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How Houston Symphony played to more than a million people in the pandemic @HouSymphony #Preview @ThePhantomTX preview.houstonchronicle.com…
A cadenza to answer the question "but what if I stole from *everybody*?"... youtube.com/watch?v=ZhCfV2Vh…
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"...if you can play the Haydn well, you can play the cello. You can do anything." —Brinton Averil Smith, principal cello
This weekend, Brinton takes center stage for Haydn’s Cello Concerto No. 2 + the Symphony plays Beethoven’s Eighth. houstonsymphony.org/beethove…
Houston Symphony’s Brinton Averil Smith pulls the strings for obscure cello works @HouSymphony @ThePhantomTX #Preview preview.houstonchronicle.com…
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Brinton Averil Smith, Houston Symphony principal cello, calls Haydn's Cello Concerto No. 2 "the white carpet of cello concertos." Hear it this weekend, in person at Jones Hall or from home via livestream. Get tickets while they last! > houstonsymphony.org/beethove…
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Happy birthday to Franz Waxman (24 December 1906 – 24 February 1967)! Here is his Carmen Fantasie, originally for violin and orchestra (1946) performed here by cellist Brinton Averil Smith & pianist Kirsten Smith youtu.be/i4YWy67vZ8w #FranzWaxman #birthday #BrintonAverilSmith
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Today's new music recommendation: Exiles in Paradise: Émigré Composers in Hollywood by Evelyn Chen & Brinton Averil Smith—great music & a useful reminder of how LA was a magnet for 20th century composers (fleeing fascism, seeking work in Hollywood, etc.). youtube.com/watch?v=rk1uI0nI…
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This weekend, violinist James Ehnes returns to Jones Hall to lead a program filled with virtuoso fireworks featuring Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto, Vaughan Williams's transcendent "The Lark Ascending," and Philip Herbert's poignant "Elegy." Read on >
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Sunday's @GilShaham recital for @idagio_official will also feature music by @_heyitsreena_! classicalwcrb.org/post/gil-s…
The Fledermaus overture we close with is not an easy thing to put together recording separately but I got obsessed with the bat theme Hopefully it is good for a smile! Our gratitude to Maestro Kleiber for his assistance... youtu.be/JPgEYdJtJ_o
My Rice studio's virtual studio recital, which I now invite anyone interested to see on this playlist youtube.com/playlist?list=PL… . Works include Paganini Caprices #5 and #13, solo works of Ligeti, Cassado, and Rozsa, Kreisler Recitativo and Scherzo, Bach of course, Pleyel duos etc
OUT NOW | Cellist Brinton Averil Smith’s New CD: ‘Exiles in Paradise’ [LISTEN] theviolinchannel.com/out-now… via @theviolinchannel
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In 2012, Hans Graf conducted an all-Brahms program, including his Double Concerto for Cello, Violin & Orchestra. Brinton Smith, principal cello, shares a look back at performing the piece w/ Frank Huang. Listen to it online for a limited time at houstonsymphony.org/listenat…
Today is the 125th birthday of Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, whose music is finally gaining the recognition is has long deserved! youtube.com/watch?v=XQfoOkHN… @naxosrecords @NAXOS_de @naxos_uk @NaxosenEspanol @NaxosDK @NaxosMusicLib @NaxosDirect