Pianist Ingrid Fliter.Music: The Cleveland Orchestra wraps up its third and final week of residency in Miami with two performances by the fine Argentine pianist Ingrid Fliter, who will perform the Chopin Concerto No. 2 (in F minor, Op. 21) with conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy. Also on the program is the Romeo and Juliet suite from Prokofiev’s ballet score. 8 p.m. tonight and … [Read more...]
Music review: Cleveland Orchestra does right by Bernstein
Pianist Joela Jones. (Photo by Roger Mastroianni)By Greg StepanichLeonard Bernstein always was torn between the needs of his composing and conducting lives, and in the end, the lure of the podium proved too strong for him to write as much music as he said he wanted to.In a previous Miami residency, Franz Welser-Möst and the Cleveland Orchestra tackled the first of the three … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Jan. 29-Feb. 3
Jupiter and its moon, Io.(Photo by NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory)Music: This weekend, the Houston Symphony Orchestra comes to town as part of a limited national tour, and it’s bringing the universe along with it. Conductor Hans Graf will lead the Houstonians (and the women of its chorus) in the great seven-part tone poem The Planets, by English composer Gustav Holst, … [Read more...]
ArtsBuzz: Cleveland Orchestra settles strike; Miami series will go on
Violinist Leila Josefowicz.By Palm Beach ArtsPaper staffThe Cleveland Orchestra strike was settled early this morning after a one-day walkout when the two sides agreed to a new three year-contract that freezes wages for two years.The agreement means the Miami residency for the orchestra, set to start Friday, will go forward as scheduled.“We are very happy that management has … [Read more...]
ArtsBuzz: Willie Nelson set for Sunset Cove; Delray Quartet gets new violinist
Singer/songwriter Willie Nelson.AEG signs Willie Nelson, Yes for Sunset CoveAEG, the Los Angeles-based sports and entertainment presenter, has added more national acts to the roster next month at the Sunset Cove Amphitheater.Country music legend Willie Nelson will appear at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13, with tickets ranging from $35-$60, and the Canadian identical-twin indie … [Read more...]
ArtsBuzz: Cleveland Orchestra contract talks stall on eve of Miami stay; Palm Beach Opera comes to iPhone
Violinist Leila Josefowicz. (Photo by Deborah O'Grady)Cleveland Orchestra could strike as early as Jan. 18Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect new developments.The Cleveland Orchestra, which is less than three weeks away from its Miami residency, could go on strike as early as Jan. 18, union officials said late Wednesday, according to the orchestra.That would … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks, Jan. 30-Feb. 2
Clarence Measelle, a painting and drawing instructorat Palm Beach Community College, stands withmodel Nieves Lopez, over whom he drapeda raw canvas and airbrushed paint to make Resonance.(Photo by Katie Deits) Sherry Stephens, a photography teacher at PBCC,and her husband Wayne, who teaches painting and drawingat PBCC. They're posing by New Look Salon Inside,an archival pigment … [Read more...]