Recent Concerts You've Enjoyed

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jazdoc said:

We sat in the front of the center balcony and the acoustics were excellent.

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Super ! Seems they have figured out the non "shoebox " hall

I just heard Yannick and the Philadelphia Orchestra perform Mahler's 7th at Carnegie Hall. All I can say is, I have no idea why that building, built in 1891, is still standing. Yannick blew the freaking hinges off the doors. The encores lasted over 10 minutes. ( I saw M7 played at Lucerne 2 years ago with Petrenko and the Berlin. I am honestly not convinced they played the same piece of music!!)

M7 follow-up

A bit of orchestral trivia. A friend of mine who plays trumpet (and who has played w the Philadelphia Orchestra), heard M7 in Philly 2 days ago and called it a once-in-a-lifetime concert, much like the way I felt after hearing it in Carnegie last night. One reason why is the following. The principal trumpet position is currently vacant in Philly. What the top orchestras often do for vacant positions is "borrow" principals from other orchestras for major performances, which is what Philly did for M7. They "borrowed" Esteban Batallan from the Chicago Symphony for their M7 performed in Philly on April 11, Carnegie last night, and again in Philly for the next 2 nights . Batallan is considered among the greatest of all-time trumpet players. In the last movement there is high C after high C and he nailed all of them with power rarely heard. Here is a facebook from Tony Prisk, the 2nd trumpet in Philly who said the following about Batallan (on the right):




No wonder last night felt electric at Carnegie. If I could, I'd go to Philly to hear it again tonight but I'm hearing Beatrice Rana performing Rach 2 tonight here with the NY Phil at Geffen Hall. (All I'm trying to do is catch-up to Ked for concerts attended this season )

marty said:

M7 follow-up

A bit of orchestral trivia. A friend of mine who plays trumpet (and who has played w the Philadelphia Orchestra), heard M7 in Philly 2 days ago and called it a once-in-a-lifetime concert, much like the way I felt after hearing it in Carnegie last night. One reason why is the following. The principal trumpet position is currently vacant in Philly. What the top orchestras often do for vacant positions is "borrow" principals from other orchestras for major performances, which is what Philly did for M7. They "borrowed" Esteban Batallan from the Chicago Symphony for their M7 performed in Philly on April 11, Carnegie last night, and again in Philly for the next 2 nights . Batallan is considered among the greatest of all-time trumpet players. In the last movement there is high C after high C and he nailed all of them with power rarely heard.

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Living in Chicago, I'm fortunate to hear Esteban Batallan regularly. The principal trumpet chair at the CSO is named for the legendary Adolph (Bud) Herseth. Esteban is a worthy successor to Bud Herseth. He was pleased when I said that to him at a dinner last year.