February 2009 Archives

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LMcD Eroica Trio Returns to the Porter Center 2/28/09
SRow Two Kinds of "New" Music at ECU 2/27-28/09
TM Levin and More (NC Symphony, Grant Llewellyn, director) 2/27/09
LMcD Countertenors Are Alive and Well: Ian Howell with Tableau Baroque 2/27/09
PP Greensboro Symphony & Choral Society of Greensboro: Carmina Burana (with Jennifer Check, soprano, Scott Scully, tenor, Jeremy Kelly, baritone, Greensboro Youth Chorus, & Bruce Kiesling, conductor) 2/26/09
PDW Magic Theater From Mozart to Rochberg (Raleigh Civic Chamber Orchestra, Randolph Foy, director) 2/25/09
MFW Hugo Wolf Quartett at UNC-Charlotte 2/25/09
TM Hiromi At Stewart Theater (NCSU Center Stage) 2/24/09
KH Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle: An Afternoon of Joyful Celebration (Ben Hutchens, conductor) 2/22/09
JWL Chapel Hill Community Chorus & Chapel Hill Philharmonia Team up for a Benefit Concert 2/22/09
KM Duke Music: Encounters with the Music of Our Time (with Paul Moravec, composer, & Laura Gilbert, flute, Kelly Burke, clarinets, Eric Pritchard, violin, Jonathan Bagg, viola, Fred Raimi, cello, Jane Hawkins, piano, & Matthew Slotkin, guitar) 2/21/09
JR Continuous City: The Future Is Here, So Deal With It 2/20/09
KDA A Full Spectrum of Needless Talents (Spectrum Dance Theater/Donald Byrd & members of the Mallarmé Chamber Players) 2/19/09
KM Arts Now: I’m Talkin’ Here 2/17/09
PP music@watson with Brooks Whitehouse and Friends (Brooks Whitehouse, cello, Deanna Mattinson, pianist, Kevin Lawrence & Janet Orenstein, violins, Sheila Browne, viola, Edmund Bullock, piano, Janet Orenstein, violin, Lauren Thayer Winkleman, piano, Greensboro Youth Chorus, Ann Doyle, director) 2/17/09
JWL Guildford Cathedral Choir Graces St. Michael’s Sanctuary 2/16/09
WGC Salisbury Symphony Orchestra 2/15/09
JWL A Meeting of Like Minds – the Ciompi Quartet and Guests (Eric Pritchard and Hsiao-mei Ku, violins, Jonathan Bagg, viola, Fred Raimi, cello, Arturo Ciompi, clarinet, Michael Burns, bassoon, Andrew M. McAfee, horn, and Robbie Link, bass) 2/14/09
MAF Rossini’s La Cenerentola: Great Music and Comedy — With a Dark Side (Opera Company of North Carolina) 2/14/09
KM Hilary Hahn hits the Mark 2/14/09
TMcI Cheng Featured in Chopin Concerto; Diamond "Romeo and Juliet" Introduced (Angela Cheng, piano, Asheville Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Meyer, conductor) 2/14/09
PP 1969 in World Premiere by Alarm Will Sound Ensemble at Duke University 2/13/09
MAF North Carolina Symphony's Evening of Grand Music (Horacio Gutierrez, piano, William Henry Curry, conductor) 2/13/09
WTW UNC Greensboro Opera Theatre's Lively Staging of Smetana's The Bartered Bride 2/12/09
SRow Gregorian Blazes Through Beethoven Concerto (Ara Gregorian, violin, East Carolina University Symphony Orchestra, Jorge Richter, Director) 2/10/09
PP Winston-Salem Symphony Shines From Within (Robert Moody & Matthew Troy, conductors) 2/10/09
RP The Kathleen Upton Byrns McClendon Organ Dedication Recital (Robert Parkins & David Arcus, organists) 2/8/09
KH Durham Symphony and Young Soloists Deliver Great Pleasures (Henry Davidson, director) 2/8/09
JWL A Fresh Look at Several Classics (Triangle Youth Philharmonic, Raleigh Dance Theatre, and Enloe Chamber Choir) 2/8/09
MAF L'elisir d'amore: Opera at its Finest in Raleigh 2/8/09
PP Ambitious Program by Appalachian Chamber Orchestra 2/8/09
JR Akoka: After Messiaen’s Quartet For the End of Time (Matt Haimovitz, cello, David Krakauer, clarinet, Geoff Burleson, piano,Todd Reynolds, violin, & DJ SoCalled) 2/7/09
PDW Aria, Ballet, and Concerto - The Raleigh Symphony Orchestra at Meredith (Stephanie Thurm, soprano, Sarah Combs, mezzo-soprano, Chelsea Stith, piano, Casey Coats, soprano, & Jim Waddelow, director) 2/7/09
KH Treasures from Vienna and Salzburg Bring Pleasure to Duke Chapel Audience (Chamber Choir of the Choral Society of Durham) 2/7/09
WGC Western Piedmont Symphony Masterworks III – 2008-2009 (Edmund Barton Bullock, piano, John Gordon Ross, director) 2/7/09
KDA Hot Color: Brian Brooks Moving Company at NCSU 2/6/09
LMcD Organist Cameron Carpenter's Eclectic Program Electrifies a Rapt Audience 2/5/09
PP Jon Nakamatsu, Virtuoso Pianist 2/3/09

Theatre Reviews:
ARH Uncle Vanya Proves That the 19th Century Russians, Too, Led Lives of Quiet Desperation (Deep Dish Theater Company) 2/21/09
JR Continuous City: The Future Is Here, So Deal With It (Carolina Performing Arts) 2/20/09
RWMcD The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie Is Far from Prime (Raleigh Little Theatre) 2/13/09
KDA When Your Day Job is Torture: The Receptionist at Manbites Dog 2/12/09
ARH Theatre in the Park's Macbeth Is a Multimedia Feast for the Eyes and Ears 2/7/09

Note: The following January 2009 reviews were posted in February 2009:

KH Women's Voices Chorus Provides Music to Nourish All Generations (Allan Friedman, director) 1/31/09
KDA Repertory at PlayMakers Includes a Glowing Glass Menagerie 1/31/09
TMcI Western Carolina Hosts Farallon Recorder Quartet (ECHO Early Music Festival) 1/31/09
SRow Organist Jensen Offers Shorter Works from More Modern Times (Wilma Jensen, organ, 13th Annual East Carolina Religious Arts Festival) 1/30/09
JR This Will Never Happen Again: The Improvisations of Gabriela Montero 1/30/09