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| BASS HALL |
On a recent Sunday afternoon, The Travelling Toe and 2 Dear Friends attended the matinee performance of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. Renowed conductor Leonard Slatkin was at the podium.
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| Leonard Slatkin |
The first part of the program comprised of 3 differnt compostions. The first selection featured three dance numbers from "On The Town" writted Lenoard Berstein. It was an exciting choice. While the music played, one could imagine seeing Gene Kelly dancing in his white Navy bellbottoms all over NYC. "On The Town" was a Broadway play that tells the story of 3 sailors on a 24-hour shore leave in NYC.
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| Leonard Bernstein |
Samuel Barber's "Second Essay for Orchestra" was featured next. It is a short piece at only 10 minutes in length. The flute was featured several times throughout the composition. The program notes that the essay "helped to enhance the composer's status as one of America's shining musical talents".
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| Samuel Barber |
The third piece, "Double Play", was written by Visiting Composer, Cindy McTee. When Mr. Slatkin intorducted the piece, he said that in the interest of full disclouse Ms. McTee is his wife or as he refers to her as his composer in residence. WOW!! what a great piece. It is so wonderful to hear music written by a living composer and a woman at that! The percussion section really got a work on in it. The program states this about the work "disparate musical elements ...not only coexist but also illuminate and complete one another".
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| Cindy McTee |
After a 20 minute intermission, the audience settled back in their seats for the last selection, Tchaikovsky's "Symphony No.5 in E Minor". The piece has 4 movements and they were all excellent.
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| Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky |
The orchestra and Mr. Slatkin received a prolonged standing ovation from a much a appreciative audience.
Mr. Slatkin will return to Fort Worth in 2017 as part of the Cliburm Piano Competition. He is welcome to return anytime.
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
FWSO Musicians
Bass Hall
Cliburn Competition
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