Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 "Italian"; Overture and Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night's Dream (1987, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London)
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
They say "tomayto"; we say "tomahto". They respond positively to smooth PR; our hackles rise at the same sales talk. They like to believe ballet dancers live the life of a Ralph Lauren photoshoot; we're reassured to see ours at work in holey tights.
The Independent (Free subscription) | 10/04/2009
Two images are in my mind as I start this review of Christof Loy’s Tristan und Isolde. The first is of Nina Stemme’s ecstatic Isolde, seated close by the slumped corpse of her lover yet utterly alone in the lovesick radiance of the Liebestod. The second is of a face blurred into hatred as its owner loudly booed Loy and his designers Johannes Leiacker and Olaf Winter only minutes later....
The Independent (Free subscription) | 10/04/2009
While it would be nice to believe that talent always rises to the top, the finger of fate is more capricious. You know how it goes. You see a person being lauded, or landing a great new job, and wonder what others see in them that you don't.
The Stage (Free subscription) | 09/28/2009
Queen Elizabeth Hall, London: This collaboration between the Spanish choreographer/dancer Rafael Bonachela and the eminent Italian composer and double bass maestro, Ezio Bosso, must be a match made in heaven. Read the full review
The Independent (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
Forty years makes a ruby anniversary. That explains the presence of Balanchine's Rubies in this programme marking 40 years of Scottish Ballet. It's a birthday show, but very much a celebration of the company as directed by Ashley Page. It focuses on the works and choreographers that Page has added to the repertory, without reference to the company's history. The heart of the evening is William Forsythe's...
Bumpershine.com (Free subscription) | 10/04/2009
... 6, 2009 and John Darnielle and his friend Owen Pallet (aka Final Fantasy ) will be playing Webster Hall on December 1 ( Buy Tickets ) and The Bell House on December 2. Also, you can catch The Mountain Goats national TV debut on The Colbert Report on Tuesday, October 6, 2009 (the same the album is released). Last but not least, The Life of the World To Come is streaming on ColbertNation.com...
