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Alan Gilbert, Music Director (Hayley Sparks)
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Curious György
Starting Monday, May 17, Q2 launches Curious György: a two-week, multimedia-rich odyssey into the sound of Hungarian new music rockstar and 2001: A Space Odyssey icon, György Ligeti.
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A night at the opera doesn’t get much more rollicking and unpredictable than a performance of György Ligeti's apocalyptic satire Le Grand Macabre. Alan Gilbert is capping his first season as music director of the New York Philharmonic by leading the New York premiere of this riotous two-act opera, which has been described as “part avant-garde, part Marx Brothers.”
Gilbert tells us about it, and about his first season at the helm of the Philharmonic.
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May 28th, Avery Fisher Hall
Le Grand Macabre ~>
& the event horizon - I'm so glad I was there.
What a spectacle ~ What a hoot
This was real fun in the theater, here & now,
& the multi-media performance made it happen.
Let's have more, &
Who knows...(?)
"Drink Up"
Is the maestro playing any drums with any Jazz groups lately?
Well, I'm going tomorrow I don't subscribe to the Philharmonic, I splurged on a good seat (Mescalina is a friend so how could I not). I expect to be grabbed by the lapels and have my life incinerated.
I love the NY Phil, but had to stop paying top dollar for seats, as Avery Fisher Hall is a sub-par performance space, certainly not worthy of such a great orchestra and conductor. I look forward to seeing you at the Carnegie Hall concerts!
Thanks to Maestro Gilbert for his support of Q2.
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