Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951).By Greg StepanichAs one of the Palm Beach Chamber Music Festival’s performers rightly said in her remarks from the stage, the name of Arnold Schoenberg is “box office poison” for a lot of people, but that really shouldn’t apply to his early string sextet, Verklärte Nacht.This important, beautiful work was one of the major events … [Read more...]
Music review: Lynn Phil opens season with strong Prokofiev
Albert-George Schram and the Lynn Philharmonia.By Greg StepanichYou can't get a majority of people to like Schoenberg, it seems, even 100 years later, but that should not obscure the main impression left Saturday night by the Lynn Philharmonia -- that this is an orchestra that keeps going from strength to strength.The Lynn orchestra, like all such student groups, has a … [Read more...]