Fixing Entrenched Mistakes
Plus: María Dueñas with the LA Phil; Recordings; Reviews
Fixing Entrenched Mistakes Before Performances and Auditions
The piece is memorized, polished, you’ve even performed it a few times - then some weird glitch starts happening: a memory slip, a missed shift, a bungled string crossing. What do you do? Here is a five-step process for ensuring you fix the problem and it all goes correctly in performance. By Laurie Niles, with video.
Review: Violinist María Dueñas Plays Korngold with LA Phil
On Friday Spanish violinist María Dueñas performed Korngold’s made-in-Hollywood Violin Concerto with the LA Phil, then a show-stopping encore: her own arrangement of “Granada,” a virtuoso duet with harpist Emmanuel Ceysson. By Laurie Niles.
For the Record, Op. 380
Our weekly roundup of new recordings:
William Shaub and pianist Katherine Benson’s “Faces and Masques,” music of Clara and Robert Schumann
Baroque violinist Cristina Prats Costa’s debut album “Spiritillo Mediterraneo”
The Week in Reviews, Op. 548
Our weekly roundup of reviews:
María Dueñas with the Los Angeles Philharmonic
Lisa Batiashvili in recital in Boston
The Calder Quartet in New York
…and more!
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