In a short three-city tour of West Palm Beach, Vero Beach and Fort Lauderdale, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra showed Feb. 7 at the Kravis Center just how good they are under the baton of JoAnn Falletta, one of the fine women conductors who has made inroads into the once male-dominated maestro domain. Abandoning the usual warm-up piece of overture or tone poem, the … [Read more...]
German duo pianists give refined Mozart with ACO
The Atlantic Classical Orchestra’s third concert last week at the Eissey Campus Theatre in Palm Beach Gardens had conductor Stewart Robertson on the podium for the penultimate time. Alas, the doctors won’t allow him to continue past his next concert April 7, which is such a pity because the March 10 concert was a coming together of orchestra and conductor in a most … [Read more...]
A refined Chopin from Anievas at PB Symphony
The stage at the Society of the Four Arts for Wednesday’s Palm Beach Symphony concert had but a few chairs and a concert grand piano on display. “No percussion, no brass, no winds,’’ said the young couple behind me, sotto voce, before the concert began. Their keen observation spoke volumes. Ramón Tebar, after five years at the helm of the orchestra, has cleverly matched his … [Read more...]