There he was at the New York Philharmonic's season-opening concert, performing Jacques Ibert's challenging Flute Concerto at Lincoln Center in a nationally televised concert on PBS. Dressed in a gold lame formal jacket and gold tie before a gala audience and national TV audience, Galway made a difficult work seem effortless.
Two nights earlier, the man with the golden flute had another gig — on the Lower East Side with the Latin jazz ensemble Tiempo Libre.
At the nightclub Drom, the 68-year-old Galway performed pieces from his new CD, “O'Reilly Street," which he recorded with the Miami-based Cuban-American ensemble. The album is named after Alexander O'Reilly, an Irish general who in 1763 took back Havana from the British. A street in the Cuban capital is named after him.
The CD features selections from Claude Bolling's Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano arranged by Tiempo Libre pianist Jorge Gomez.
Two nights earlier, the man with the golden flute had another gig — on the Lower East Side with the Latin jazz ensemble Tiempo Libre.
At the nightclub Drom, the 68-year-old Galway performed pieces from his new CD, “O'Reilly Street," which he recorded with the Miami-based Cuban-American ensemble. The album is named after Alexander O'Reilly, an Irish general who in 1763 took back Havana from the British. A street in the Cuban capital is named after him.
The CD features selections from Claude Bolling's Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano arranged by Tiempo Libre pianist Jorge Gomez.
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