A recent Chicago Symphony Orchestra program juxtaposed works by three masterful yet radically different composers of classical music: Wolfgang Mozart, William Kraft and Ottorino Respighi.
Principal timpani David Herbert makes his CSO solo debut performing Kraft’s “Timpani Concerto No. 1.”
No doubt you’ve heard the expression “bang the drum slowly.” But in this remarkable, immensely challenging 23-minute work by Kraft , Herbert finessed a wildly demanding, often rapid-fire series of bravura turns. Kraft was the Chicago-born son of Jewish immigrants from Ukraine and a member of the Los Angeles Philharmonic for 26 years; he worked as an assistant conductor and composer and was the philharmonic’s principal timpanist.
Music director Riccardo Muti and principal timpani David Herbert exchange timpani mallets and baton following Herbert’s solo debut with the CSO on Kraft’s “Timpani Concerto No. 1.”
France Dernières Nouvelles, France Actualités
Similar News:Vous pouvez également lire des articles d'actualité similaires à celui-ci que nous avons collectés auprès d'autres sources d'information.
Review: San Diego Symphony closes its season in spectacular fashionRafael Payare dazzled with exhilarating works by Evencio Castellanos and Antonio Estévez
Lire la suite »
Community Groups, Chicago Police Focused on Quelling Memorial Day Weekend ViolenceJust weeks into his first term as mayor of Chicago, Brandon Johnson is vowing to tackle violence through collaboration, counting on Chicago police, but also community groups this Memorial Day weekend and beyond. One such group, MASK, Mothers of Men Against Senseless Killings is led by Tamar Manasseh. Manasseh said the strategy is crime through positive loitering, showing the neighborhood…
Lire la suite »
Chicago Fire Department honors fallen firefighter Juan Bucio, who died during a dive rescueChicago Firefighter Juan Bucio, 46, died in the Chicago River in 2018 while searching for a missing boater.
Lire la suite »
Clarence Page has written about 50 years of Chicago historyFrom the Editorial Board: ' This Editorial Board celebrates a half century of Clarence Page’s reporting and opining on a tumultuous collection of world events, some written from Chicago, some from Page’s longtime perch in Washington.'
Lire la suite »