March 9 marked the third concert in a series of conductor tryouts for the post of Atlantic Classical Orchestra. This time it was the turn of Rei Hotoda, associate conductor of the Utah Symphony Orchestra and a woman with credentials equal to those of the two men heard and seen on the podium so far this season. She opened her program with Mozart’s Symphony No. 32 (in G, K. … [Read more...]
ACO blissfully good in Ravel, Respighi, Haydn
David Loebel, the second of four conductors vying for the post of music director, led the Atlantic Classical Orchestra in a familiar but adventurous program at the Eissey Theatre on Feb. 10. It was the first evening concert in the series and seats were filled. Was it because it was a light orchestral program of five music gems or that concertgoers prefer the nightlife that … [Read more...]