Tag Archives: UMS
Turin’s “William Tell” hits the mark in Chicago
SUSAN ISAACS NISBETT (Ann Arbor, Dec. 9, 2014) It’s possible that I’d fall in love with any opera performance that included complimentary tiramisu, cannoli and coffee at the first intermission; crisp apples and more coffee at the second. But Rossini’s … Continue reading
When San Francisco Symphony returns to Ann Arbor, even what’s old is new
Susan Isaacs Nisbett (Ann Arbor, Nov. 12, 2014) The San Francisco Symphony – Mahler, Liszt, Prokofiev and Ravel Who: The San Francisco Symphony What: Two different concerts, featuring Mahler (Thursday); and Liszt, Prokofiev and Ravel (Friday). Where: Hill Auditorium, 825 … Continue reading
Who could ask for anything more? George Gershwin’s last piano makes U-M debut
Susan Isaacs Nisbett (Ann Arbor, Oct.9, 2014) S’wonderful. Marvelous, too. The last Steinway grand piano owned by famed American composer George Gershwin – the one on which he most likely composed “Porgy and Bess” – has a new life. Donated … Continue reading
UMS Scores Big with Emerson String Quartet
Susan Isaacs Nisbett (Ann Arbor, Sept. 29, 2014) On a day when the U-M team fumbled the ball yet again in the Big House, sending fans fleeing well before the fourth quarter, an evening’s entertainment that began with a quartet … Continue reading
Emerson String Quartet arrives in Ann Arbor with new player, new work
Susan Isaacs Nisbett Ann Arbor, Mich. (Sept. 27, 2014) The Emerson String Quartet is one of the world’s best-known quartets. But in Ann Arbor, their visits are so frequent – no fewer than 15 appearances under University Musical Society auspices … Continue reading
Review: Itzhak Perlman, with John Root, serves up delicious recital for Hill Auditorium audience
Susan Isaacs Nisbett Ann Arbor, Mich. (Sept. 15, 2014) Of the great musical artists before the public today, there are a select few who generate not just feelings of admiration but of affection. They are the ones we greet with … Continue reading
Conductor Zubin Mehta and Israel Philharmonic bring Bruckner’s No. 8 to American audiences
Israel Philharmonic (Oded Antman) ANN ARBOR, Mich. (Mar. 12, 2014) Something old, something new, something ideal. In a nutshell, that’s how Zubin Mehta, 77, the renowned music director for life of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, might sum up his upcoming … Continue reading
A Last-Minute, Pre-Concert Surgery
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (Feb. 16, 2014) When your violin’s bustered, who you gonna call? Not Mr. Stradivari or Mr. Guarnieri; they’re long gone. But if your fiddle comes from a contemporary luthier, sometimes it can meet its maker (with joy!) … Continue reading
St. Lawrence String Quartet: Nothing’s Routine
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (Feb. 16, 2014) — Perhaps the only predictable aspect of the St. Lawrence String Quartet’s performance at Rackham Auditorium on Feb. 14 was the quality: superlative. Nothing else was routine for this foursome — in Ann Arbor … Continue reading
The Downbeat 