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...genial Kawada explains. It's a thumb-sized symbol of cultural exchange, and one that is amplified when five Sydney Symphony musicians proceed to perform a sprightly version of Percy Grainger's Walking June in Kawada's wood-paneled lounge. The occasion is a send-off for the orchestra on its imminent Japanese tour?part of the 2006 Year of Exchange between the two countries?and Kawada waxes lyrical on the subject. "Music is the best way to have a communication between people who have different cultures," he says. "Music is a kind of common language...
...treated Bernstein’s “Seven Anniversaries”—short pieces in tribute to important figures in his life—with emotion and subtlety, and echoes of Copland and Shapero resounded through her fine performance. The night got really interesting when an orchestra of piano, clarinet, recorder, accordion, two ukeleles, two percussionists, and three vocalists emerged for the world premiere of a Bernstein arrangement of the well-known Gershwin piece “Rhapsody In Blue,” which Bernstein is said to have written for a band at the summer camp...
...wrote that "performing the Isang Yun Cello Concerto with the Isang Yun Orchestra in the Isang Yun Concert Hall in North Korea would have been a priceless experience...
...time in prison and of his life,” explains Koh. He vividly describes the ending of the concerto as a significant part of this reflection. “The cello is raging—it’s reaching for the high A with the orchestra supporting it. It sustains a G-sharp for eight measures in fortississimo with intense vibrato. It never reaches the A, though...
...struggling cello never reaches its desired destination. But the accompanying orchestra does, first by a plaintive oboe solo, then by a pair of ethereal-sounding trumpets. The pitch A then fades into silence...