Avner Dorman. Take a break from your alfresco waterfront nosh someday, walk out to the shore and take a close look at the waves of the Atlantic Ocean. You’ll see that the small waves are, except for their size, exactly like the big ones, but all of them join together to make an unstoppable force. So says Avner Dorman, whose sonic realization of that fact —and its metaphor … [Read more...]
Theater reviews: ‘Cinderella,’ ‘Old Jews Telling Jokes’
By 1957, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II were the reigning kings of musical theater, but had never written a show for television. That changed when they were commissioned to adapt the enduring fairy tale Cinderella for the small screen, as a star vehicle for Julie Andrews, everyone’s fair lady since a year earlier. With other casts and some tinkering with the score, … [Read more...]
New music, Baroque concerto best fits for Milanese ensemble
A small string orchestra is well-suited for music of the Baroque, and indeed, there have been a number of such groups, full of young, eager players, founded in the past decade or so. Such a one is I Musici Estensi, established in Milan in 2004, and it’s known not just for its Baroque performances, but music of many other eras. Saturday night, the group was joined at the Crest … [Read more...]
Music roundup: A night of Waxman; Trillium kicks off St. Paul’s series
Lynn New Music Festival: Donald Waxman (Oct. 4, Lynn University, Boca Raton) The composer Donald Waxman turns 87 later this month, but his compositional muse shows no sign of slowing down. The special guest last week for the New Music Festival at Lynn University, founded by pianist Lisa Leonard and now in its seventh year, Waxman has had a long, distinguished career in … [Read more...]
Organist Unger offers strong, diverse recital
Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008 For the average listener, there are many neglected rooms in the mansion of music, and one of those rooms holds music for the organ. This is unfortunate primarily because there is a rich and fascinating literature for the instrument, and on Sunday afternoon one of its rising young practitioners showed an audience at the First Presbyterian Church in Delray … [Read more...]