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Title: Glass Symphony No. 11 Post by: Gauk on September 18, 2017, 02:05:55 pm Glass's 11th will be played by the Royal Liverpool PO under Petrenko in Gateshead on 30 September. I have my ticket!
Title: Re: Glass Symphony No. 11 Post by: ahinton on September 18, 2017, 03:12:30 pm Glass's 11th will be played by the Royal Liverpool PO under Petrenko in Gateshead on 30 September. I have my ticket! I can think of better things that it could be played under but will refrain from doing so; why Petrenko, of all people, is doing this beggars belief. Sorry.Title: Re: Glass Symphony No. 11 Post by: Dundonnell on September 19, 2017, 02:39:06 am All I can say is that I sincerely hope the Symphony No.11 is a very large cut above the 10th-which I thought was truly dreadful :(
Title: Re: Glass Symphony No. 11 Post by: Gauk on October 31, 2017, 11:11:47 pm Late report back - it was interesting that in the programme notes, the composer compares his 11th to his 8th and 9th symphonies, with no mention of the 10th. However, I don't think that those who disparage Glass #10 will be enthusiastic about #11.
It was the first time I had been in the Sage at Gateshead, and I have to say I was most impressed by the acoustics. The second half of the concert was given over to Rachmaninoff's 2nd symphony, and I found I was noticing details of the orchestration I had never noticed before, and it's a work I have heard many times. It's a work supposedly influenced by Tchaikovsky, but it seemed to me that Borodin is a much stronger influence - and I had never noticed that before. Title: Re: Glass Symphony No. 11 Post by: cjvinthechair on November 01, 2017, 08:39:15 pm Reservations notwithstanding - if anyone sees an opportunity to 'acquire' the symphony, it would complete the collection, if nothing else ! |