Recent content by R Johnson

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    Recent Concerts You've Enjoyed

    Living in Chicago, I'm fortunate to hear Esteban Batallan regularly. The principal trumpet chair at the CSO is named for the legendary Adolph (Bud) Herseth. Esteban is a worthy successor to Bud Herseth. He was pleased when I said that to him at a dinner last year.
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    Recent Concerts You've Enjoyed

    Hrůša, CSO deliver a season highlight with bracing central European works https://chicagoclassicalreview.com/2024/03/hrusa-cso-deliver-a-season-highlight-with-bracing-central-european-works/ The violinist's encore was stunning.
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    Ron Resnick Launches Audio Cafe LLC, a New Clarisys Audio Dealer

    How will you get the Pendragon "all squared away" with the Clarisys speakers in front of them?
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    Recent Concerts You've Enjoyed

    I like the perspective of the orchestra from your seats. How does the sound compare to other seats you've had at Disney?
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    Steinway & Sons Spirio Self-Playing Piano

    Wonderful memories! In 50 years of attending concerts and operas in Chicago, I especially remember Jon Vickers in Peter Grimes, a concert version of Salome with Birgit Nilsson and Georg Solti, and more recently, recitals by Evgeny Kissin.
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    Anthony Cordesman RIP

    PS Audio: https://www.psaudio.com/blogs/pauls-posts/in-memorium
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    Anthony Cordesman RIP

    Stereophile: https://www.stereophile.com/content/high-end-audio-writer-anthony-h-cordesman-passes
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    Idagio Classical Music website streaming

    I have not gotten into streaming music yet. This seems like a very good option for those of us primarily interested in classical music. https://www.idagio.com/us/music-streaming/
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    Maestro

    Leonard Bernstein Deserved Better Than ‘Maestro’ https://quillette.com/2024/01/16/leonard-bernstein-deserved-better-than-maestro/
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    Are you an audiophile or a music lover?

    An amazing amount of effort, time and money that Ken Fritz invested. It's so sad that ALS robbed him of many years of enjoying the music. But I think he enjoyed every minute of building his dream system.
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    Maestro

    Perhaps it should have been titled "Lenny, Felicia and the Boys". I've read Jamie's book "Famous Father Girl: A Memoir of Growing Up Bernstein", so no big surprises in the film. As someone who enjoys his music and recordings, I was disappointed in the emphasis on his personal life instead of...
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    Natural Sound

    The Rockford Symphony is still in business! https://www.rockfordsymphony.com/ I heard them a time or two in the 80s(?) at the Coronado Theater - now the Coronado Performing Arts Center. However by that time I had been thoroughly spoiled by listening to the Chicago Symphony, so ....
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    Natural Sound

    The Gallery seats are pretty much unchanged from the Solti era. The hall had a significant renovation since then - stage expanded, "terrace" seating behind the orchestra and glass reflector added, etc. I grew up in Rockford and have been a CSO full season subscriber since 1971. As you might...
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    Natural Sound

    This is my normal view of the Chicago Symphony from the Gallery in Orchestra Hall. I like to be able to SEE all of the musicians. (I use a 10x monocular from time to time.) I really don't like main floor seats, but they are excellent for concerts with a vocal or string soloist.
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    Ethics of Switching Seats at a Classical Concert

    At Orchestra Hall in Chicago the Gallery (the topmost level) is all one price except for the last row. It's a little cheaper since the elevation from the previous row is about half the normal. Result: a compromised view. But almost everyone who buys those seats stays there even though there are...
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