by Liane Curtis | Mar 15, 2013
We know of two performances of Beach’s major works with orchestra that are taking place this weekend. The Waltham (MA) Philharmonic is performing Beach’s Gaelic Symphony on Saturday night. Info here. Her Mass (1890) is being performed in Saratoga Springs,...
by Liane Curtis | Mar 10, 2013
by Liane Curtis | Mar 8, 2013
The NEW SONG, being launched today, inspires listeners to join the drive for women’s rights and gender equality.
by Liane Curtis | Nov 16, 2012
Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra in area premiere of rare, remarkable Concerto. [update added at end after hearing second performance] Amy Beach was 33 years old when she gave the premiere performance of her own Piano Concerto (op. 45 in C-Sharp Minor) in April 1900....
by Liane Curtis | Nov 15, 2012
It’s one thing to know a piece from recordings and quite another to hear it come to life in the fluid process of rehearsal, with the 100 or so musicians involved in the give and take, the learning process of bringing an unknown work to life—I was...
