. But the place doesn’t go entirely dark after Labor [...]
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