Posts Tagged ‘Shriver Hall Concert Series’
Keeping it in the family
The Latvian-born cellist, Mischa Maisky, last appeared on the Shriver Hall Concert Series in 1982 – before his daughter, the pianist Lily Maisky, was born in Paris in 1987. Now, they will be appearing together on the series to open the 2013-2014 season on Sunday.
Shriver Hall Concert Series gets bigger
This chamber music series is one of the wonderful success stories in the musical world — witness the fact that they have increased their season from eight to nine concerts for the 2013-2014 season. The SHCS Executive Director, Stephen Jacobsohn, came in to the studios to give us an overview of the new season. […]
Wild Horses can’t Stop me from Celebrating Lang Lang’s Birthday!
This morning I played a recording of Lang Lang performing a Haydn piano sonata, and I couldn’t resist adding “Horses” from that same recording. It features Lang Lang and his father, Lang Guo-ren on the erhu. I will never forget, and it seems like yesterday, their encore of “Horses” at a Shriver Hall concert back […]
Standing Out in a Crowd
We live in a golden age of chamber music ensembles, not only string quartets, but established piano trios and piano quartets, which would have been unheard of half a century ago. The bar is high. No one gets away with vague intonation or rhythm any more. Ensemble means just that; a group must sound like a […]
