By Dennis D. Rooney The audience in the Kravis Center’s Dreyfoos Hall to hear the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on Tuesday night seemed the usual assortment of mostly middle-aged and older listeners. However, I do hope that some children and young people attended so that they might experience the sound of a major orchestra under an eminent conductor in music of Ludwig van … [Read more...]
Chicago Symphony, soloists give master class in elegance
You might not have realized it with the modest size of the Kravis Center audience Thursday afternoon, but a major American symphonic ensemble was there in West Palm Beach, making beautiful and fascinating music for an appreciative house. The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, which hasn’t toured her for more than a decade, offered two very different programs in its stay, on … [Read more...]
Weekend arts picks: Feb. 10-11
Film: The Donald Ephraim Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival concludes this Sunday evening with an exceedingly clever documentary about the many Jewish composers and lyricists who wrote our most popular, secular Christmas carols. You know about Irving Berlin penning “White Christmas,” but what about Mel Tormé’s “Christmas Song” – a string of winter images including chestnuts … [Read more...]