| Date and venue | Title | Submitted by |
|---|---|---|
| 8-Feb-2013 Usher Hall | An American festival with the RSNO | Alan Coady |
 As a teenager, I recall feeling how American classical music differed from European; its harmonies seemed as wide open as the plains depicted on film; its rhythmic freedom grabbed me viscerally. The same feeling obtains many years later and certainly did in this RSNO programme. The fact that two of these most American pieces were penned by the children of Ukranian Jewish immigrants says much about the musical culture of a relatively young America.
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| 15-Nov-2011 Bass Performance Hall | Cosmopolitan Paris: An evening with Cho-Liang Lin and Jon Kimura Parker | Evan Mitchell |
.jpg) What’s in a name, or for that matter, a label? Why does music “sound” German, American, French, or Russian? Violinist Cho-Liang Lin and pianist Jon Kimura Parker presented a duo recital at Fort Worth’s Bass Hall Tuesday evening, titled “An Evening in Paris”. Their thoughtful program consisted of works by French composers of the early twentieth century, and also by (long-time Parisian) Stravinsky. This kind of open-ended theme typically leads an audience to draw its own conclusions.Read full review... | ||
