Classical Beat: July, 2011
Of Wolf Trap and other festivals
The news isn’t that Wolf Trap offers middlebrow programming; the news is that the definition of “middlebrow” has changed since it opened 40 years ago. In 1971, you had dozens of classical stars with enough box-office clout to sell out a concert. Today, there are five. No wonder Wolf Trap offers more “Video Games Live” and less Tchaikovsky.
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03:53 PM ET, 07/30/2011 |
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Link: Castleton gala brings stars, Shakespeare to Strathmore
In a benefit for his mom-and-pop Castleton Festival, Lorin Maazel brings Jeremy Irons and Helen Mirren to Strathmore to adorn a concert of Shakespeare-related music by Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, and Mendelssohn.
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11:55 PM ET, 07/01/2011 |
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Late links: the week in review(s)
Reviews that ran in this week’s Washington Post included a look at a Wounded Warriors tribute that limped along and - this just in - an evaluation of a Scarlatti-Stella concert that didn’t quite bring the ongoing Philips Collection show full circle.
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06:52 PM ET, 07/01/2011 |
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