Tag Archives: University of Michigan
The List: 2014 in the Arts!
SUSAN ISAACS NISBETT (Ann Arbor, Dec. 31, 2014) It’s time to say good-bye to 2014 and welcome in the New Year. It’s a time to settle accounts and make plans, but I’ll wait till tomorrow to do the latter. Today, … Continue reading
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
Sleight of hand: ‘Kiss & Cry’ offers a world of dreamlike illusion
Susan Isaacs Nisbett (Ann Arbor, Oct.11, 2014) A miniature train loops around a track through a bucolic landscape where cows graze alongside an improbable giraffe. Toy people sit on park benches, watch their neighbors through dollhouse windows, stand in little … 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
It’s all in the hands: Charleroi Danses’ ‘Kiss & Cry’ is made for dancing fingers
Susan Isaacs Nisbett (Ann Arbor, Oct.9, 2014) She is a choreographer and dancer. He is a cinematographer. They are a couple. Together with a team of collaborators, they’ve made a theater piece that, like a child, is at once something … 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
What’s in a name? When violinist Itzhak Perlman plays Ann Arbor’s Hill Auditorium, plenty
Susan Isaacs Nisbett Ann Arbor, Mich. (Sept. 12, 2014) You can pretty much count on the fingers of one hand the classical musicians who can fill a hall without announcing what the heck they’ll play when they finally show up … Continue reading
The Downbeat 