Page 9 - Jupiter Spotlight - March '23

Jupiter Spotlight, Page 9
Rex’s Review

Palm Beach Symphony: A Under the baton of Gerard Schwarz they have become a she conducted them well! A Berlioz aria from Les Troyens did
great orchestra comparable to the London Philharmonic,
not belong here, but again, it showed her magnificent ability
Splendid Mix across the pond, whose new dominance of that city’s 10 with scales and runs. Returning after a superb performance by
professional orchestras is due to their new Music Director the orchestra of Debussy’s Prelude a L’apres midi d’un faune
By Rex Hearn Edward Gardner – a comparison that is not lightly made. she sang Gershwin’s Fascinating Rhythm at speed, and Richard
The Jan. 30 concert at What is the key to this glorious sound? It is in a word – Rodgers Sound of Music – the song.
the Kravis Center harkened refinement. Professional musicians at this level need only two or A high school performance of this musical decided her to
back to Victorian times three rehearsals to be up to speed, but it is the conductor’s vision switch from 12 years of piano to singing. Our gain! Her encore,
when orchestras threw and direction that gives them polish, distinction and beautiful perfect for her true mezzo range was, Climb Every Mountain
together soloists, popular playing. They respond to Maestro Schwarz enthusiastically and for which Graham rightly received a long standing ovation.
songs and heavy and light the two are as one. His leadership is inspiring. Intermission over, the large audience stayed for Dimitri
music pieces. It was a After the lively Marriage of Figaro overture of Mozart, Shostakovich’s (1906 to 1975), 10th Symphony written in
night when Palm Beach singer, Susan Graham, began with the two popular mezzo arias 1953. The composer and then leader of Soviet Russia, Marshall
Symphony showed their from that same opera and a serious piece from Mozart’s Le Joseph Stalin, had their differences, going back to 1936
versatility, brilliantly Clemenza di Tito. Naturally chosen to show off her amazing when Stalin wrote a denunciation of Lady Macbeth of Minsk,
accompanying the great range, she delivered in spades; the Figaro songs fast and Shostakovitch’s most successful opera with 180 performances,
mezzo, Susan Graham, romantic with some lovely quiet passages and the Tito aria in the newspaper, Pravda; Stalin was exercising cultural
playing a Debussy work with sensitivity and refinement, yearning and rueful, its dramatic melancholy nicely spun out. In, control over him. The composer retreated to the shadows
and delivering a heavy Russian work with conviction. Franz Lehar’s Vilja Graham had the audience sing the chorus; writing only small chamber works. Reinstated in 1940, given
honors galore, he was again censured with Prokofiev this
time in 1948 by Stalin for “formalistic perversions and anti-
democratic tendancies!” But Shostakovich had the last laugh.
At the death of Stalin in 1953 he returned to the symphonic
genre after an eight-year silence and made the 2nd movement
of the 10th Symphony a “Musical Portrait of Stalin.” In total,
Shostakovich wrote 15 symphonies.
Roger Dean Palm Beach Symphony played this 10th Symphony like
demons possessed. It was a magnificent performance. Briefly,
Chevrolet Stadium the 1st movement marked “Moderato” was a sincere work re-
establishing the composers’ bona fides. It rambles and uncoils
in heavenly ways so pleasing on the ear. Movement 2, Allegro,
the Stalin portrait, is rambunctious, noisy, with militaristic brass
featured prominently. The 3rd movement is contemplative.
Using signature notes to spell out his own name, he also spells
out, in notes, the name of a pupil from before 1948, pianist and
composer, Elmira Nazirova, who said of him “he was a muse, a
symbol of beauty and musical inspiration.” The last movement
SPRING TRAINING IS IN FULL SWING! is full of merriment using folk dances and repetitive note codes
spelling his own name about 14 times throughout the orchestral
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applause and a standing ovation. Their next concert is on March
14 with Misha Dichter playing Gershwin’s only Piano Concerto.
Stravinsky’s Firebird suite ends the program. You can contact
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Ticket To The Moon, a tribute band, performed a
June free concert at Abacoa featuring the music of
ELO, The Electric Light Orchestra.
ELO is an English rock band formed in Birmingham
in 1970 by songwriters-multi-instrumentalists Jeff
Lynne and Roy Wood with drummer Bev Bevan.
Their music is a fusion of Beatles pop, and classical
arrangements.
Hosted by Legends Radio and presented by
Schumacher Automotive Group, the Abacoa live
Times and Opponents are subject to change concert series are free each month and open to the
public who bring their chairs and blankets for an
evening of live music in the beautiful outdoor setting.
Some great ELO songs include, Can’t Get It Out
of My Head, Eldorado, Face the Music, Evil Woman,
HOME GAME HOME GAME Strange Magic, Don’t Bring Me Down, Shine a Little
Love, Last Train to London, Out of the Blue, and
Newton-John’s Magic from Xanadu, Ticket to the
Moon, I’m Alive, All Over the World, Don’t Walk Away,
and more hits.

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