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"Mr. Stern, whose gestures are broad and balletic, made himself indispensable in Telemann's Concerto Polonois and in the F-major Suite from Handel's Water Music. To both, he brought road maps of coloristic, textural and dynamic manipulations that yielded distinctively shaped, tactile readings."
New York Times "The orchestra led by Adam Stern played with admirable strength and incisiveness.” Los Angeles Times “Stern outdid himself in the luxuriant reading he and the Milwaukee Symphony gave of Vaughan Williams' Five Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus.'” Milkwaukee Sentinel "Stern's obvious partisanship [for Elgar, Britten and Vaughan Williams] came through in last night's concert, which radiated passionate involvement. As a conductor, Stern has his own particular style: no baton, gestures which arise from the wrist as much as from the hand, and clear, direct, energetic instructions to the orchestra." Seattle Times "Stern has an ebullient personality, which is reflected in his podium manner. But, that ebullience does not unduly influence his music making. The long pungent lines of Britten's Serenade were readily sustained, and Vaughan Williams' 'Pastoral' Symphony was filled with handsome sonorities and well-developed phrases." Seattle Post-Intelligencer "The Northwest Chamber Orchestra's best playing of the evening came in the familiar Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings with Stern shaping phrases and bringing out interior voices for a performance of distinction." Seattle Times "Stern drew performances from the orchestra that embody the best approach to Baroque music on today's instruments. Decisive tempos, crisp articulation and agile, accurate playing characterized all the evening's offerings." Seattle Post-Intelligencer "The Seattle Symphony responded to Stern's obvious love for Elgar's big, buoyant Symphony No. 2 with playing of considerable intensity and precision." Seattle Times "The [Seattle Philharmonic's] awareness of everything music can be is due to Stern. For him, music is more than notes on a page." The Gathering Note |
UPCOMING EVENTS October 15, 2023
Federal Way Performing Arts and Events Center Federal Way WA Federal Way Symphony Shore / Liszt / Vaughan Williams / Herrmann Geísa Dutra, piano October 28, 2023 Benaroya Hall Seattle WA Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra Beethoven / Borodin / Gounod / Grenfell / J. Strauss, Jr. December 2, 2023 Federal Way Performing Arts and Events Center Federal Way WA Federal Way Symphony Federal Way Chorale (Thomas Almli, director) Holiday Concert Ryan Bede, baritone January 20, 2024 Benaroya Hall Seattle WA Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra Glazunov / Žebeljan / Dvořák Luke Fitzpatrick, violin March 3, 2024 Federal Way Performing Arts and Events Center Federal Way WA Federal Way Symphony J. S. Bach / W. F. Bach / C. P. E. Bach / J. C. Bach / P. D. Q. Bach José Luis Muñoz, countertenor April 13, 2024 Benaroya Hall Seattle WA Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra Alrich / Liszt / Honegger Nathan Zhao, piano April 14, 2024 Federal Way Performing Arts and Events Center Federal Way WA Federal Way Symphony Vivaldi / Piazzolla / Bassett / Haydn Jamie Maschler, accordion June 1, 2024 Benaroya Hall Seattle WA Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra Williams / Sibelius / Tchaikovsky Stacey Mastrian, soprano July 25, 2024 Marshfield High School Auditorium Coos Bay OR Oregon Coast Music Festival Orchestra "Made in U. S. A." |
