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Conductor Gustavo Dudamel interviewed at the 2007 Proms
Gustavo Dudamel and the Simon Bolivar National Youth Orchestra play Bernstein's Mambo at the 2007 Proms
Dudamel and the SBNYO play second movement from Shostakovich's Symphony No. 10
Conductor/rock star Gustavo Dudamel and the SBNYO play tomorrow night, Wednesday, November 7 at Symphony Hall.
Igor Moiseyev
The venerable Russian choreographer Igor Moiseyev has died at age 101. Using Russian folk dance as his choreographic inspiration, Moiseyev became synonymous with the Russian folk dance tradition.
Though it has been some time since Igor traveled with his Moiseyev Dance Company, and we did not expect to see Mr. Moiseyev at the Company's engagement this coming January 20 at Symphony Hall, Moiseyev's passing is somehow a surprise, as if he would go on forever.
The Celebrity Series of Boston presented the Moiseyev Dance Company in 1958 (as the Moiseyev Dancers), '61, '65, 70, '74, '86, '88, '89, '91, '99. And at least once more in 2008.
Igor Moiseyev obituary from Telegraph.co.uk
Long Beach Press-Telegram obituary
RIA Novosti obituary
UPDATE: Walter Pierce remembers Igor Moiseyev
This video is not from Ms. Brueggergosman's new CD (Surprise!), but from her previous one (Extase). Here, she sings Jules Massenet's 'Le dernier Sommeil de la Vierge' ('The Final Slumber of the Virgin') from La Vierge - an uncommon musical selection, the sort of thing at which Measha excels. The video was produced and directed by Nigel Hunt.
Measha Brueggergosman makes her Boston debut with pianist Roger Vignoles at NEC's Jordan Hall on Saturday, November 10.
Emanuel Ax played one encore Sunday afternoon: Chopin's Waltz in A minor, B. 150.
Jenna Scherer reviewed David Sedaris' Friday evening reading for the Celebrity Series at Symphony Hall for today's Boston Herald:
"Friday night’s performance rang with all the bizarre observations ('It is not unpleasant to hold someone else’s warm teeth in your hand'), descriptions of everyday activity ('I take dried-up bees and dress them in suits of armor made of tinfoil') and quotables ('Nothing irritated my father quite like the sound of his children’s happiness') we’ve come to expect from Sedaris."
Read all of Sedaris' hilarious tales shift perfectly from page to stage.
One of the revelations at David Sedaris's reading last night was a revelation not for the audience, but for Sedaris. Karen Brown, our Associate Director of Performance Operations, made oatmeal cookies for the backstage crew using craisins (that is to say, dried cranberries). Craisins were a completely new idea for Sedaris and it popped up throughout the evening: "You leave the country and things happen," he said.
Here's a report from Karen about the signing after the show:
"Sedaris asked about every third person in line at the signing tonight a Craisin related question. Recipes. Horror stories. Love stories. All about the dried cranberries. But, the very best part of the night was when 3 people from the marketing firm for Ocean Spray came up to the signing and had 3 bags of Craisins and got them signed by David Sedaris. One of the bags is now going home with David as a gift to Hugh."
UPDATE: "Can you sign our Craisins?" - one of the folks who brought Craisins for David Sedaris to sign lets us peer into the marketing bunker...
Members of the Sean Curran Company in Aria/Apology
Marcia Siegel's review of the Sean Curran Company for The Boston Phoenix was on newstands, er, in boxes today. Here is a wee bit of her closing remarks:
"I don’t know whether Curran was creating a portrait of a specific person or conveying the experiences of many persons. Maybe he was remembering the Holocaust; maybe he was reminiscing about a life as a Main Street mediocrity. Whoever he was, I recognized him."
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