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Albany Symphony Orchestra

by The Staff May 15, 2013

Fresh off a triumphant performance at New York’s Carnegie Hall—we know it was a smash because we listened, live, to the radio broadcast—the Albany Symphony Orchestra resumes its regular scheduled programming with two concerts this ...

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American Sound

by B.A. Nilsson May 1, 2013

The cultural gap between Albany and Manhattan gapes far out of proportion to the mileage that separates them. To Albany, Manhattan is the intimidating cosmopolite. The reciprocal view sees Albany as a dump heap of ...

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Albany Symphony Orchestra

by The Staff April 24, 2013

Once again, the great Albany Symphony will be giving a concert at New York’s Carnegie Hall. But before they head down to Manhattan for the Spring for Music festival, the ASO is presenting the program ...

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Albany Symphony Orchestra

by The Staff March 6, 2013

This Saturday’s Albany Symphony program at the Palace is built around one of the greatest (and most popular) works in the orchestral repertoire: Maurice Ravel’s orchestration of Modest Mussorgsky’s piano suite Pictures at an Exhibition. ...

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Albany Symphony Orchestra

by The Staff February 6, 2013

Pianist Yefim Bronfman (pictured left) will make a return appearance with Maestro David Alan Miller and the Albany Symphony this weekend, playing Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 (“Emperor”) on Saturday night and Sunday afternoon in ...

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Albany Symphony with Yo-Yo Ma

by The Staff January 10, 2013

It’s a superstar Saturday at the Palace. Internationally acclaimed cellist Yo-Yo Ma will be joining the Albany Symphony Orchestra and maestro David Alan Miller for a very special evening. Ma will be featured on one ...

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The Magic of Christmas

by The Staff December 6, 2012

Ho ho ho! It doesn’t really feel like the holidays are here until the Albany Symphony Orchestra present their annual Magic of Christmas concerts at the Palace; the holidays must be here, then, because the ASO’s ...

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Albany Symphony Orchestra

by The Staff November 29, 2012

The title of this Saturday’s Albany Symphony concert also tips off the program’s showcase: Beethoven’s Fifth. Along with Ludwig Van’s Symphony No. 5 (dum-dum-dum-dum), the ASO will perform Grammy-winning Bard professor Joan Tower’s Made in ...

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Albany Symphony Orchestra

by The Staff October 11, 2012

If you crave a big orchestral sound, the Albany Symphony is going to deliver one this weekend in two concerts at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall. The program for both shows is titled Bach’s Magnificat, ...

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Albany Symphony Orchestra

by The Staff September 21, 2012

The Albany Symphony and maestro David Alan Miller will kick off their season at the Palace Saturday night with some Russian fireworks: a Rachmaninoff piano concerto, and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5. The featured soloist on Rachmaninoff’s ...

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An American Triumph

by B.A. Nilsson May 24, 2012

Music is the only unmediated real-time cultural experience, which makes it potentially the most emotionally powerful. But emotional reactions can be mysterious, and therefore frightening, which is why we tend to mediate music with pictures ...

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Albany Symphony Orchestra with Steve Lippia

by The Staff May 2, 2012

We love a good pops night at the Palace, and the Albany Symphony have cooked up a great one for Saturday night: Simply Sinatra with singer Steve Lippia. What will you hear? Exactly what you would ...

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Albany Symphony Orchestra

by The Staff April 19, 2012

The Albany Symphony Orchestra know how to put the “special” in special event. This Saturday night, JoAnn Falletta, one of America’s leading conductors (right), will lead the ASO in a performance of the choral-orchestral monster ...

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Albany Symphony Orchestra

by The Staff February 16, 2012

It’s a Cellobration! Literally. The Albany Symphony Orchestra will present a pair of cello-centric concerts this weekend, featuring the up-and-coming virtuoso students of cello guru Richard Aaron. It’s a diverse program. Mathew Zalkind will be the cello ...

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Fun and Fireworks

by B.A. Nilsson December 21, 2011

Violinist Joshua Bell was the big draw at Saturday’s concert by the Albany Symphony Orchestra. Simply put, he turned in an astonishing performance. Conductor David Alan Miller and the orchestra handed him a well-chosen lead-up ...

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Joshua Bell with the Albany Symphony

by B.A. Nilsson December 14, 2011

“In the big cities, the audience has 30 things to choose from that night and they’ve heard everything a million times,” says Joshua Bell. “And they’ve heard every soloist under the sun. I enjoy playing ...

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Albany Symphony Orchestra

by The Staff December 1, 2011

David Alan Miller dons his Santa cap and the Albany Symphony Orchestra joins forces with hundreds of talented young performers for a performance that has become an area holiday tradition: The Magic of Christmas. The family-friendly ...

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Musical Affinities

by B.A. Nilsson October 26, 2011

Aaron Jay Kernis (pictured left) is the Albany Symphony’s “mentor composer” this season, and last weekend’s concerts featured a fascinating variety of Kernis-related musical shadings, performed with the kind of brio and skill that reminds ...

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Verdi’s Requiem

by The Staff January 19, 2011

Albany Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of maestro David Alan Miller, and Albany Pro Musica, the 140-voice choir under the leadership of David Griggs-Janower, are teaming up this Saturday evening to present what is, according ...

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Sparkling Conversations

by B.A. Nilsson March 24, 2010

Although the violin-cello duo of Madalyn and Cicely Parnas have local roots, they’re destined for an international career that could make this area but a memory. Neither is 20; both have impressive virtuoso chops that ...

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