Longtime patrons of the Lynn Philharmonia will be aware that the group has enjoyed large audiences for years, even in the days before the Wold Center was built and the student orchestra was somewhat smaller. But it was good this past weekend to hear that pointed out on stage by Edward Atkatz, a Lynn professor and former principal percussionist with the Chicago Symphony … [Read more...]
Zukerman’s Haydn shines at Israel Phil, but Tchaikovsky stumbles
Two sides of the art of Pinchas Zukerman were on view Thursday night at the Kravis Center, and it was the Classical side that came out better than the Romantic, even though most of the time he was leading a big orchestra capable of all the emotive bells and whistles. Zukerman, joined by his wife, the Canadian cellist Amanda Forsyth, is currently on tour with the Israel … [Read more...]