By Márcio Bezerra Transcriptions and arrangements of celebrated works were very common in the 19th century. In fact, it was through arrangements for piano duets that most people became acquainted with Beethoven’s symphonies. Young composers relied on income that such transcriptions brought in to sustain themselves at the beginning of their careers. As the century … [Read more...]
Mørk, Orpheus CO masterful in Shostakovich concerto
By Dennis D. Rooney The Orpheus Chamber Orchestra played the same program here Tuesday at the Kravis Center as it had in New York’s Carnegie Hall the previous Saturday evening; Handel’s Water Music Suite opened it and Stravinsky’s Pulcinella Suite concluded it. In between came the local premiere of Out Came the Sun by Shuying Li, an Orpheus commission that was its … [Read more...]