Paso' una semana llena de emociones!

Que semana fue esta!!

El lunes Stephen me invito' al Concierto de Barbra Streisand en Madison Square Garden. Aunque su articulo (con que el que estoy 200% de acuerdo) no fue muy favorable (de hecho, el concierto fue una mierda...), bueno...era la Streisand....Oprah y su famosa amiga estaban ahi en primera fila, asi' como Tony Bennet, Audra MacDonald, Diana Krall y Rosie O'Donell(si, a todos ellos los podia ver desde mi lugar)

Streisand en escena

Streisand en la pantalla (cerca de la ENORME pantalla/apuntador)

Tony Bennett y Diana Krall

El martes fue una de esas ocasiones en las que agradezco haber elegido la carrera que elegi. La tienda de Baccarat en Madison Avenue organizo un evento benefico para Orpheus. el quinteto de vientos de la orquesta interpreto' cuatro movimientos de "La Tumba de Cuperin" de Ravel. Fue un deleite. La mezcla de impresionismo Frances en el marco de cristal fino frances que unica.

El miercoles Stephen me invito al concierto de Audra MacDonald en la Sala Allen del Jazz at Lincoln Center. Este escenario tiene como telon de fondo una vidriera gigantezca que ofrece una vista espectacular del Parque Central y de la Calle 59. El concierto estuvo magnifico. No se puede comparar con la presentacion tan bochornosa de la Streisand.

El jueves fue el conceirto de paretura de la temporada de Orpheus en Carnegie Hall, que se presento con Emanuel Ax interpertando dos Concewritos para piano de Mozart, ademas de la Obertura de Cosi fan Tutte y la Sinfonia "Haffner".

Y el viernes, consegui un boleto para la presentacion de la compañia de danza de Merce Cunningham, en la presento su pieza con iPods. El publico tenia que bajar la musica del website de Cunningham, o prestar uno en la entrada del teatro. La presentacion tambien incluia musica amplificada en la sala, asi que la partitura es una mezcla de lo que cada persona escucha en su iPod, con la musica en la sala. Una experiencia verdaderamente unica para cada persona.

Y hoy, domingo, tuve una presentacion con la orquesta New York Symphonic Arts Ensemble en el lado este. Tocamos la 6ta de Tchaikovsky, y el 2do Concierto para piano de Chopin.

An exciting week went by!!

What an great week this was for me!

On Monday Stephen took me to the Barbra Streisand concert at Madison Square Garden. Although his review (with which I agree 200%) was not favorable (actually the concert sucked!), it was Barbra...well...whatever. Oprah and her friend were there, Tony Bennett was there, Audra MacDonald and Diana Krall were there, Rosie O'Donell was there (yes I could see them all from my seat!)...

Streisand on stage

Streisand on screen (next to the HUGE teleprompter)

Tony Bennett and Diana Krall

Tuesday was one of those days that you are thankful of being in the career you are. The Baccarat store on Madison Avenue organized a benefit event for Orpheus. The orchestra's wind quintet performed 4 movements of Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin. It was delightful. The mix of French impressionism and French fine glass was unique.

On Wednesday Stephen took me to Audra MacDonald's concert at the Allen Room, in Jazz at Lincoln Center. Once again, I was mesmerized by the view of Central Park as the visual background for the concert. She was fantastic, cannot compare to Barbra's lousy, cheesy, ridiculous performance (well, there, I compared it...)

On Thursday, Orpheus had its Season Opening Concert at Carnegie Hall, with Emanuel Ax playing two Mozart Piano Concertos, plus Orpheus playing the Overture to Cosi fan Tutte and the ""Haffner" Symphony.

And, on Friday I got tickets to Merce Cunningham's show at the Joyce Theater, in which they premiered Cunningham's new "iPod" piece. Audience either downlodad the score from Cunningham's website, or could get an iPod shuffle at the entrance. The score also included amplified music, so you could have a unique expeirence of the piece, by mixing the sound from your ipod, with the msuic from the Pa system with the dance.

And today, Sunday, I just had a performance with the New York Symphonic Arts Ensemble on the east side. We played Tchaikovsky's Pathetique, and Chopin 2nd Piano Concerto.

It was a fun, busy week!