Dame Gillian Weir: Organ Recital at Walt Disney Concert Hall
Walt Disney Concert Hall (111 S. Grand Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90012)
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The last date listed for Dame Gillian Weir was Sunday March 15, 2009 / 7:30pm.
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8 Goldstar Member Reviews
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Disney Hall seems to have been designed for the organ. The sound is great anywhere in the Hall. It is visually majestic. Dame Gillian was superb in her weird robish Dame costume. The music was both the expected, for those of us with preconceptions about what organ music should be, and the challenging - with the Dame's masterful playing of those weird compositions that remind one of radio mysteries of long ago. It was a wonderful evening.Written on Mar 16 2009
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Manuel Rosales
The organ is awesome and the program was rich with diversity. Dame Gillian's dress blocked seeing the pedals; too bad!Written on Mar 17 2009
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Terrible. We left at the intermission - which came just in time.Written on Mar 17 2009
I am not sure who she had in mind when selecting music for this performance, but it certainly was not the general public. We will never know, because....
"Dame" Weir did not utter one word to her audience before or during the first part of her performance.
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More Information About Dame Gillian Weir
Website
http://www.laphil.com/tickets/performance_detail.cfm?id=3692
Description
<p>Buxtehude: Ciaccona in E minor
Messiaen: "Joie et clarté," from Les Corps Glorieux
Messiaen: "Combat de la Mort et de la Vie," from Les Corps Glorieux
Messiaen : "Les anges" from La nativité du Seigneur
Messiaen: "Dieu parmi nous" from La nativité du Seigneur
Scarlatti: Three Sonatas for Organ
Franck: Choral No. 2 in B minor
Peeters: Toccata, Fuge, and Hymn on Ave maris stella
Duruflé: Scherzo</p>
<p>Gillian Weir, born in New Zealand but long resident in England, is one of today's foremost artists. Through her unique career as an internationally-acclaimed concert organist, performing world-wide at the major festivals and with leading orchestras and conductors, Dame Gillian is famous as a distinguished musician known for her artistry, virtuosity and integrity, her reputation extending well beyond the world of the organ.</p>
<p>Her renown as a performer, which has stimulated numerous young players to follow her, is backed by her scholarly reputation; she is in demand as an adjudicator for all the leading international competitions and as a lecturer, broadcaster, teacher and writer, while her television appearances have reached vast new audiences. Her repertoire is exceptional in its breadth and variety, stretching from the Renaissance to contemporary works. She has performed the complete works of Bach as well as those of Messiaen and others, and her pre-eminent position as Messiaen interpreter has been underlined with the release of his complete organ works on compact disc. She has received a host of prizes, awards and honors, and in 1996 was created Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth in recognition of her distinguished services to music, after having been made CBE in 1989.</p>
<p>Gillian Weir's achievements have been marked by the re-issue on compact disc of her legendary series of Argo recordings, and by her nomination by Classic CD magazine as one of the 100 Greatest Keyboard Players of the Century, as well as by the Sunday Times as one of the 1000 Music Makers of the Millennium.</p>