Current Events/Concerts

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I just purchased tickets for myself and my 88 year old mother to hear the Columbus Symphony Orchestra's "Russian Winter Festival" featuring American-Israeli pianist Inon Barnatan performing selections from Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff. (They have listed specifically Tchaikovsky's Concerto #3) This is my Christmas present to my mother. She studied piano at college in the early 1950's.

Most recently, I went to "Baroque in the Park", Music of the Baroque's 50th anniversary celebration, consisting of excerpts from various pieces that they will be performing in full during their upcoming season. It was an absolutely perfect night, gorgeous weather, gorgeous music.

I have no plans to attend performances for a while yet. In Toronto, most of the theatres and ensembles are offering some sort of hybrid subscription.

Over the summer I did discover Bálint Karosi, a keyboardist, who is focussing at present on Bach and improvisation. He's on Patreon and also YouTube.

I've been watching a lot of old episodes of Great Performances on PBS Passport.

Plus, Glen Gould channel on Pandora and Holst's 'Planets' on vinyl... and Performance Today on NPR... always something good on. :D

Can listening to classical music change your life?

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20180116-can-listening-to-classical-music-im...

Some misc trivia..........on the "far side" of classical music....

Santana (classical rock/guitar?) passed out last Tuesday on-stage in Michigan while playing. He was taken to the hospital, given 2 bags IV and released. Rx: heat exhaustion, dehydration. It was nearly 100 on the day in question and the lights added another 4 degrees, according to concert officials. Five shows were canceled so that Santana might fully recover.

Ringo Starr and his All-Star band canceled one month of shows on his retirement tour due to Edgar Winter and Steve Lukather (founder of Toto) contracting Covid. The shows were postponed until September.