The Essential Chopin: A Genius Displaced

In advance of her Oct. 30 program, the Essential Chopin, pianist Mary Robbins talks about Chopin and Mozart, and what makes for essential Chopin

"...When he was a little boy, Chopin slept with Bach and Mozart under his pillow. For his funeral, he..."

Oct. 28, 2005 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

May I Have the Envelope, Please?

The 2004-2005 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Miró Quartet (Yamamoto, Gindele, with Gregory Allen)Choral ConcertPathways to Bach, Texas Early Music ProjectOperaDella's Gift/Holy Night, UT Opera TheatreSinger,..."

June 10, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Applause! Applause!

Austin Critics Table nominations, 2004-2005

"...Pathways to Bach, Texas Early Music ProjectOpera..."

May 27, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Hark! The Herald Organ Sings

New UT faculty members and exceptional organists Gerre and Judith Hancock give the mighty Visser- Rowland organ a workout with their own holiday concert

"...husband. He'll be performing works by Messiaen and J.S. Bach, topping them all off with an improvisation on Joy..."

Dec. 17, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

It Is Risen

The newly restored 'Heaven's Gate' plays the Paramount

"...much more complicated, of course (we recommend reading Steven Bach's Final Cut for the whole giddily ridiculous picture), but..."

Nov. 5, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Austin Symphony Orchestra with Pinchas Zukerman and Amanda Forsyth

In ASO's season opener, Peter Bay did justice to Verdi, Brahms, and Bartók while maintaining the enthusiasm of his orchestra and its audience

"...Concerto for Orchestra summarizes a lifetime of musical influences: Bach, folk music, and cutting-edge orchestral modernism. It's a huge..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Arts Review by Jerry Young

Austin Critics Table Nominations, 2003-2004

The full list of nominations for the 2003-2004 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art

"...Bach: Mass in B Minor, Conspirare..."

May 14, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Symphony With Ilya Gringolts

Austin Symphony's return to Mahler's Fifth Symphony under the baton of Peter Bay revealed a mature and confident orchestra pulling itself up another notch

"...the opening of the second movement. Like Beethoven's Ninth, Bach's unaccompanied violin sonatas, and a good basketball game, Mahler's..."

April 23, 2004 Arts Review by Jerry Young

When Wagner Became WAGNER

With 'The Flying Dutchman,' Richard Wagner made opera bigger than big

"...on the stage. "It is not as mathematical as Bach or as measured as Mozart, but he resets form..."

March 26, 2004 Arts Feature by Jerry Young

Roll Over, Beethoven

An interview with Francis Preve, laptop composer and producer

"...there a new kind of bar for the next Bach? Preve and I mixed it up a bit. Here's..."

March 26, 2004 Screens Feature by Courtney Fitzgerald

Long Stories Short

The Cinematexas INternational Short Film Festival

"...1," however, that stands as Fischinger's masterpiece. Set to Bach's Brandenburg Concerto and painstakingly shot in stop-motion, this 12-minute-long..."

Sept. 12, 2003 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Life After the Classical Section

For two decades, he was the man Austin turned to when it wanted the best classical music on vinyl or disc, but the closing of Wherehouse Records has left Russell McCulloh with nowhere to sell Bach, Brahms, or Beethoven.

June 27, 2003 Arts Feature by Jerry Young

Touch

Ballet Austin's Touch, choreographed by Artistic Director Stephen Mills, was one of these rare productions that have both stunning choreography and dancing, but also seem to open a level of emotional connection with the audience that's more direct than even language-based works of art.

"...Tony Tucci and music by Handel, Gluck, and J.S. Bach. At one point, the dancers engaged in a sort..."

April 18, 2003 Arts Review by Molly Beth Brenner

Glover Gill

Texas Platter

"...Vol. 1 is as difficult to perform as any Bach counterpoint or Liszt romantic flourish, Gill creates a gossamer..."

April 11, 2003 Music Review by David Lynch

Organniversary Party

In honor of the 20th anniversary of the Visser-Rowland Organ, the UT School of Music is hosting a special recital that allows you to listen to glorious music made by a machine that seems alive, step inside the machine and spend some time with it, meet the organ's designer, Piet Visser, and its keeper, Dr. Frank Speller, and benefit the school's Great Organ Series as well.

"...Hall. Dr. Speller will perform works by Buxtehude, Couperin, Bach, Franck, and Widor, then Visser will talk about the..."

March 14, 2003 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Capitol Chronicle

The pundits say Karl Rove is the One, but he's really only one among many.

"...an honorific best reserved for the likes of J.S. Bach, John Coltrane, or Stephen Hawking, "boy genius" or "turd..."

March 14, 2003 News Column by Michael King

Earthly Delights

La Follia's musical guide to love during the Baroque period included some masterful playing by the group's instrumentalists, but it was the haunting voice of soprano Jenifer Thyssen that really reached out to the audience with love's beautiful soundtrack from 300 years ago.

"...the un-Baroque sounds of a passing fire truck, the Bach Sonata No.1 in G Major for Viola da Gamba..."

Feb. 21, 2003 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...world, the master saw as a butterfly" -- Richard Bach, author of Jonathan Livingston Seagull..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Column

Those Magic Moments

Composer, classicist Stephen Barber's encoding and imprinting

"..."I started by playing Bach preludes and sort of veering off the page and..."

Oct. 25, 2002 Music Feature by Andy Langer

Jazz Sides

Jazz Sides

"...and an all-star cast to retool Stravinsky, Debussy, and Bach on The Rite of Spring. Laws returns as a..."

May 10, 2002 Music Review by Jay Trachtenberg

Learning One's Letters

Why was Oscar Wilde's 'Letter to Momma' lurking undiscovered in Texas?

"...unless they were seeking a divorced fiftysomething into Tolstoy, Bach, and summering in the Hamptons?) When I tossed the..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Books Feature by James McWilliams

Texas Eastside Kings@Victory Grill

"...too many stages to remember. Jennings loosened up with Bach melody scales before the band launched into a 12-bar..."

Feb. 8, 2002 Music Review by David Lynch

Music to Chortle By

Whenever Steve Saugey and Lyova Rosanoff are at the keyboards, musical shenanigans are the natural order, especially when these two pianist-parodists are spoofing classical music through one of their Forbidden Classics programs.

"...Concerto" crams every pop song ripped off from a Bach melody into one dense, 10-minute package, while his "Prelude..."

Jan. 11, 2002 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Who's to Say

Pat Green, the "devil's spawn"?

"...youth, he developed a taste for classical composers like Bach and Tchaikovsky. In high school, he discovered singer-songwriters, taking..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Austin Critics Table Winners 2000-01

"...Mt. Everest Award: Sophia Glimson, Bach: The "Goldberg Variations" performed on piano and harpsichord in..."

June 15, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Inexpressible

Ferreting out the local avant-garde jazz scene

"...as any James Brown groove, as lyrical as a Bach prelude."..."

June 15, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Hess

Mi Son

Rick Treviño returns to his roots.

"...musical. Learning piano at early age, he was playing Bach and Beethoven by the time he was a teenager...."

June 8, 2001 Music Feature by Belinda Acosta

Austin Theatre Critics Table 2000-2001 Nominations

The Austin Theatre Critics Table have announced the nominations for their ninth annual awards for achievement in the arts.

"...Sophia Gilmson, Bach: "Goldberg Variations"..."

May 18, 2001 Arts Feature

'The Word on Christian Rock' Panel, Austin Convention Center, Saturday, March 17

Live Shots: South by Southwest 2001

"...who have a lot of fear issues," said David Bach of longtime Christian metal band Guardian, who also works..."

March 23, 2001 Music Review by Michael Chamy

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

"...neo-classical metal is just as likely to showcase a Bach-like counterpoint or Paganini 64th note as a scorching blues-rock..."

March 9, 2001 Music Feature

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