Jewish Symphony Pairs Copland, a Weill Rarity
By MARK SWED, Times Music Critic
Copyright 2000 Los Angeles Times
Tuesday, December 5, 2000
... it was a fascinating
and original idea of the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony to begin its seventh
season Sunday night with a joint Copland-Weill tribute...making Judaism,
not Populism, the common ground. Her [Green's] Weill component was newsworthy
... presenting extended excerpts from the 3 1/2 hour oratorio "The Eternal
Road" ... Sunday's performance of nearly one third of it was the first
time the music had been heard in Los Angeles in more than 50 years ...
... musical performance
in Copland's "Vitebsk", potently played by two unusually distinguished
members in the orchestra concertmaster Mark Kashper and principal cellist
Barry Gold (both are members of the Los Angeles Philharmonic) and by guest
pianist Neal Stulberg ...
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