The dirty little secret about writing a concerto for piccolo and orchestra is that the whole enterprise is so unusual that a composer could easily coast through on novelty alone. But Martin Rokeach ...
It took Catherine Payne nearly a decade as the San Francisco Symphony's piccolo player before she played her first concerto with the orchestra. On Wednesday night, she made the most of the occasion.
What comes to mind when you hear the word “piccolo” — a chirping little bird? Or the famous “Spirit of ’76” painting of three 18th-century band members on the march — a man piping away on something ...
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STAMFORD — Vivaldi’s “Piccolo Concerto in C Major” isn’t traditional holiday music. There are no muted strings that recall peaceful nights by the fire, no chants that sound like twinkling bells, no ...
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