[REVIEW: John Adams leads Cleveland Orchestra in riveting program] “The three-movement quasi-concerto featuring saxophone soloist Timothy McAllister conjures the dark and mysterious Los Angeles of the 1940s and 50s…McAllister soared beautifully against strings, vibraphone, and solo horn.”
“Soloist Timothy McAllister proved brilliantly up to the enormous demands — vast spreads of pitches, disjunct lines that wanted to be as lyrical as possible and some dazzling scurries.”
“the main attraction of this enjoyable St. Louis Symphony album, conducted by David Robertson, is Adams’ Saxophone Concerto, composed for the virtuosic Timothy McAllister, who plays it here. Stacked with swing-era allusions, moody 4am interludes and cartwheeling acrobatics, it is unpretentious fun from start to finish”
“(John) Adams goes for more than stylizations with [City Noir’s] wily jazz spine. Keeping a sweaty, smoky after-hours jam percolating were Timothy McAllister’s volcanic sax…”
“brilliant solos were in abundance, especially by Timothy McAllister…”
“John Adams said he wouldn’t wish [that alto saxophone solo] on anyone, but Timothy McAllister dispatching it with wonderful grace on this world premiere evening.”
December 7, 8pm; December 8, 2:30pm
Program
Thomas Wilkins, conductor
Fuchs: Rush for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra
Glazunov: Concerto for Alto Saxophone
Walker: Lyric for Strings
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 “Italian”
More info TBA at www.prismquartet.com
Tim McAllister joins pianist/composer Mischa Zupko for an evening of music by Zupko, Augusta Read Thomas, Lee Hyla, Kirk O’Riordan and more!
Jaap van Zweden, conductor
Music of Wagner, Prokofiev and Rachmaninoff
Roderick Cox, conductor
Steve Davis, conductor
Kresge Auditorium
Interlochen Center for the Arts
Free concert featuring music of Nina C. Young, JacobTV, Joe Lovano and more!
Music by Nina C. Young, JacobTV, Chris Biggs, Francesca Hellerman, Emily Cooley
May 2-5, 2019
Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
Emanual Ax, piano
Jennifer Higdon Soprano Sax Concerto
Darius Milhaud La Creation du Monde
Steven Ward, conductor
Raffaele Ponti, conductor
Raffaele Ponti, conductor