By Robert Croan Pity poor Michael Haydn! Posterity has not treated him kindly. A respected composer in his time, he has suffered from the fame of his older brother, Franz Joseph, as well as comparisons with his younger contemporary Mozart. Michael Haydn’s best-known symphony found its way into the Köchel catalogue of Mozart’s works as Symphony No. 37 because Mozart happened … [Read more...]
Amernet’s Dvořák, Mozart shine at Mainly Mozart
Although technically it takes place in the very last days of spring, the Mainly Mozart Festival shares with the best summer festivals the idea that a sweltering month is just as good as a frigid one for pursuing music of the utmost seriousness and high caliber. This past Sunday, at the Danielson Gallery on the grounds of the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, the veteran Miami … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Oct. 22-24
Art: The Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale received a major bequest almost 20 years ago from Ira Glackens, who at his death in 1991 left the estate of his father, William Glackens, to the museum. This has formed the basis of a major collection of work by a group of American painters known as The Eight, who in addition to Glackens includes George Luks, Maurice Prendergast and Robert … [Read more...]