Philippe Entremont. (Illustration by Pat Crowley)By Greg Stepanich Some things will be absent or reduced in the upcoming classical music and opera season, but overall, the coming supply of concerts will be relatively robust, and well worth investigation.Here’s an overview of the season by genre – orchestral, solo, chamber and choral – with the proviso that this is a selective … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Oct. 15-21
Andrea McArdle.Theater: The girl who gave the world the indelible foghorn version of Tomorrow as the star of Annie back in 1977 is a 45-year-old theater veteran now, and tonight in Jupiter she takes on the world premiere of a new musical, Love Is Love, written by Annie lyricist Martin Charnin and composer Richard Gray. Charnin also directs the show, which has been in … [Read more...]
Music review: Larsen’s ‘Encircling Skies’ effective, engaging
By Greg StepanichI haven't seen many full houses at FAU's University Theatre over the years, but Saturday night's concert there was exceptional, and not just in that respect.The overflow crowd had come to hear the world premiere of a new piece by Libby Larsen, one of the country's best-known composers, whose official Website claims more than 200 works. Larsen, 58, wrapped up … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Oct. 9-13
I Love Lennon, by Sharon Koskoff.Art: Beatle John Lennon would have turned 69 today, and at Old School Square in Delray Beach, artist and author Sharon Koskoff has been creating several large-scale murals to coincide with the Cornell Museum's exhibit of Gerry Deiter photographs from Lennon and wife Yoko Ono's legendary bed-in for peace in Montreal in 1969. Koskoff's … [Read more...]
Music review: Works by Tower, Vine enliven Atzinger recital
Christopher Atzinger.By Greg StepanichFor an instrument that has been such a central part of music-making for the past 200 years, it’s interesting to hear that there are new compositional things that can still be done with the piano.In his Piano Lovers recital Sunday afternoon at the Steinway Gallery in Boca Raton, the pianist Christopher Atzinger, a St. Olaf College professor … [Read more...]
Music review: Seraphic Fire luminous in Palestrina mass
Palestrina presents a mass to Pope Julius III.By Greg StepanichFORT LAUDERDALE -- In its previous seven seasons of music-making, the members of Seraphic Fire have presented hugely varied concerts that included everything from Purcell's Dido and Aeneas to American gospel, from all six Bach motets to world premieres of challenging contemporary music written just for them.But in … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Oct. 2-6
A photo of New York City by Andreas Feininger.Art: Opening Saturday at the Norton Museum of Art is New York, New York: The 20th Century, an exhibition from the West Palm Beach museum’s collection of New York scenes, depicted in paintings, photographs, sculptures and works on paper. Among those artists represented are painters Stuart Davis, Edward Hopper and Reginald Marsh, and … [Read more...]
Music review: Dutch group gets Delray Baroque off to vigorous start
From left: Daja Leevke Hinrichs, Emily Thompson,Marc Dupere and Marcin Swiatkiewicz.By Greg StepanichIt's useful to remember that no matter how far we've come from the Baroque era, good music of whatever age will engage interested young performers and be reborn anew.The time to really notice that Saturday night was in the ensemble selections of a concert by the … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Sept. 25-28
Norman Gitzen with The Sound of Miami.Art: Award-winning Lake Worth sculptor and master builder Norman Gitzen has been chosen to participate in Miami GuitarTown, a public arts project featuring 10-foot-tall fiberglass Gibson Les Paul model guitars that are painted by local and national artists. The enormous guitars will be showcased throughout Miami in parks, landmarks and … [Read more...]
Music review: Bergonzi quartet opens season in admirable style
The Bergonzi Quartet, from left: Scott Flavin, Glenn Basham,Ross Harbaugh and Pamela McConnell. By Greg StepanichThings really jumped outside the chamber music box Sunday afternoon when violist Pamela McConnell started declaiming lines from Leonard Bernstein's version of Candide and waving costume jewelry as her three colleagues played Glitter and Be Gay.Charming, funny, and a … [Read more...]