Our local symphony launched its 2016-17 season recently, treating its audience to a rendition of Brahms’ sweeping Fourth Symphony, an orchestra piece the current conductor has waited to do since he began his term seven years earlier. The conductor will finish his contract with our local company this year and the audience will participate in […]
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Musical Scores and Manuscripts–Layering in the Theme
The local symphony’s season opened this week, debuting with several numbers bearing a Spanish flair, including Ravel’s “Bolero”. If you’ve heard the work, a simple melody is repeated over and over as it threads its way through the orchestra. Each instrumental section is layered in, one at a time, […]