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Month: July 2016

GARRETT-MOULTON’S LIVE CONSTELLATION OF DANCE

GARRETT-MOULTON’S LIVE CONSTELLATION OF DANCE

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  The Biggest-Little Show, Complete with Singers, Musicians By Paul Hertelendy  artssf.com, the independent observer of San Francisco Bay Area music and dance  Week of July 29, 2016 Vol. 18, No. 80 The dance group Garrett + Moulton puts on an admirable spectacle, bringing forth yet another local ensemble investing heavily in multi-dimensional live dance theater. G&M’s “Speak, Angels” spotlights six dancers, seven instrumentalists, five singers, plus a unique 18-member “movement group” in a tightly organized, fast-flying, hour-long concert. The…

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OUTWATER ELOQUENT IN TCHAIKOVSKY 

OUTWATER ELOQUENT IN TCHAIKOVSKY 

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In Bill Shared by Rachmaninoff By Paul Hertelendy  artssf.com, the independent observer of San Francisco Bay Area music and dance  Week of July 24-31, 2016 Vol. 18, No. 79 This time of year, the San Francisco Symphony serves up a melange–some pop artists, some movies with live orchestral accompaniment, and a few classical concerts with mainline repertoire which resemble Tanglewood’s doings in Massachusetts—familiar works which can be played on minimal rehearsal time. An all-Russian concert program materialized in this mix…

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THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING!

THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING!

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Chamber Works Focused 1850-1945  By Paul Hertelendy  artssf.com, the independent observer of San Francisco Bay Area music and dance  Week of July 20-27, 2016 Vol. 18, No. 78 ATHERTON, CA—During the summer doldrums, count on Music@Menlo to liven up the scene with prime chamber music. Admittedly, it’s a challenge, given this year’s Russian theme. Serious Russian music didn’t stir noticeably  till Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert were gone. But in the opening week, Music@Menlo offered a package of early works by…

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SEIWERT’S NEW IDEAS, DIRECTIONS IN DANCE 

SEIWERT’S NEW IDEAS, DIRECTIONS IN DANCE 

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By Paul Hertelendy  artssf.com, the independent observer of San Francisco Bay Area music and dance  Week of July 13-20, 2016 Vol. 18, No. 77 Dismayed by the sameness of too many dance performances? Amy Seiwert’s new thrusts show great promise to break out of the mold, via her Imagery company’s “Sketch 6” series of July 8-10. This was bold, invigorating innovation by four choreographers, each working to stretch the envelope of movement, performing in an intimate theater (Cowell, on the…

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REVELATIONS OF MAHLER’S ‘RESURRECTION’ SYMPHONY

REVELATIONS OF MAHLER’S ‘RESURRECTION’ SYMPHONY

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As the Apt Season Finale in S.F. By Paul Hertelendy  artssf.com, the independent observer of San Francisco Bay Area music and dance  Week of July. 6-13, 2016 Vol. 18, No. 76 Mahler’s Second Symphony is like the month of March twice over: It comes in like a lion, continues like a lamb, and goes out, once again, like a lion. It was thus in the interpretation of Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony this weekend, one of the…

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