[not a flick, but a performance, so...]
Beethoven's Symphony No. 6 in F major, Pastoral Symphony
paired with
Aaron Jay Kernis. sunset. modern
Timothy Fain, violin. young, quite good

lived in Vienna mostly, but in summers would go to countryside Heiligenstadt, Modling, Baden
sense of geniality and relaxation

Meyerhoff Symphony Hall opened 9/16/1982

Marin Alsop
only child of father concertmaster and mother cellist
started on the piano at age _2_, cello at 6yo.
in manhattan
a first of many things. only conductor who got the MacArthur's. [the others seem important, but i don't know the significance]
mentor was Leonard Bernstein. but also talks of George Szell, Eugene Ormandy when trying to make the concert experience more accessible.

Joseph Meyerhoff
1899-1985
2443 seats
$23 million hall
architect Pietro Belluschi (Portland Art Museum, Bank of America building in SF, Equitable Building in Portland, Davies Hall in SF)
curvy, each of the seats has an unobstructed view of the stage

Leon Fleisher
pianist, who had dystonia isolated to right hand when 37yo
Beethoven, Brahms
started with two hands again 10/2003

Sergiu Comissiona
fr Romania
conductor 1969 to 1984
brought fr B to A class orchestra

Yuri Temirkanov
fr Russia
conductor 2000-2006
most memorable performances Tchaikovsky's opera Iolanta, Shostakovich's Symphony No. 13 (Babi Yar)

Beethoven
12/16/1770-3/26/1827

Symphony No. 7 in A major
physical energy and joy

to listen:
Sony Classical
John Corigliano's Violin Concerto, "The Red Violin"
played by Joshua Bell

Tchaikovsky's opera Iolanta

Shostakovich, Symphony No. 13 (Babi Yar)
powerful, controversial

Beeethoven, Symphony No. 7 in A major
(Beethoven, Symphony No. 8 in F major. the artist "unbuttoned")
- posted by B @ 2:46 PM