The Austin Symphony Orchestra (ASO) has been kicked out of its old home at the Bass Hall on the UT (University of Texas) campus and its new home, the Long Center (above) is not quite ready.  While waiting for it to be completed, the ASO continues its 2007-2008 concert series at Riverbend.
Riverbend is actually a megachurch seating about [...]

continue reading.....

This “Live from the Met” production of Verdi’s Macbeth was directed by Adrian Noble, formerly head of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) in England, and conducted by James Levine.
Levine and the New York Philharmonic were superb. Quick and crisp and often exciting. Noble’s work was disappointing. He had chosen to move the setting forward in time, from 11th century [...]

continue reading.....

Last night on PBS we had a mishmash of a program called Berlin in Lights. In fact, we saw highlights from the recent Berlin in Lights festival at Carnegie Hall that gave no sense of what the festival was all about.
The major work was Mahler’s Ninth Symphony conducted by Simon Rattle with the Berlin Philharmonic. Rattle is without a [...]

continue reading.....