Eschenbach Era Begins in Washington
by Paul E. RobinsonCLASSICAL TRAVELSConcert Hall, the Kennedy CenterWashington, D.C.October 16, 2010Mozart: Symphony No. 34 in C major K. 338Mahler: Symphony No. 5National Symphony Orchestra/Christoph…
Paul E. Robinson
Paul E. Robinson
Former conductor and broadcaster, Paul E. Robinson, is the author of four books on conductors, Digital Editor for Classical Voice America, and a regular contributor to La Scena Musicale.
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Sararste Returns to Toronto Symphony with Stunning Shostakovich
By Paul E. RobinsonClassical TravelsRoy Thomson Hall, TorontoOctober, 2010Stravinsky: FireworksSibelius: Violin ConcertoShostakovich: Symphony No. 4Henning Kraggerud, violinToronto Symphony Orchestra/Jukka-Pekka SarasteThe Toronto Symphony (TSO) has the…
Wilde and Weill at Shaw: An Ideal Husband and a Touch of Venus
by Paul E. RobinsonSUMMER FESTIVALS SHAW FESTIVAL, Niagara-on-the-Lake, 2010Kurt Weill has always been an enigma for classical music lovers – his career started so propitiously:…
Nagano, Mutter & OSM: An Evening of Uncompromising Soul-Searching
by Paul E. Robinson Whatever else he may be as a man and a musician, Kent Nagano is insatiably curious. So far, his Montreal audiences…
Nagano/OSM Week at Orford Festival 2010
by Paul E. RobinsonThe Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal (OSM) is an orchestra without a home – at least in the summertime. For some years now,…
Aspen, Colorado: A Glorious Place to Make Music!
by Paul E. RobinsonSUMMER MUSIC FESTIVALS 2010Aspen Music Festival and School After a few days in Vail enjoying the music-making of Jaap van Zweden and…
Dallas Symphony Opens Extraordinary Summer of Music in Colorado!
by Paul E. RobinsonSUMMER FESTIVALS 2010Bravo! Vail Valley Music FestivalImagine a music festival that features three of the world’s top orchestras in successive week-long residencies.…
Round Top, Texas: The Impossible Dream?
by Paul E. RobinsonSummer FestivalsRound Top Festival Institute, 2010Never underestimate the dreams of a concert pianist – especially those of an adopted son of Texas!…
Yannick Nézet-Séguin Chosen to Head the Philadelphia Orchestra
If classical music had a more honoured place in our culture, Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s appointment to head the Philadelphia Orchestra would have been front page news…
Mahler Resurrection a Dallas Symphony Specialty!
by Paul E. RobinsonI try to get to Dallas as often as I can to bask in the glory of the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony…
