Jacques Ibert (1890-1962).By Greg StepanichAt its most important, the Palm Beach Chamber Music Festival is about discovery, in hearing something worthwhile that its musicians have brought out of the libraries or fresh off the stocks for its loyal audience of nearly two decades.In the first installment Friday of its third week of concerts, the musicians returned in … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2010
French-accented chamber program brings vigor to Ibert trio
At its most important, the Palm Beach Chamber Music Festival is about discovery, in hearing something worthwhile that its musicians have brought out of the libraries or fresh off the stocks for its loyal audience of nearly two decades. In the first installment Friday of its third week of concerts, the musicians returned in a largely French program to the work of Jacques Ibert, … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: July 24-28
Hey Monday.Music: Things might be a little soggy out there thanks to Tropical Storm Bonnie, but as of this writing, the Vans Warped Tour, 2010 edition, is set to hit the Cruzan Amphitheatre on Saturday for a day of bands and extreme sports. The skateboard company Vans, which launched this festival in 1995, welcomes 72 bands to this year’s tour, … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: July 24-28
Music: Things might be a little soggy out there thanks to Tropical Storm Bonnie, but as of this writing, the Vans Warped Tour, 2010 edition, is set to hit the Cruzan Amphitheatre on Saturday for a day of bands and extreme sports. The skateboard company Vans, which launched this festival in 1995, welcomes 72 bands to this year’s tour, one of them being West Palm’s own Hey … [Read more...]
Music feature: FAU’s Zager brings golden touch to commercial music program
Michael Zager.By Bill MeredithWhen Michael Zager founded the commercial music program at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton in 2002, it's unlikely that some students knew about the level of commercial success he'd achieved in the music industry.Perhaps they know now. The 67-year-old professor and eminent scholar has had a 50-year career as a keyboardist, … [Read more...]
FAU’s Zager brings golden touch to commercial music program
When Michael Zager founded the commercial music program at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton in 2002, it's unlikely that some students knew about the level of commercial success he'd achieved in the music industry. Perhaps they know now. The 67-year-old professor and eminent scholar has had a 50-year career as a keyboardist, composer, producer, arranger and educator … [Read more...]
Theater reviews: ‘Low Down Dirty Blues,’ ‘Macbeth’ provide eclectic summer fare
Sandra Reaves-Phillips, Mississippi Charles Bevel,Felicia P. Fields and Gregory Porter in Low Down Dirty Blues.By Hap Erstein Over the weekend, Florida Stage unveiled its new roomy, yet still cozy home at the Kravis Center’s Rinker Playhouse, inaugurated with a shapeless musical revue imported from Chicago, Low Down Dirty Blues.The show is enormously … [Read more...]
‘Low Down Dirty Blues,’ ‘Macbeth’ provide eclectic summer fare
Over the weekend, Florida Stage unveiled its new roomy, yet still cozy home at the Kravis Center’s Rinker Playhouse, inaugurated with a shapeless musical revue imported from Chicago, Low Down Dirty Blues. The show is enormously entertaining, thanks largely to its powerhouse four-member cast, but as with last summer’s erroneously named Some Kind of Wonderful, the nation’s … [Read more...]
Music review: Musical piety, vocal purity make for absorbing concert of French Baroque
Louis XIV, king of France and Navarre (1638-1715).By Greg StepanichIn the days when Louis XIV was an actual presence and not merely the name of a favorite rococo interior design fashion, the faithful gathered in churches for communion with the Almighty but also for music, for the sound of a pure, unclouded voice ascending into the severe angles of … [Read more...]
Musical piety, vocal purity make for absorbing concert of French Baroque
In the days when Louis XIV was an actual presence and not merely the name of a favorite rococo interior design fashion, the faithful gathered in churches for communion with the Almighty but also for music, for the sound of a pure, unclouded voice ascending into the severe angles of a sacred space. That very same experience, without the king, was that of an audience Saturday … [Read more...]