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Newer stories | Older stories 2008 Spoleto finale guaranteed to be something to celebrateSunday, June 8, 2008An energetic presentation of music by American composers and a fireworks show launched from a barge on the Ashley River will ensure a celebratory atmosphere as the Spoleto Festival USA ends today. Read story. Wadsworth to retire after 2009 Spoleto FestivalSunday, June 8, 2008Those who attended the 1 p.m. Bank of America Chamber Music concert Saturday received quite a surprise when, during a pause in the middle of the performance, director Charles Wadsworth announced that he will retire following the 2009 Spoleto Festival USA. Read story. Intermezzi performers outstandingSunday, June 8, 2008The last of the Intermezzi concerts at St. Matthew's Lutheran Church featured Johann Nepomuk Hummel's four-movement "Septet in D minor." Read story. Glorious overload of the sensesSunday, June 8, 2008They used to say that the great jazz cornet player Bix Beiderbecke died from 'too much of everything.' I'm feeling a little bit that way right now myself after a 17-day immersion in the offerings of the 2008 Spoleto Festival USA. Read story. Piccolo ends on a highSunday, June 8, 2008A Russian folk group performed on stage Saturday evening as the roar of hot air filled a giant, brightly hued balloon and sent it rising above the trees at Hampton Park. The SkyScapes of America hot air balloon quickly drew a line at the 2008 Piccolo Spoleto Festival finale. Tawes Wenz, 2, was one of the first to climb in the wicker basket with his dad, Dan. Read story. Everything must come to an endSunday, June 8, 2008We finally had the chance to honor Charles Wadsworth with his very own standing ovation at the final program of the Chamber Music Series at Memminger Auditorium on Saturday afternoon. Read story. SpoletoTodaySunday, June 8, 2008So, the festivals are wrapping up what appears to be a fabulous year for both Piccolo Spoleto and Spoleto Festival USA. Janet Conover had a chance to chat up the Spoleto staff, and they said things appeared to be going well. Lots of merchandise was sold from the shop at Gaillard and several shows were sell-outs or close to it. Read story. Rite of Spring had story to tell, but plot got lostSunday, June 8, 2008One of the final 2008 Spoleto Festival USA offerings opened Saturday night to a well-filled Gaillard Auditorium. The Compagnie Heddy Maalem danced their way through a curious fusion of Igor Stravinsky's tradition-breaking ballet music "Le Sacre du Printemps" (The Rite of Spring) and various sound effects that the French call "musique concrete," an electronic mix of instrumental and natural sounds on tape. Read story. 2 days left to experience great musicSaturday, June 7, 2008The 2008 Spoleto Festival USA has almost run its course. Sunday is the last day before Charleston becomes once more merely the most beautiful and altogether charming city on the East Coast, rather than the most beautiful and altogether C.C.O.T.E.C. that also happens to have a world-class arts festival exploding within its midst. Read story. Spotlight offering rich, sumptuous ReviewSaturday, June 7, 2008The Atlanta-based Balkan String Quartet presented the final program for the Piccolo Spotlight Concert Series last night. With the rich and sumptuous folk tunes from the Balkans, the quartet filled the New Tabernacle Fourth Baptist Church and enriched us with their superb musicianship. The ... Read story. Jazz artist Hemingway delivers hour of delightSaturday, June 7, 2008"Awesome" to "Zowie" — and all the adjectives in between. Wachovia Jazz artist, the composer/percussionist Gerry Hemingway swept the board clean and totally exhausted my vocabulary, but I'll give it a try, anyway. The stage set-up in the Simons Center Recital Hall promised something extraordinary — there was a traditional drum set, but there were other things, too: a computer, microphones, speakers, extra cymbals in varying sizes, temple bells, gongs, what appeared to be miniature rain sticks — and that was just what I could see. Read story. International finale to honor Piccolo's 30th yearSaturday, June 7, 2008International music will reign at the 2008 Piccolo Spoleto Festival Finale: Russian folk music by the group Moscow Nights, Israeli Jazz by Avrum Pengas and his Noga Group, and the sounds of an eight-piece, all-female salsa band called CoCoMaMas. To celebrate the festival's 30th anniversary, the Piccolo staff has assembled an all-star cast, culminating two weeks of staging 700 events in venues all over town. Read story. Maalem talks about his art, what motivates himSaturday, June 7, 2008Editor's note: The following Q&A has been edited for grammar and style. Heddy Maalem has a compagnie. And a vision. And a way of moving. He has 14 dancers from Africa. He has the raw, heart-pounding music of Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring." He has a Belgian filmmaker for a collaborator and a fascination for the human drama — the love and blood, the energy, despair and violence. Read story. Tireless chamber musicians exceed expectationsSaturday, June 7, 2008How do the Spoleto Festival USA chamber music performers manage to sustain the upbeat and unbeatable standards they set day after day? The next-to-last chamber music concert in the series Friday morning played to a nearly full house at Memminger Auditorium and displayed that individual musicianship and ensemble flair that keeps audiences coming back for more. Read story. Trio offers feast of Brazilian soundsSaturday, June 7, 2008A crescent moon hung over the College of Charleston's Cistern Friday night, enhancing the semi-tropical feel of the hot, humid evening. The balmy atmosphere was made all the more tolerable, though, by the music of the Robison-Lubambo-Baptista Trio, an ensemble that plays all sorts of Brazilian music and one of the acts in this year's Wachovia Jazz Series of Spoleto Festival USA. Read story. Newer stories | Older stories |
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