Posts Tagged ‘piano’
Music meets art at the BMA
Baltimore-area pianist, John Nauman, whose intense musicality shines through in his gentle personality, is giving a free recital at the BMA on Wednesday evening. It was a pleasure to speak with him about it.
Musica Callada
Silence might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of music, but a concert this Saturday explores just that. Pianist and faculty member, Haskell Small, explains …
Chad Bowles is practicing what he preaches
First and Franklin Presbyterian church has a very aptly named music series, the Spire Series. The steeple was completed in 1879 and, at 273 feet, is the tallest in Baltimore. Chad Bowles, who is the Chair of the Piano Department at Peabody Preparatory, is presenting a varied program […]
Musical chairs
When we celebrated the birthday of Romanian-born pianist, Radu Lupu, last week, I made the observation on the air that a number of pianists have idiosyncrasies, and Lupu’s mild and harmless one is to sit on a regular office chair when he is playing. […]
Tuesday 05/15/12 Chicago Symphony Orchestra
11:00 PM Conductor: Alain Altinoglu Pianist: Lang Lang Chabrier: España Bizet: Symphony in C Schmitt: La Tragédie de Salomé Chopin: Piano Concerto No 1 in E Minor, Op 11
“Coming to grips with the composer’s central thought”
You can tell when the big guns come to town by who is in the audience. I saw Leon Fleisher walking up aisle at Shriver Hall yesterday evening during the intermission of Richard Goode’s recital. It’s been a couple of decades since Goode played on the Shriver Hall Concert Series, and it was certainly wonderful […]
