Ambition. That word perhaps best sums up the vision and mission of The Orchestra of the Music Makers, who just pulled of a concert of Mahler's 2nd Symphony, the Resurrection. Still fresh in memory is the SSO performance of the same last year, where a transcendental and transfiguring evening left the audience drawn and drained ( Read more... )

Attended the SSO open rehearsal for Mahler's 2nd "Resurrection" Symphony last evening. The rehearsal was FOC and open to Friends of the SSO, subscribers and ticketholders, but as I had to rush from work, it cost me $18 in cab fares, but the almost 4 hour evening was totally worth it ( Read more... )