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By Rex Hearn memory did us all a favor by appointing Maestro Schwarz rushing to get to the end. It is fiendishly difficult to play.
February and the arts as music director before he died. In the sometime snobbish Very little emotional feeling came across from the pianist
are in full swing. The fast world of conducting, five-syllable names appear to get the job. for a piece deliberately written bearing the stamp of high
spreading Omicron bug is Boston’s Kousevitsky; Philadelphia’s Stokowski for instance; romanticism in its sunset years. The great Shostakovich
trying to put a damper on though Stokowski was originally Leopold Stokes, an organist Symphony No. 5 brought the concert to a close. Written in
the proceedings but with from London! What I’m trying to say is that Maestro Schwarz a grand conciliatory sober mood to please Marshall Stalin,
protocols in place, artistic might easily have led one of our great five orchestras with a who, two years earlier had walked out of Shostakovich’s
directors are determined to name change. Instead he has created his own great orchestra, opera Lady Macbeth of Minsk describing it as muddle
win – by filling seats! Palm and we are fortunate to be in at the beginning. instead of music. Marked Opus 47 of 1937 the 5th
Beach Opera celebrates Yefim Bronfman played the Rachmaninoff Piano Symphony celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Russian
60 years in 2022 and the Concerto No. 3 after the dazzling Kikimora piece full Revolution. Stalin was pleased. Honors were poured on
90-piece Palm Beach of orchestral brilliance and mayhem which opened the Shostakovich, but his greatest international recognition
Symphony ranks among program. Written in 1908, pianist-composer-conductor came with the war symphonies, Numbers 7, 8 and 9,
America’s great orchestras now. The Kravis Center offers a Rachmaninoff scored it for his lucrative American debut demonstrating his capacity for tragedy and ironic humor.
cornucopia of wonderful entertainment. where in 1909 he played it twice in New York City: on Palm Beach Symphony gave the 5th Symphony a
Palm Beach Opera Nov. 28 with the New York Symphony and later with stirring and brilliant reading led by Maestro Schwarz.
From Feb. 25 to 27 the opera’s third offering in their 60th the New York Philharmonic under Gustav Mahler. Their next concert will be on Monday, March 7 at
year is Donizetti’s harmless, amusing and sweet work, The Bronfman’s brilliant technique is unquestionable, and was 7:30 p.m. featuring Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3
Elixir of Love. Guatemalan tenor Mario Chang who sounds well received but from my point of view he seemed to be and Mahler’s Symphony No. 4.
like a young Domingo sings the famous Una Fortuna lagrima
aria in Act ll. Adriana Cuchman is his love interest, Adina;
from Canada she is a rising star having sung soprano roles Peripheral Arterial Disease Awareness
at The Met.
Minnesotan Alexandra Razskazoff is Gianetta, her Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) simply is blockage in very low. Patients who undergo amputation have a very
friend, the “richly faceted silky sounding soprano” (New the arteries of your legs. This is normally due to cholesterol high mortality rate. Preventing amputation saves lives
York Times). Russian baritone Alexey Lavrov sings Sergeant particles and fats that form plaque. This plaque buildup and decreases mortality. Before a decision on amputation,
Belcore. And bass-baritone Musa Ngqungwana, “a rich in-turn narrows the artery walls causing poor circulation each patient should undergo a thorough evaluation
glowing singer with an elegant legato” (New York Times) throughout the legs. When plaque obstructs nutrient and for best medical therapy, which can include lifestyle
from South Africa sings Dr. Dulcamara, who sells the elixir, oxygen rich blood from transport to leg arteries and on changes, medication, or open surgical or endovascular
otherwise known as burgundy wine! David Stern conducts; to muscles and tissues, limb cells can die. In these severe revascularization. Endovascular treatment is a minimally
Greg Ritchey is the chorus master and Fenlon Lamb directs. cases, PAD can cause pain in the legs with or without invasive procedure that is performed using a small needle
For tickets telephone the box office: (561) 833-7888 or book walking and can even lead to a more serious condition puncture through which the blockage in the arteries can be
online: pbopera.org. called critical limb ischemia (CLI). Inadequate treatment removed using balloons and/or stents. Over the past decade,
Palm Beach Symphony or delay in care for CLI can result in amputation and leg as endovascular treatment and technologies have become
Monday, March 7 at 7:30 p.m. in Dreyfoos Hall at loss. According to the national Institutes of Health (NIH), more widely available and implemented, amputation rates
PAD affects between 8-12 million people in the U.S. and have decreased.
the Kravis Center sees their fourth concert of the season. up to 2 million suffer from CLI. Treatment Options for PAD include:
With Portuguese piano soloist, Maria Joao Pires playing Among adults age 65 and older, 12 to 20 percent may Lifestyle Changes
Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3 and Mahler’s Symphony have PAD  Quit Smoking
No. 4 conducted by Maestro Gerard Schwarz. Box Office:  Up to 85 percent of all amputations occur in people  Lowering Blood Pressure
(561) 281-0145. over the age of 60  Lower LDL Cholesterol
The Kravis Center  One in three people over the age of 50 with diabetes  Managing diabetes to lower blood glucose levels
The Lloyd-Webber musical Cats goes up from Feb. 8 to is likely to have PAD  Healthy diet
13; Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at 8 p.m.; Wednesday and Common Risk Factors for PAD  Regular exercise
Saturday at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.; and Sunday at 2 p.m. In the PAD cases range from mild symptoms consisting of Medications
Young Artists Classical series, Anthony Trionfo, flute, gives leg or calf pain while walking or immediately thereafter  Lower high cholesterol and high blood pressure
a recital on Wednesday, Feb. 9 at 7:30 p.m. Pianist, Albert to serious CLI ailments including sores on the foot or leg  Manage diabetes
that just will not heal, gangrene and pain when at rest. Four  Prevent formation of blood clots
Cano Smit, accompanies. Next! Philadanco, the innovative Main Risk Factors for PAD:  Help improve walking ability and increase
modern dance troupe from Philadelphia hit the boards from  Hypertension  Diabetes circulation
Feb. 11 to 13, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at 7:30 p.m. in  Smoking  High Cholesterol Revascularization
the Rinker Playhouse representing the human spirit through If left to progress, CLI can result in foot or leg  Angioplasty
dance. The delightful soprano Audra McDonald appears on amputation. Up to 650,000 amputations due to CLI occur  Stenting
Monday, Feb. 14 at 8 p.m. Take your valentine – it’s bound yearly in the U.S. More than half of these patients had  Atherectomy
to be good. Miami City Ballet presents Swan Lake on Feb. not been revascularized meaning they did not have blood  Bypass Surgery
19 and 20 – music by Tchaikovsky, choreography by Alexei flow to their limbs improved prior to amputation. Prompt *Endovascular treatments (fixing the problem from
Ratmansky; both days Saturday and Sunday at 1 and 7:30 recognition of CLI and aggressive treatment by optimizing the inside with balloons and stents) has reduced the
p.m. On Feb. 25 and 26 in Persson Hall, celebrate the wit and blood flow, leads to amputation prevention. This type of amputation rate.
wisdom of the Great American Song Book. Showtimes are vascular care called limb salvage is a procedure performed Joseph J. Ricotta, MD, MS,
by vascular surgeons to improve the blood circulation to FACS, DFSVS, is the National
Friday at 8 p.m. and Saturday at 8 p.m.: A special surprise a limb in an effort to save the leg. This re-supply of blood Medical Director of Vascular
will be presented here! can help the leg and any wounds on the affected area heal Surgery and Endovascular
On Monday, Feb. 28 in the Regional Arts Classical from the limb down to the toes. Therapy for Tenet Healthcare,
Concert Series at 8 p.m. the great concert violinist, and all  Up to 650,000 lower-limb amputations are performed and Professor of Surgery
American, Joshua Bell conducts and plays with London’s each year in the U.S. for critical limb ischemia (CLI) and Program Director of the
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields. Then again on Tuesday,  Of all lower-limb amputation, more than 60 percent Vascular Surgery Fellowship
March 1 at 2 p.m. the same team presents a second different occur among people with diabetes at The Charles E. Schmidt
concert. Do not miss them. March 2, a Wednesday, the Kravis  Up to 50 percent of people who have had an College of Medicine at
Center Pops Orchestra appears with that darling of the social amputation, have never had a diagnostic angiogram Florida Atlantic University.
set, Mr. Michael Feinstein, who conducts and sings. Also, the to determine if blood flow could be restored Dr. Ricotta’s medical office
other excellent, upcoming local dance troupe, Ballet Palm Early Screening of Patients for PAD and office-based laboratory are
Noninvasive diagnostic testing can be completed as located at the Prime Vascular Institute in Delray Beach
Beach, present Giselle from March 4 to 6. Contact the box an outpatient in the office such as ankle-brachial index, and he is on-staff at Delray Medical Center where he
office at (561) 832-7469. segmental pressures, pulse volume recordings and arterial operates in a state-of-the-art $7 million Hybrid Operating
Rex’s Review duplex. Computer tomography angiography (CTA) and Room. Experienced, highly skilled and trained in general
angiography are also tools used to diagnose PAD in the surgery from Johns Hopkins, fellowship-trained in
hospital setting. Common factors of PAD and CLI include: Vascular and Endovascular Surgery from the Mayo Clinic
Brilliance All Around At Palm Beach  Over 50-years-old College of Medicine and in Endovascular Surgery by the
Symphony  Current or past smoker Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Dr. Ricotta uses the latest
 Kidney disease technology and provides vascular and endovascular
Kravis Center Concert, Jan. 10  High blood pressure care that is unsurpassed in South Florida. Dr. Ricotta
Review by Rex Hearn  High cholesterol specializes in minimally invasive endovascular therapy,
This orchestra gets better and better. Ninety players  Leg fatigue, heaviness, or cramping endovascular robotic surgery, aortic and peripheral
aneurysms, carotid/cerebrovascular disease, transcarotid
 Toes or feet that look pale, discolored or bluish
with astonishing pedigrees reminded us how great they can  Pain in the legs and or feet that disturbs sleep artery revascularization, peripheral arterial disease (PAD)/
sound. In music by three Russians: Liadov, Rachmaninoff  Sores/wounds on toes, feet or legs that heal slowly limb salvage, venous disease, thoracic outlet syndrome,
and Shostakovich they shone like a bright new penny, each or not at all renal/mesenteric disease, dialysis access and pulmonary
section brilliant when their solo time came. Due to the COVID  One leg or foot that feels colder than the other embolism care.
pandemic I watched them reluctantly “live streamed” in my  Poor nail growth and decreased hair growth over Dr. Ricotta is board-certified in vascular surgery
home, dreading the “sardine tin” sound effects experienced time on toes and legs and general surgery and has pioneered several different
before in such situations. Happily it was not the case. The Endovascular and Surgical Treatment treatments for patients with vascular disease, as well as
sound was delightful. Balance favored the lower registers, Patients who have non-healing wounds are more likely having authored over 200 publications, been an investigator
perhaps. A real bonus was watching the conductor, Gerard to require future hospital care. In fact, more people die each in over 60 clinical research trials, and delivered over 300
Schwarz, from his front. Cameras fixed on him and orchestra year from CLI/PAD then stroke, cancer or heart attacks. lectures both on the national and international stage.
members. What we saw and heard was magnificent. Schwarz Throughout our U.S. communities, PAD Awareness is Visit delraymedicalctr.com to make an appointment.
belongs with the immortals; his baton technique is impeccable, Paid Advertisement
crisp, deliberate and masterful. Dale McNulty, of happy