Over the years, the Miami Chamber Music Society has presented several collaborations with artists outside the discipline of music, particularly dance. Beginning in 2013, the closing concerts of its annual Mainly Mozart Festival have included newly choreographed dances to accompany Paul Schoenfield’s Café Music and a chamber version of Liszt’s Dante Symphony, among … [Read more...]
Classical notes: The comeback orchestra; Casals Istomin in Palm Beach
In all the election turmoil over the past year, it might have escaped general notice that an orchestra that had almost been given up for lost only three years ago has recovered in award-winning form. It’s been three years to the month since the 16-month musicians’ lockout of the Minnesota Orchestra ended, an experience that left that arts-loving community reeling but that … [Read more...]