WPAS began its Hayes Piano Series for the season with a recital by Ran Dank. A view from Twitter and YouTube at Storify.
WPAS began its Hayes Piano Series for the season with a recital by Ran Dank. A view from Twitter and YouTube at Storify.
The new year kicked off with a recital by Jeremy Denk.
Embarrassment of riches this afternoon: historic Met performance on radio; recital tickets at Kennedy Center.
Jeremy Denk pleases at Kennedy Center: Bach, Ives, Liszt, and Schumann. "Angelic" passages in Schumann stark contrast to boisterous Ives.
Jeremy Denk interviewed by Neale Pearle after recital. To release Ives recording, thoughtful, funny, and a blogger. Plated w/ Argerich.
Just the thing for a sloppy day: recital by Plamena Mangova about to begin. House does seem a little light. Standards, Scriabin, Ginastera.
Mangova satsfies, not overwhelms. Ginastera pleases most. Maybe too brilliant; has not yet decided how to excel. Can be great if she does.
In October, I won tickets to a performance by Murray Perahia.
Unbelievable luck! Won tickets to WPAS performance by Murray Perahia at Kennedy Center. Bach, Schumann, and more this weekend.
Perahia spellbinding in first half of Bach Partita and Beerhoven op. 109. Audience response and buzz is enthusiastic.
Chopin my favorite part, especially Etude and Scherzo. Playing here seemed especially free and attractive.
Attention flagged during Schumann, but Kinderszenen (?) is not my cup of tea. Perahia got more out of it for me than most.
Brahms Intermezzo and another Etude for generous and satisfying encore.
Valid theory? Used to listening to younger performers. Feel like they call attention to selves; older artists like Perahia focus on music.