Category Archives: concert clips

Addendum

Posted on
Nov 15 2011
 by Sam Bergman

First of all, big thanks to everyone who came to our Inside the Classics concerts this past weekend! I was particularly nervous about this show, partly because I had to play a solo viola work in front of my MN … Continue reading →

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Something Old, Something New

Posted on
Jun 4 2011
 by Sam Bergman

I mentioned earlier this week that much of my time lately has been consumed by Aaron Kernis’s Concerto for Echoes, which is opening this week’s concerts. It’s always difficult to judge unfamiliar works while you’re in the middle of learning … Continue reading →

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“Was it even music?”

Posted on
May 4 2010
 by Sarah

That’s not a phrase you really want to hear in a concert review. Particularly when it’s not referencing an avant garde contemporary work, but a Chopin piano concerto. This query is from David Patrick Stearns’s review of a concert by … Continue reading →

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We Are So Hollywood

Posted on
Jan 8 2010
 by Sam Bergman

So, apparently, those of you attending the orchestra’s Sounds of Cinema festival this weekend or next will be getting an intermission faceful of all that video we were shooting during last October’s Inside the Classics concerts, wrapped up in classic … Continue reading →

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More Copland Audio

Posted on
May 30 2008
 by Sam Bergman

Here are three more audio samples from our Inside the Classics season finale. First, a bit of history on Copland’s political moorings, followed by a full performance of his immortal Fanfare for the Common Man… Next, following our brief sample … Continue reading →

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The Long-Awaited Copland Show Audio

Posted on
May 27 2008
 by Sam Bergman

So, way back at the beginning of this month, I promised that I’d put up some of the audio samples people had been requesting from our Copland show once I had a recording of the concerts in hand. Sorry to … Continue reading →

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