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The blog for the Celebrity Series of Boston- a Boston based arts organization which presents an annual concert series. Here you can find news about our season, local and international arts, and much more! www.celebrityseries.org
Monday, March 8, 2010
Itzhak Perlman's stage-announced selections from Sunday
No use keeping any of you in the dark about yesterday's recital by Itzhak Perlman, Here are the selections that Mr. Perlman announced from the
stage at his recital on Sunday:
Kreisler
Chanson Louis XIII and Pavane in the Style of Couperin
Hummel (trans. Heifetz)
Rondo in E-flat Major
Melodie from Orfeo ed Euridice
Brahms (trans. Kreisler)
Hungarian Dance No. 2
Wienawski (trans. Kreisler)
Etude-Caprice in A minor Op. 18 No. 4
Williams
Theme from “Schindler’s List”
Bazzini
Dance of the Goblins
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Rest in peace, Ray Smith
Ray Smith, host of The Jazz Decades on WGBH since 1972 has died at 87.
Check out Ray Smith in his own words and selections from among the more than 1900 programs he recorded between 1972 and the present, here.
Very sad. Listening to Ray was (is) like hanging out with an old friend; so glad we have the recordings.
Aardvark helps out at Paramount
Here's a pic of our friends the Aardvark Jazz Orchestra onstage at the newly refinished, refurbished, Paramount Theater. They graciously agreed to hold a rehearsal on the stage to help us test the sound system in advance of the concert by Max Raabe & Palast Orchester this Saturday. Onlookers were treated to a truly remarkable vocal solo of some duration by leader Mark Harvey, who typically plays trumpet. The shape of jazz to come?
Monday, March 1, 2010
Reviews of Leipzig Gewandhaus Celebrity Series performance
Last Thursday was a rainy, blustery night, but concertgoers flocked to hear the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra at Symphony Hall. It was the orchestra's 7th Celebrity Series appearance and it's second under the baton of Maestro Riccardo Chailly. Pianist Louis Lortie filled in for an injured Nelson Freire.
Boston Globe review by Jeremy Eichler
Boston Globe review by Jeremy Eichler
Boston Herald review by Keith Powers
Here are some other news highlights from the tour:
The Newark Star-Ledger
The Orange County Register
David Soyer, founding cellist of Guarneri Quartet (1923-2010)
Guarneri String Quartet publicity photo (Soyer is on far right)
David Soyer, the founding cellist of the Guarneri String Quartet, which was formed in 1964 at Vermont's famed Marlboro Music Festival, died Feb. 24 at his home in Manhattan. He had turned 87 on Feb. 23.
Mr. Soyer performed with the Guarneri String Quartet in concerts presented by the Celebrity Series of Boston on 38 occasions from 1967 to 2001, the year he retired from the group.
The New York Times (Daniel Wakin)
The Philadelphia Inquirer (David Patrick Stearns)
The Baltimore Sun, Clef Notes (Tim Smith)
It's Fee Free Week II
Fee Free Week, "the offer so nice we tried it twice," is back! All performances remaining in the Celebrity Series of Boston 2009-2010 season are available with NO ticket fees from March 1-5. By phone only, at 617-482-6661 (Monday-Friday, 10am-4pm). Check out the schedule of performances here.
Of check out this list: the amazing one-man vocal show Bobby McFerrin, jazz vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater, the extraordinary all-male chorus Chanticleer, author David Sedaris, Imani Winds with jazz vibraphonist Stefon Harris, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Israeli cellist and multi-media artist Maya Beiser, classical pianist Maurizio Pollini, baritone Thomas Quasthoff and more ...
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