Amherst students ‘link up’ for music program, Anna Walters, Amherst Bee
Julie Furlong said working together as an ensemble allowed students to learn something new in addition to experiencing the process of discipline.
Julie Furlong said working together as an ensemble allowed students to learn something new in addition to experiencing the process of discipline.
The BPO and JoAnn Falletta have been on roll this spring, producing some of the most successively exciting concert programs in years. This weekend’s concerts should continue this streak.
“I know there are amazing musical stories in Buffalo. And doggone it, I’m going to find them.”
“Ives was actually an astonishing human being, as well as being a great musical artist who… captured the essence of what it means for us to be Americans in his music,” said JoAnn Falletta.
People are still talking about about the concert itself. Which presents a challenge for this weekend’s Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra concert, Part 2 of the Beethoven Festival. How do you top Part 1?
This English prose version, with burly Buffalo actor Matthew Witten, dressed all in black, striding about, declaiming the highlights of the action, is a very accessible 21st century introduction.
If ever there were a case to be made for live music, as opposed to listening to recordings in your living room, Saturday provided it.
“It’s schizophrenic, as if it’s looking for an answer to life, and then he finds it. This is what life is about.”
She got Buffalo – and Buffalo got her too.
On March 15, Broadway’s Megan Hilty will perform with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra in Kleinhans Music Hall at 8 p.m. It will be her first Buffalo appearance ever.