Popular Post Ricard 2,245 Posted May 30, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted May 30, 2017 This was sent to me by the CSO: The Chicago Symphony Orchestra is offering a concert June 15-17, showcasing saxophonist Branford Marsalis and music from Catch Me If You Can: https://cso.org/ticketsandevents/production-details-2016-17/chicago-symphony-orchestra/malkki-marsalis-williams/ You can use promo code MALKKI to receive 25% off tickets leeallen01, Will and Mari 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 Pretty darn cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2,215 Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 Ah, yes, I've had this one on my radar for quite some time. And thanks for the reminder, because apparently now student tickets are available! I should probably go, at just $20. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 Go! For goodness sake! What are you still doing here? Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,714 Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 Hey it's Susanna Mälkki from Finland conducting! Go buy those tickets already! Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,493 Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 Wynton is now pissed at his brother for doing music by the guy who replaced him on ROSEWOOD! In all seriousness, this sounds good. Go for it! Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,515 Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 Now, now, Thor, play nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Andrade 1,263 Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 Marsalis have been championing Escapades for a while now. That I've counted, since January this will be the third series of concerts he's been soloist in that includes the Williams piece. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 His 2009 recording of Escapades is one of my favorite. American Spectrum (2009, Bis, 1644; Marsalis, Llewellyn, North Carolina S) John Williams: Escapades. Incanus and Stempel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2,215 Posted June 10, 2017 Share Posted June 10, 2017 Ticket bought! Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2,215 Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 Well, the Chicago Tribune reviewer of this concert sounds like a real elitist (I'm going tonight btw): http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-cso-malkki-review-ent-0617-20170616-story.html Quote There are about 70 compositions for soprano and alto saxophone and symphony orchestra. Branford Marsalis played one of the least consequential, John Williams' "Escapades" from "Catch Me If You Can," and a blunt version (by an unnamed arranger) of Gabriel Faure's fragile "Pavane." This was vintage Boston Pops fare, memorable if at all in the Williams because of the poise of Marsalis, Cynthia Yeh's vibraphone and Robert Kassinger's amplified double bass. But really. In a fortnight the orchestra will accompany the film "Jaws" with three live performances of Williams' score. Isn't that enough? No, it's not enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 What an asshole. Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 4,651 Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 1 hour ago, Will said: Well, the Chicago Tribune reviewer of this concert sounds like a real elitist (I'm going tonight btw): http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-cso-malkki-review-ent-0617-20170616-story.html No, it's not enough. translation: "oh, I resent the fact that I am alive and want others to experience a share of my misery." Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,306 Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 Oh, he's one of those critics. God help him if the Hans Zimmer stage show ever visits Chicago. Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Wiljami 1,206 Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 Oh I tried to post to that site that he is an asshole but it never went through. I've been playing in the orchestras over 30 years and have to say that I hate Beethovens pastoral but I love these Johnnys fresh pieces. My biggest concern about this concert was with the conductor, will the dementor handle these jazzy passages.... Will and crumbs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Jazz is the music of the devil, and should not be played in public. Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TownerFan 4,983 Posted June 18, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted June 18, 2017 mrbellamy, Disco Stu and Will 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2,215 Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Great concert. All the classical stuff was done very nicely. The Melinda Wagner premiere was very "modernistic" (you know, the type of music where nearly every chord is what would in the past have been considered a dissonance), but still fascinating -- and I am kind of used to this stuff, since a lot of Williams concert music has that quality in parts. Probably something you have to listen to a lot to fully appreciate. To be completely honest, I was a little disappointed with Marsalis' selections overall. Perhaps it was just the way he mixed with the rest of the orchestra (the orchestra often kind of muffled the solos), or even simply me being used to flawless recordings, but something just felt "off" a lot of the time. This was fairly obvious in the Faure piece and in "Remembrances." In the latter, one of my favorite parts sounded so "off" that I didn't even notice it had happened until afterward, which was a real letdown. That should say something! (By the way, they did not do the bass solo at the end of that movement heard on the recent CD - which I didn't really care about, since I find it kind of boring to be honest. ) However, "Closing In" was performed well IIRC, and "Joy Ride" was truly a joy ride, with splendid playing from Marsalis, and a powerful brass section that, from just a few rows back from the stage, resounded with true fanfaric force absent from the recordings, which seem to emphasize the strings a little more in the mix. One great thing about going to concerts is that it gives me an excuse, which I usually need, to check out new classical music. I listened to all the pieces each twice before the concert and found all sorts of little gem moments, e.g.: Jay and Joni Wiljami 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Wiljami 1,206 Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Well I have admit that Dan Higgins is a hell of a saxophone player!! Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ricard 2,245 Posted December 31, 2017 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 31, 2017 The full concert including the 13-minute Escapades suite is currently being streamed by the CSO: https://csosoundsandstories.org/susanna-malkki-and-branford-marsalis/ Williams Escapades from Catch Me If You Can Branford Marsalis, alto saxophone Robert Kassinger, bass Cynthia Yeh, vibraphone CSO conducted by Susanna Mälkki Miguel Andrade, Bryant Burnette and thx99 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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