In all the traditional arts, there may be no greater a misnomer today than the accepted designation that classical music is tranquil — that it is suitable stuff for relaxation and the background. Anyone who has listened to a Beethoven symphony, Verdi opera or Stravinsky ballet on earphones certainly knows that isn’t the case. Classical music is the realm of drama, of tremendous contrast, of tension and release.
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Shakespeare productions give McSweeny chance to cast CTC vets
August 21, 2011
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When he’s not at Chautauqua serving as artistic director of Chautauqua Theater Company, Ethan McSweeny puts his directing skills to good use. He already has plans to direct three productions following the season. Prior to the start of this summer, he worked with the Shakespeare Theatre Company directing William Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice.”
The show ran June 21 through July 24 at Sidney Harman Hall in Washington, D.C., and McSweeny said what made this production special was the number of CTC alumni in the cast. This list includes former conservatory members Liz Wisan (Nerissa), Amelia Pedlow (Jessica) and Matthew Carlson (Lorenzo).
Read more Symphonic tendencies
August 20, 2011
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Guest conductor Grant Cooper and cellist Julie Albers have worked together many times before but never have played together with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra. Join them in a concert featuring Edward Elgar’s cello concerto and Brahms’ fourth symphony at 8:15 p.m. Saturday in the Amphitheater.
Cooper said Albers is a real joy to work with and loves music deeply, which makes her a compelling presence onstage.
Read more High spirits infectious as Hadelich, Chen shine with CSO
August 19, 2011
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It would have been easy for the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra to have presented a meat-and-potatoes program Thursday at the Amphitheater. But with violinist Augustin Hadelich engaged for the evening, something much more enticing was in store.
The concert, conducted by Mei-Ann Chen, included a classical concerto (Haydn’s Violin Concerto No. 1 in C major) and a favorite symphony (Mendelssohn’s “Italian”).
Read more Conservatory’s hidden talents shine in tonight’s cabaret
August 19, 2011
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After getting to know and love the actors of Chautauqua Theater Company throughout the summer, Chautauquans will have one last chance to see the conservatory members as a group at the Bratton Late Night Cabaret.
The event will take place at 10:30 p.m. tonight at Bratton Theater.
Artistic Director Ethan McSweeny said the Cabaret is a great way for conservatory members to finish out their summer in Chautauqua.
Read more CSO’s Kamminga to discuss Trinidad music education in Brown Bag
August 19, 2011
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Hear the rainforest through the creative minds of five very young composers at the world premiere of the documentary short, “Rainforest: A Musical Postcard from Trinidad,” at 12:15 p.m. today in Smith Wilkes Hall.
CSO double bassist Caitlyn Kamminga will talk about her work with the young composers and in other music education and outreach programs at today’s Symphony Partners “Meet the CSO Musicians” Brown Bag lunch.
Two years ago, Kamminga and her husband, trombonist Aidan Chamberlain, were working as freelance orchestra musicians in London, trading off international tour dates and putting their two young children to bed via Skype video calls.
Read more Chautauqua Music Camps end week with student concerts
August 19, 2011
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The Chautauqua School of Music campus looks a lot different this week. As the last of the Music School Festival Orchestra students pack up their belongings and disperse to various colleges across the country, they are replaced this week by musical miniatures.
Middle school and high school instrumentalists now fill the practice rooms and concert halls with small-scale cellos, brazen trumpets and pre-teen flutists congregated around folding music stands, competing to see who can hold a note the longest.
The Chautauqua Music Camps have invaded the School of Music with more than 90 young students to participate in the Middle School Band Camp, the Jazz Camp and the Orchestra Camp for string players. The camp now is in its 13th year and always occurs during Week Eight of the festival season.
Read more Echoes of the Golden Age in CSO’s Tuesday performance
August 18, 2011
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Concert programs in the so-called Golden Age of American Orchestras (defined roughly as the time during which one began listening to orchestral music seriously) often opened with an overture, presented a concerto before intermission and a symphony after.
If Tuesday evening’s Chautauqua Symphony concert didn’t always conjure the Golden Age, the programming strategy largely did so. On the podium was the Bulgarian-born Rossen Milanov making his CSO debut. Milanov’s training has a Golden Age flavor, too. The artistic director of The Philadelphia Orchestra at The Mann Center for the Performing Arts is an experienced opera conductor, the opera pit being the traditional training ground for old-school maestros.
Read more Virtuosity and variety
August 18, 2011
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Ten years ago, 17-year-old violinist Augustin Hadelich made his U.S. debut with the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra. He has been back to Chautauqua almost every summer since.
“It’s one of the first places that gave me a chance, gave me a shot when I was just starting out,” he said. “The whole time I was there, I felt like people were really rooting for me and supporting me, and every time I’ve been back, as well.”
Read more SLIDESHOW: Music to our ears
August 17, 2011
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Daily photographer Megan Tan documents the School of Music’s final week at Chautauqua.
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