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Today was “suck it up and run the show” day, and we got to the double-bar with no casualties. My resolution to accept the piano on its own terms got me through Act I, but it began to crumble the moment Act II started. One of my problems is that I have no time to fix...
It’s probably just as well that I always forget how hard it is to put on a program like this, or I’d be tempted to present a concert of nursery rhymes. When I was planning it, I was completely focussed on the program’s musical flow and emotional arc. It’s something...
Normally Wednesday is a carefree, playful day during a week-long residency. The concert seems pleasantly distant, though it’s only four days from now (forever, we think). Everything is simmering nicely, and no one is anxious about memory. There’s plenty of time to...
When you have a program with a bunch of duets, and you also have a director on duty, Day 2 is going to be Stage the Duets Day. A solo song doesn’t usually need a lot of movement, and both of the guys have already done some prep work on their material before they...
The NYFOS@North Fork concert always provokes a lot of conflicting feelings in me. It’s late summer and I’d really like to relax, spend time reading, start my cocktail hour a little earlier, and watch some movies. But the Orient program—Orient, NY, that is, at the...
Even when a project has been satisfying, there can be a certain pleasure when it’s over. The release from all that intensity is sometimes just as beneficial as the joy of the music. Still, I admit that it has been a little hard to say goodbye to Eros & Co. The...