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"...if you can play the Haydn well, you can play the cello. You can do anything." —Brinton Averil Smith, principal cello
This weekend, Brinton takes center stage for Haydn’s Cello Concerto No. 2 + the Symphony plays Beethoven’s Eighth. https://t.co/dYF6rMLtgq
Brinton Averil Smith, Houston Symphony principal cello, calls Haydn's Cello Concerto No. 2 "the white carpet of cello concertos." Hear it this weekend, in person at Jones Hall or from home via livestream. Get tickets while they last! > https://t.co/dYF6rMLtgq
Happy birthday to Franz Waxman (24 December 1906 – 24 February 1967)! Here is his Carmen Fantasie, originally for violin and orchestra (1946) performed here by cellist Brinton Averil Smith & pianist Kirsten Smith https://t.co/0uv5RqglP0 #FranzWaxman#birthday#BrintonAverilSmith
Today's new music recommendation: Exiles in Paradise: Émigré Composers in Hollywood by Evelyn Chen & Brinton Averil Smith—great music & a useful reminder of how LA was a magnet for 20th century composers (fleeing fascism, seeking work in Hollywood, etc.). https://t.co/GW0cDBiBdS
This weekend, violinist James Ehnes returns to Jones Hall to lead a program filled with virtuoso fireworks featuring Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto, Vaughan Williams's transcendent "The Lark Ascending," and Philip Herbert's poignant "Elegy." Read on >
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The Fledermaus overture we close with is not an easy thing to put together recording separately but I got obsessed with the bat theme Hopefully it is good for a smile! Our gratitude to Maestro Kleiber for his assistance... https://t.co/9vRUdWjwvv
My Rice studio's virtual studio recital, which I now invite anyone interested to see on this playlist https://t.co/YEivGEBb2a . Works include Paganini Caprices #5 and #13, solo works of Ligeti, Cassado, and Rozsa, Kreisler Recitativo and Scherzo, Bach of course, Pleyel duos etc