United States Hiromi Solo: Hiromi Uehara (piano). SFJAZZ, Miner Auditorium, San Francisco, 9/9/2022. (HS)
Pianist Hiromi Uehara is redefining the possibilities for combining classical music and jazz
Harvey Steiman
Sensational Berlioz Requiem makes a great season finale to this year’s Aspen Music Festival
United States Aspen Music Festival [13]: (HS)
Beautifully conducted Don Giovanni and a meaningful baritone recital stand out in Aspen
United States Aspen Music Festival [12]: (HS)
Alisa Weilerstein in conversation with Harvey Steiman about FRAGMENTS, her fresh approach to Bach’s cello suites
Cellist Alisa Weilerstein in conversation with Harvey Steiman
Alisa Weilerstein walked onto the stage Monday morning at Harris Concert Hall in Aspen, picked up her cello and played for a select audience who were there to provide feedback on her new idea for a concert experience.
For the project, called FRAGMENTS, Weilerstein had commissioned short pieces from 27 living classical composers to intersperse between the 36 movements of Johann Sebastian Bach’s six suites for unaccompanied cello. The audience got no printed program and knew only that she was going to play all of the first cello suite and music from five contemporary composers. There would be a stage set and lighting.
Joyce Yang’s Prokofiev concerto stands out in a weekend of crowd-pleasers
United States Aspen Music Festival 2022 [11]: (HS)
At Santa Fe, Quinn Kelsey stars in an energetic Falstaff, and an uneven cast and dire staging undermines Tristan
United States Santa Fe Opera 2022 [3]: (HS)
A lurid tale told deftly in M. Butterfly, a new opera from Huang Ruo based on David Henry Hwang’s play
United States Santa Fe Opera 2022 [2] – Huang Ruo, M. Butterfly: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Santa Fe Opera / Carolyn Kuan (conductor). The Crosby Theater, Santa Fe, 3.8.2022. (HS)
A sidesplitting Barber of Seville outshines a confusingly dull Carmen in Santa Fe
United States Santa Fe Opera 2022 [1]: (HS)
