Wagner at the Welsh National Opera
By Frank Cadenhead Wagner as compelling dramatist? Who knew? The wordy, inflated and repetitive tales we are so accustomed to were nowhere to be seen…
Browsing: Concert Reviews
Round Top, Texas: The Impossible Dream?
by Paul E. RobinsonSummer FestivalsRound Top Festival Institute, 2010Never underestimate the dreams of a concert pianist – especially those of an adopted son of Texas!…
Mahler Resurrection a Dallas Symphony Specialty!
by Paul E. RobinsonI try to get to Dallas as often as I can to bask in the glory of the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony…
Austin Symphony Shines Again in Mahler
by Paul E. RobinsonThe 100th anniversary of Mahler’s death is in 2011, but conductors and orchestras are already programming his music at every opportunity -…
Conspirare and Craig Hella Johnson Give Voice to Passions From Bach to Lang!
by Paul E. RobinsonBach’s St. Matthew Passion is one of the great masterpieces of Christian music; its music is sublime and inspiring, and its structure…
Eschenbach, Lang Lang and the SHFO Give Austin a Show to Remember!
by Paul E. RobinsonThere is no one hotter in the world of classical music today than Chinese pianist Lang Lang. What a coup for Maestro…
Van Zweden and DSO Raise their Game with Schönberg and Brahms
by Paul E. RobinsonAs he nears the end of his second season as music director of the Dallas Symphony, Jaap van Zweden has clearly raised…
Claudio Abbado’s Grand Tour with his Mozart Orchestra
by Giuseppe PennisiMusic is the best medicine to cure cancer according to Maestro Claudio Abbado. Doctors removed much of his stomach and he can only…
Strauss’s Don Quixote Brought to Life by Bay and Austin Symphony
by Paul E. RobinsonWhat a revolutionary idea it was to provide surtitles (“translated or transcribed lyrics/dialogue projected above a stage or displayed on a screen”)…
Pressler at Pollack
By Hannah Rahimi and Kali HalapuaThe 86 year-old Menahem Pressler appeared last night at Pollack Hall before a packed house of appreciative musicians and music…
