In Monday’s (1/30) Honolulu Star-Advertiser (subscription required), Steven Mark writes, “With drama befitting the Beethoven symphony that will herald its first concert, the Hawai’i Symphony Orchestra will make its long-awaited debut March 4, marking the return of a professional orchestra to the state more than two years after the Honolulu Symphony played its final note. ‘Just feeling the music in our minds already, it gets your heart fluttering,’ said Vicky Cayetano, a member of the symphony board. … The symphony has scheduled an eight-program ‘Masterworks’ classical-music series at Blaisdell Concert Hall stretching from early March to mid-May. A ‘pops’ series is also planned, but details have not been finalized … The new orchestra would be a remarkable turnaround for the city’s classical music scene after the demise of the Honolulu Symphony, which gave its final official performance in the fall of 2009 after years of financial trouble. … The effort to revive the orchestra in Hawaii has given a lift to the music community, said JoAnn Falletta, who guest-conducted the Honolulu Symphony several times and has been acting as artistic consultant for the new organization. ‘What was so inspiring was how many (performers) wanted to help,’ said Falletta.”
Posted January 31, 2012
