Hi Seth,
Just stumbled upon your blog while I was looking for an “official” review of the PSO’s Latin weekend last week. I drove up from Boston (Salem, actually)—it’s rare to find a completely Latin American program and they wonderful.
I was totally impressed when Moody said that he had conducted Danzon No. 2 when he auditioned for the M. Directorship last year. It is a piece that deserves much wider exposure in the U.S. and the PSO did a great job with it.
Your analysis of the Rumba is right on. Each group played wonderfully, but I wasn’t always sure that they were playing “together”. I went backstage to ask the composer what happens to the piece when Tiempo Libre isn’t around? Can other groups approximate their sound? In any event he never came out, so I left frustrated…..
I am in the process of designing a music/Latin blog….. stay tuned!
Hi Seth,
Just stumbled upon your blog while I was looking for an “official” review of the PSO’s Latin weekend last week. I drove up from Boston (Salem, actually)—it’s rare to find a completely Latin American program and they wonderful.
I was totally impressed when Moody said that he had conducted Danzon No. 2 when he auditioned for the M. Directorship last year. It is a piece that deserves much wider exposure in the U.S. and the PSO did a great job with it.
Your analysis of the Rumba is right on. Each group played wonderfully, but I wasn’t always sure that they were playing “together”. I went backstage to ask the composer what happens to the piece when Tiempo Libre isn’t around? Can other groups approximate their sound? In any event he never came out, so I left frustrated…..
I am in the process of designing a music/Latin blog….. stay tuned!