March 2009 Archives

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TM Past Masters at Page Auditorium (Shivkumar Sharma, santur, & Zakir Hussain, tabla) 3/29/09
MAF Passion, Power and Musical Skill Characterize Weilerstein Trio Concert 3/29/09
JR Ladies and Gentlemen: Give It Up for the Ahn Trio 3/28/09
TMcI Asheville Lyric Opera Presents a Strong Rigoletto with Davis, Douglass and Cheney in Lead Roles 3/28/09
KH An Evening of Choral Favorites (Concert Singers of Cary Chamber Choir, Lawrence Speakman, director, & Cary High School Concert Chorus, Ed Yasick, director) 3/28/09
PP Packed House Celebrates NC Composer Ken Frazelle 3/28/09
SRow Choral Singers In-the-Making at East Carolina University 3/28/09
KDA Dance Theatre in the Vanguard: Compagnie Marie Chouinard at UNC 3/25/09
WTW Preview: Libby Larsen's Opera Picnic in Greensboro (UNCG) 3/24/09
LRP Hugo Wolf’s Spanisches Liederbuch, Part I (Barbara Steinhaus, soprano, Sharon Munden, mezzo-soprano, John Kramar, baritone, & John Wustman, piano) 3/22/09
PDW The Free Spirits Ensemble Unveils Composers (Teresa Fernandez, soprano, Ed Stephenson, guitar, Lanette Lind, piano, Jim Williams, clarinet, & Yang Xi, violin) 3/22/09
TM Russians in Raleigh (Marc-André Hamelin, piano, Paul Randall, trumpet, NC Symphony, Stefan Sanderling, conductor) 3/21/09
WGC Salisbury Symphony Orchestra – Masterworks II (with Louis Goldstein, piano) 3/21/09
SRow 19th Century Melodies Sparkle at Four Seasons Concert (Shai Wosner, piano, Ara Gregorian, violin, Hsin-Yun Huang, viola, & James Wilson, cello) 3/20/09
KDA Disturbed Spirit: Vincent Mantsoe Dances at Hayti 3/19/09
TM Cellist Hai Zheng at Meredith Music 3/19/09
WTW Amelia Piano Trio Puts New Spin on Chopin's Neglected Trio 3/16/09
JWL The Concert of the Season (thus far) (NC Master Chorale) 3/15/09
LMcD Asheville Symphony's Fifth Masterworks Concert Czeched Out Just Fine (Alicia Chapman, oboe, Daniel Meyer, conductor) 3/14/09
JWL Music for Organ and Strings at Edenton Street United Methodist Church (Josh Dumbleton, organ, ensemble, William J. Weisser, conductor) 3/13/09
WTW Kalichstein Brought Keyboard Magic to Elon University's Adams Foundation Series 3/12/09
PP JoAnn Falletta Masters Romantic Program with Winston-Salem Symphony 3/10/09
PDW The (Friendly) Battle of the Bands (North Carolina Wind Orchestra, Michael Votta, Jr., director, and Leesville Road High School Symphonic Band, David S. Albert, director) 3/8/09
KM Rhymes With Opera (RWO) Rocks Broad Street Café 3/7/09
JWL Triangle Brass Band Leads a World Tour without Leaving Home 3/7/09
PDW Raleigh Symphony Orchestra Presents Brahms and Friends 3/7/09
SB Angela Hewitt Breathes New Life into Bach's Goldberg Variations 3/7/09
WGC Western Piedmont Symphony Masterworks IV 3/7/09
PP Opera Carolina Shines in Novel Marriage of Figaro 3/7/09
TMcI Kristen Yarborough and other Asheville Lyric Opera Singers Join Hendersonville Symphony in Concert 3/7/09
Jayanthi Balachandran: Dancer Becomes the Dance (Sujatha Mohapatra & instrumental ensemble) 3/6/09
JWL New Music for Old Instruments (Elaine Funaro & Randall Love, harpsichords, Penelope Jensen, soprano, John Pruett, violin, Brooks de Wetter-Smith, flute, Joe Robinson, oboe, Mary Kay Robinson, violin, Brian Howard, cello, & Arturo Ciompi, clarinet) 3/5/09
JR Simon Shaheen with Aswat Orchestra: An Evening of Authentic Arab Music 3/5/09
KM Cultural Exchange on the Hill (Arditti Quartet & Saul Williams at UNC) 3/5/09
KDA Dancing Cinema: NC Dance Theatre’s A Night at the Movies 3/5/09
SRow Stirring Staging of Madama Butterfly at ECU 3/5/09
WTW Duke Symphony Orchestra's Enterprising Salute to "Papa" Haydn 3/4/09
KH The Gratification of Sumptuous Sounds and Reflective Thoughts (Choral Society of Durham, Rodney Wynkoop, director) 3/1/09
KM UNC Concerto Winners' Shining Performance 3/1/09
JR The Guarneri String Quartet Plays Off Into the Sunset 3/1/09

Theatre Reviews:
RWMcD Spectacular Sets and Jaw-Dropping Special Effects Make Chitty Chitty Bang Bang a Real Humdinger (Broadway Series South) 3/31/09
RWMcD Miss Saigon Is a Magnificent Home-Grown Musical Production (NC Theatre) 3/21/09
KDA Secrets and Lies: The Overwhelming at Manbites Dog Theater 3/19/09
JR Last Chance to See Topol as Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof (Durham Performing Arts Center) 3/17/09

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

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
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