| Both sides previous revisionPrevious revisionNext revision | Previous revision |
| 2017:2017-11:2017-11-11 [2017/11/12 01:38] – [Notes] randolo | 2017:2017-11:2017-11-11 [2020/06/14 23:54] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1 |
|---|
| 8:00 PM, Saturday, November 11, 2017 | 8:00 PM, Saturday, November 11, 2017 |
| |
| [[2017-11-10|Back to the previous event!]] ☸ [[:#section2017|Up to the 2017 yearbox!]] ☸ [[:2017#November_events|Up to the 2017 event list!]] ☸ [[2017-11-12|On to the next event!]] | [[2017-11-10|Back to the previous event!]] ☸ [[:#section2017|Up to the 2017 yearbox!]] ☸ [[:2017#November_events|Up to the 2017 event list!]] ☸ [[2017-11-11-2|On to the next event!]] |
| |
| ## Tentative Program | ## Tentative Program |
| _Gran Turismo_ seemed to me to be more gimmicky \("eight virtuouso violinists"\) than substantial. Certainly the tonal range was far more restricted than the other works on tonight's program, but unexpectedly, so to was the emotional range and tempo: the whole thing was kind of frantic and loud. Of course, maybe that was the point: to show that violins can be as obnoxious as video games. Happily, it wasn't too long, so by the time I started feeling uninterested, it was also time for the piece to end. | _Gran Turismo_ seemed to me to be more gimmicky \("eight virtuouso violinists"\) than substantial. Certainly the tonal range was far more restricted than the other works on tonight's program, but unexpectedly, so to was the emotional range and tempo: the whole thing was kind of frantic and loud. Of course, maybe that was the point: to show that violins can be as obnoxious as video games. Happily, it wasn't too long, so by the time I started feeling uninterested, it was also time for the piece to end. |
| |
| After the overripe rendition of the Mendelssohn octet at the [previous NCCO concert](urltbd), I was a little wary reading that a Mahler arrangement of a Beethoven quartet would cap tonight's program, but my concerns were needless: the execution was superb, and the strong bones of Beethoven's composition easily shouldered the extra weight of quadrupled parts. It's hard to imagine that the audience at the premise of the Mahler version booed: that probably says a lot more about public reverence for Beethoven in that period than anything. I wonder how Mahler felt about it! | After the overripe rendition of the Mendelssohn octet at the [previous NCCO concert](http://www.funfolks.net/dw/doku.php?id=2017:2017-09:2017-09-21), I was a little wary reading that a Mahler arrangement of a Beethoven quartet would cap tonight's program, but my concerns were needless: the execution was superb, and the strong bones of Beethoven's composition easily shouldered the extra weight of quadrupled parts. It's hard to imagine that the audience at the premise of the Mahler version booed: that probably says a lot more about public reverence for Beethoven in that period than anything. I wonder how Mahler felt about it! |
| |
| It was a little surprising to me that the show ended without an encore, but given the sparse audience and the tepid response to the Beethoven (plenty of polite applause, but no hooting or hollering), I guess we got what we deserved! | It was a little surprising to me that the show ended without an encore, but given the sparse audience and the tepid response to the Beethoven (plenty of polite applause, but no hooting or hollering), I guess we got what we deserved! |
| | |
| | [Program Notes](https://www.stageview.co/TOC.php?tSVID=1748&theOnstageID=ncc1718-2-sv&theOrgLibrary=Y&theOrgLibraryLanding=) |
| | |
| | David Bratman posted a review of the preceding night’s show at [SFCV](https://www.sfcv.org/reviews/new-century-chamber-orchestra/the-new-century-chamber-orchestra-spans-five-centuries-with). |
| |
| {{tag>music NCCO Benjamin_Beilman JungHae_Kim Herbst_Theatre Hrabba_Atladottir Robin_Bonnell Michelle_Djokic Jenny_Douglass Jory_Fankuchen Eric_Gaenslen Candace_Guirao Dawn_Harms Anna_Kruger Anthony_Manzo Robin_Mayforth Isaac_Melamed Evan_Price Elizabeth_Prior Cassandra_Lynne_Richburg Karen_Shinozaki_Sor Iris_Stone Michael_Yokas }} | {{tag>music NCCO Benjamin_Beilman JungHae_Kim Herbst_Theatre Hrabba_Atladottir Robin_Bonnell Michelle_Djokic Jenny_Douglass Jory_Fankuchen Eric_Gaenslen Candace_Guirao Dawn_Harms Anna_Kruger Anthony_Manzo Robin_Mayforth Isaac_Melamed Evan_Price Elizabeth_Prior Cassandra_Lynne_Richburg Karen_Shinozaki_Sor Iris_Stone Michael_Yokas }} |
| |
| [[2017-11-10|Back to the previous event!]] ☸ [[:#section2017|Up to the 2017 yearbox!]] ☸ [[:2017#November_events|Up to the 2017 event list!]] ☸ [[2017-11-12|On to the next event!]] | [[2017-11-10|Back to the previous event!]] ☸ [[:#section2017|Up to the 2017 yearbox!]] ☸ [[:2017#November_events|Up to the 2017 event list!]] ☸ [[2017-11-11-2|On to the next event!]] |
