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By Rex Hearn Palm Beach Symphony 23 in A Major, by Mozart, Maria Joao Pires, pianist.
The Flagler Museum The penultimate concert of the season, on Sunday, The concert ends with the great, stirring impressionist
Named “Whitehall’’ April 16 at 8 p.m. in the Kravis Center’s main building, Symphony in D Minor by Belgian composer, Cesar Franck
by its owner the wealthy Dreyfoos Hall, stars the incomparable solo violinist, – his only symphony. For tickets call (561) 281-0145.
Henry Flagler, his home is Joshua Bell. He will play Mendelssohn’s heartrending, Masterworks Chorus Of The Palm Beaches
the ultimate symbol of the tuneful, Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64, accompanied Founded by the late musical genius and organist,
Gilded Age, built in 1900 by the orchestra. Dr. Jack Jones, who also founded the symphony, the
and designed by architects At age 14, Bell debuted with the Philadelphia chorus will sing two works: Mozart’s Coronation Mass,
Carrere and Hastings. Orchestra, conducted by Riccardo Muti, making his K 317, performed in 1791 for Leopold II and used again
Described as “more Carnegie Hall debut three years later. A native of Indiana in Prague for Francis I in 1792. Also to be performed is
magnificent than any other he is among the world’s greatest living violinists and Bach’s famous Cantata No. 140, Wachet Auf (Sleepers
private dwelling in the has been named a “Young Global Leader” by the world Awake) composed in 1731. Held April 16 at 7 p.m. at the
world” it is open to the Economic Forum. United Methodist Church of Jupiter-Tequesta at 815 East
public. Most say it is among the best experiences one can Also on the program; Hebrides Overture, Op. 26 Indiantown Road, Jupiter, it is a magnificent space for
have while visiting Palm Beach. The staff are courteous and (Fingal’s Cave) by Mendelssohn and Beethoven’s this kind of choral work with amazingly good acoustics.
the excellent museum shop positively reeks of the Gilded Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 (Eroica). This Dr. Kenneth Taylor, director of music, conducts.
Age with gifts you won’t find anywhere else. was originally dedicated to Napoleon Bonaparte, but The Delray Beach Playhouse
Upcoming events: when Beethoven heard Napoleon had crowned himself From April 28 to May 14 they present Noises Off a
• Saturday, April 15 at 3 p.m., Bluegrass in the emperor, he was disgusted. Tearing out the title page, hilarious, laugh a minute comedy by Michael Frayn. The
Pavilion, a Beaux-Arts railway palace housing the great he replaced it with “To The Memory of a Great Man”; theatre is located at 950 N.W. Ninth St., Delray Beach. In
man’s personal rail carriage. thought to be Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia who died the interest of full disclosure, back in the 1960s when I
• Saturday, April 20 at 10 a.m. begins the Easter Egg in battle fighting Napoleon. The Eroica will be conducted worked at The Guardian newspaper, Fleet Street, London,
Hunt. Get there early, gates open at 9 a.m. by Maestro Gerard Schwarz. Michael was our resident humorist writing a thrice weekly
• Mother’s Day, where, in the season, gourmet The orchestra’s last concert is on Monday, May 15 at column. He never failed to amuse. And this play is a tonic
sandwiches, scones and sweets are served in the pavilion’s 7:30 p.m. The program is Monuments for solo trombone and for those of us who need a few laughs. For tickets call
Café des Beaux-Arts. Celebrate Mother, Saturday, May 13 string orchestra by Adolphus Hailstork; Piano Concerto No. (561) 272-1281.
from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. or on Sunday, May 14 from
12 to 3 p.m. Reservations suggested. Become a member Rex’s Review
by calling (561) 655-2833.

By Rex Hearn George Gershwin’s 1925 Piano Concerto in F
Palm Beach Symphony – A World Premiere followed. Stage hands forgot the music stand for the
HANDY-MAN music; two early 20th century pieces and a pianist “reborn” Steinway grand, delaying things a bit. This was not
Their March 14 concert gave us a world premiere, new
surprising since most concert pianists play from memory.
from a career threatening disease. Hereditary Dupuytrens
Misha Dichter’s playing was like hearing quicksilver
HOME SERVICES crippled four of Misha Dichter’s fingers. I remember as his fingers ran up and down the keyboard easily.
He has a deft light touch. It was a brave performance
hearing him brilliantly playing the Tchaikovsky Piano
Concerto at Tanglewood in 1966. He was on his way to accompanied by a sensitive orchestra. The concerto has
stardom among his peers and stood out among them for hints of Gershwin’s earlier Rhapsody in Blue, jazz idioms
NO JOB TOO SMALL many years until the unbelievable disease struck in 2007. too and syncopated rhythms.
Sojourn: Reflections on Thoreau opened the program. Band leader Paul Whiteman, who premiered the
Composed by Joseph Schwanter, it is a moving elegiac Rhapsody, suggested George write this piano concerto
u Water Stains u Screen Repair work, commissioned by Palm Beach Symphony. Inspired to gain recognition among the classical cognoscenti.
u Painting u Leak Repair by Henry David Thoreau’s philosophy on Walden Pond, The critics loved it. Alas, he died at age 38 after surgery
u Caulking u Misc. Repair it begins quietly, almost sleepily, reflecting on the beauty for a brain tumor. Webern’s Adagio, nicely arranged
of the surroundings and Thoreau’s primitive shack …
by Maestro Schwarz, had a pleasant reading from his
u Interior/Exterior still preserved there. This tranquility is broken by a three orchestra. Stravinsky’s 1919 revision of his six movement
... and much more! drum timpani section thundering one of nature’s angrier Firebird Ballet Suite ended the program, getting a rousing
moods, repeatedly one senses the storm’s lightning in reception from a packed house of live music lovers.
The great violinist, Joshua Bell, appears on April 16
Housesitting Available • References Available the music and of course, the thunder. A four note passage to play Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op.
follows suggesting walking paths around the pond, forests
(Serving Palm Beach County since 1980) nearby, while a lone flute reflects on Thoreau’s voluntary 64. He’s very good. Call (561) 281-0145.
Call Rubin loneliness. It’s a finely crafted melancholy work deserving
of many more hearings from one of America’s living
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