- Pianist Paul Lewis in Conversation with Geoffrey Newman Paul Lewis has every right to be considered one of the finest British pianists of this era. A prize winner at the 1994 World Piano Competition in London and a student of Alfred Bren...
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Monday, May 25, 2015 from Music: Classical music | guardian.co.ukKeepsake stored in a gold locket is among Mozart and Beethoven memorabilia to be sold by Sotheby’s this week A wisp of fair hair in a gold locket, curled around a note explaining that it came from the head of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, is ...
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Sunday, May 24, 2015 from Classics TodayThis is without a doubt a “must have” if you care about great 20th century ballet music–in other words, the kind that you can listen to just for itself. Le Chevalier errant was composed in 1935 for the inimitable Ida Ru...
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Monday, May 25, 2015 from Classical Voice North AmericaDALLAS AND HOUSTON — In the same week, the Dallas and Houston orchestras performed Mahler's Symphony No. 3, both with mezzo Kelley O'Connor. The results highlighted differences in the orchestras, their conductors, and their halls.
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Monday, May 25, 2015 from Classical Voice North AmericaTurangalîla Wraps Chicago SO Fest"> By Lawrence B. Johnson CHICAGO – It was a large cap, but perfectly fitting: Messiaen’s Turangalîla-symphonie that topped off Chicago's French Reveries & Passions Festival led by Esa-Pekka Salonen....
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Monday, May 25, 2015 from CLASSICAL ICONOCLASTNot many films start with credits like "We acknowledge with gratitude the help of the Home Office, The Prison Commissioners and the Governor of HM Prison, Holloway". Turn the Key Softly begins with a shot of Holloway Prison, ...
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Monday, May 25, 2015 from Classics TodayRehearing these recordings, I am struck by the fact that Hogwood was a musicologist who deserves great respect. He lived at a time when the recording industry afforded academics who were also performers a unique opportunity to hear the f...
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Monday, May 25, 2015 from Seen and Heard InternationalPuccini, La bohème: Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra of Royal Opera / Dan Ettinger (conductor), Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, 23.5.2015. (JPr) Cast: Mimì: Anna Netrebko Rodolfo: Joseph Calleja Marcello: Lucas Meachem Musetta: J...
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Monday, May 25, 2015 from Seen and Heard InternationalMahler: Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich, Bernard Haitink (conductor), Tonhalle, Zurich 21.5.15 (JR)Mahler: Symphony No. 7 “Sold out!” proclaimed the computer screens above the Box Office. This came as absolutely no surprise – two pe...
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Monday, May 25, 2015 from Seen and Heard InternationalRaats, Pärt ,Tüür, Kortits: Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Harry Traksmann (leader), Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff. 22.5.2015 (PCG) Jaan Rääts (b.1932) – Concerto for chamber orchestra, Op.16 (1961) Arvo Pärt (b.1935) – Trisagion (1992/4) Erkki-...
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Monday, May 25, 2015 from Seen and Heard InternationalDresdner Musikfestspiele 2015 – Rossini: Petite Messe Solennellei: Ludmilla Bauerfeldt (soprano), Theresa Kronthaler (mezzo), Sung Min Song (tenor), Daniel Kotlinski (bass-baritone), Dresdner Kammerchor/Hans-Christoph Rademann, Semjon S...
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Monday, May 25, 2015 from CMUSE » CLASSICAL
During the latter half of the nineteenth century, Eduard Hanslick enjoyed a position of great power and influence as one of the most widely read critics in Vienna (first at Die Presse, then with Die Neue Freie Presse). Nowadays, he is kn... -
Monday, May 25, 2015 from Peninsula ReviewsPianist Jura Margulis returned to play a recital at Hidden Valley yesterday afternoon. He is no stranger to our community, since this marks his sixth appearance, and, if we are so blessed, there will be many more. Margulis played a whale...
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Monday, May 25, 2015 from Music: Classical music | guardian.co.ukWhen musicologist Ahmad Sarmast’s pioneering institute – open to girls and boys, women and men from all backgrounds – became a target, it nearly cost him his life. But the attack has only made him more determined Continue reading...
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Monday, May 25, 2015 from Music: Classical music | guardian.co.ukBarbican, London Conductor Sakaris Oramo showed Nielsen’s sixth symphony in its best light, while pianist Denis Kozhukhin’s Rachmaninov concerto was sure and sober Continue reading...
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Monday, May 25, 2015 from Classical music - Google NewsLA Downtown News Online Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre LA Downtown News Online The showcase of emerging and established classical music and dance artists is a many-splendored thing, and this week's yield includes composer John Adams (sh...
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Monday, May 25, 2015 from Music: Classical music | guardian.co.ukColston Hall, Bristol Jacek Kaspszyk brings out the mystical austerity of Szymanowski’s Stabat Mater, while the optimism of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony is undiminished Continue reading...
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Monday, May 25, 2015 from CMUSE » CLASSICAL
Within his historical context, the music of Wilhelm Richard Wagner represented elemental chaos. Outside of his historical context, it reminds us more of order gone horribly wrong. It is not entirely Wagner’s fault that his music provided... -
Monday, May 25, 2015 from JDCMBPast and present members of the Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, and friends, are to give a fundraising concert for the people of earthquake-blighted Nepal on Wednesday evening, 28 May, under the baton of the ASMF's legendary conducto...
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Monday, May 25, 2015 from CLASSICAL ICONOCLASTToday marks the birthday of Lord Guatama Buddha, celebrated across the world.
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Monday, May 25, 2015 from Classical music - Google NewsThe Arts Desk Tetzlaff, LSO, Harding, Barbican The Arts Desk Where once his absolute technical assurance could render things a little rigid, he now finds a quasi-spontaneity (the kind that only comes beyond complete familiarity with the ...
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Monday, May 25, 2015 from Planet Hugill - A world of classical musicTallinn Chamber Orchestra at Hoddinott Hall Jaan Rääts, Arvo Pärt, Erkki-Sven Tüür and Tõnu Kõrvits; Tallinn Chamber Orchestra; Vale of Glamorgan Festival at Hoddinott Hall Reviewed by Robert Hugill on May 24 2015 Star rating: 5.0 Three ...
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Monday, May 25, 2015 from Classical music - Google NewsCalgary Herald Pianist Inon Barnatan carries on classical conversation through the centuries Calgary Herald “For me,” he adds, “ classical music is not a museum situation. We're not exhibiting dead specimens. These are things that ar...
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Monday, May 25, 2015 from Music: Classical music | guardian.co.ukLed Zep and the Who, community opera, Purcell and ... the Muppets: conductor Harry Christophers tells us about the music he loves Continue reading...
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Monday, May 25, 2015 from Classical music - Google NewsClassical music rocks for young string musicians at showcase Oxford Mail YOUNG musicians from 50 Oxfordshire schools showed their playing skills at a special Baroque rock string day organised by Oxfordshire County Council's music ser...
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Monday, May 25, 2015 from Seen and Heard InternationalMozart, Brahms: Maria João Pires (piano), Budapest Festival Orchestra / Ivan Fischer (conductor), Royal Festival Hall, London, 20.5 2015 (GD) Mozart: Overture, The Magic Flute Piano Concerto No.9 in E flat, K 271 Brahms: Symphon...
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Monday, May 25, 2015 from Seen and Heard InternationalDresdner Musikfestspiele 2015 – Debussy, Brahms, Schumann, Shostakovich: Hélène Grimaud (piano), Jan Vogler (cello), Semperoper, Dresden, Germany – Thursday 21.5.2015 (MC) Debussy: Sonata for cello and piano B...
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Monday, May 25, 2015 from Seen and Heard InternationalBerlioz, Lalo, Brahms: Ray Chen (violin), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Peter Oundjian (conductor), Usher Hall, Edinburgh, 22.5.2015 (SRT) Berlioz: Le carnival romain Lalo: Symphonie espagnole Brahms: Symphony No. 2 Lalo’s ...
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Monday, May 25, 2015 from Seen and Heard InternationalVerdi, Il Trovatore: Soloists, Orchestra of Scottish Opera, The Chorus of Il Trovatore / Tobias Ringborg (conductor), Edinburgh Festival Theatre, 21.5.2015 (SRT) Cast: Leonora – Claire Rutter Manrico – Gwyn Hughes Jones Count – Roland W...
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Monday, May 25, 2015 from Music and VisionGiorgio Strehler's 'Marriage of Figaro' finally reaches Rome, enjoyed by Giuseppe Pennisi
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Monday, May 25, 2015 from Sinfini Music
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Monday, May 25, 2015 from Sinfini Music
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Sunday, May 24, 2015 from Seen and Heard InternationalPurcell, Handel: Sophie Bevan (soprano), Katharina Spreckeisen (oboe), The English Concert / Harry Bicket (director), Chipping Campden Music Festival, St James’ Church, Chipping Campden, 22.5.2015. (RJ) Purcell: Sonata in 4 parts ...
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Sunday, May 24, 2015 from Classics TodayNo one knows anything about Jean Théophile Eichner, other than the fact that he wrote some harp concertos and evidently some in the day confused him with Ernst Eichner, who also wrote harp concertos. The latter’s work isn’t t...
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Sunday, May 24, 2015 from - Classical RSS FeedWhen paedophiles say to their victims, as they all do in one form or another, “If you ever speak about this, unimaginably bad things will happen to you”, what they are doing is perhaps on one level even worse than the physical act of abu...
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Monday, May 25, 2015 from operatraveller
Giorgio Battistelli – CO2 David Adamson – Anthony Michaels-Moore Gaia – Jennifer Johnston Indian Temple Singer / Adam – Sean Panikkar Eve – Pumeza Matshikiza Serpent – David DQ Lee […] -
Monday, May 25, 2015 from BarihunksJohn Brancy Barihunk John Brancy took 1st Prize at the 16th Annual Jensen Foundation Vocal Competition this weekend. He will receive a $15,000 award, as well as an opportunity to perform in Opera America's 2016 Emerging Artist Recital Se...
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Monday, May 25, 2015 from Ballet News | Straight from the stage - bringing you ballet insights
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Monday, May 25, 2015 from Adult Ballerina ProjectI’m approaching 1,000 likes on Facebook (yay!) and I’m planning on doing a ballet-themed giveaway once I reach 1,000. I’ve already partnered with a few small-business ballet brands to do a giveaway (plus I’ll thro...
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Monday, May 25, 2015 from Ballet News | Straight from the stage - bringing you ballet insights
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Monday, May 25, 2015 from Adult Ballerina ProjectABP is looking to offer a 10-week internship program (although possibly running longer for interested candidates) for two to three writers. I’m looking for people who have some experience with dance (but all levels are welcome) and...
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Monday, May 25, 2015 from Eye Bags[So that is two guys and one mezzo in nerd glasses (be still my heart) all over a soprano, and since it’s “Lulu”, that is definitely no the end of the body count. Then again, who would not be all over Marlis Petersen (L...
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Monday, May 25, 2015 from Adult Ballerina ProjectCheck out Kathryn Morgan’s website, If The Pointe Shoe Fits, for more great tutorials! .@Kathryn_EMorgan’s penche tutorial”Click To Tweet The post [VIDEO] Kathryn Morgan’s Improving your Penche appeared first on Adult B...
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Monday, May 25, 2015 from operaramblings
The Play of Daniel (Danielis ludus) is a 12th or 13th century Latin liturgical play from Beauvais in nothern France. It appears in the liturgy for January 1st, The Feast of the Circumcision, and appears to have been an attempt … C... -
Monday, May 25, 2015 from We left at the interval...La Monnaie, Brussels, Sunday May 24 2015 Conductor: Carlo Rizzi. Concept and Production: Àlex Ollé (La Fura dels Baus). Sets: Alfons Flores. Costumes: Lluc Castells. Lighting: Urs Schönebaum. Video: Emmanuel Carlier. Gustav III: Riccardo...
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Sunday, May 24, 2015 from Ballet News | Straight from the stage - bringing you ballet insights
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Sunday, May 24, 2015 from Adult Ballerina ProjectRecently, I received an email from Claire Farmer, founder of Dance Longer Dance Stronger (and who has guest blogged for ABP a few times) and she’s conducting market research to support a funding application to create a dance injur...
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Sunday, May 24, 2015 from Angela Gheorghiu fan blogSalzburger Nachrichten published an article related the May 2016 Withsun Festival in Salzburg. They mention there a Gala, with Angela Gheorghiu and Juan Diego Florez or Benjamin Bernheim. Nothing confirmed yet, keep an eye on the of...
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Sunday, May 24, 2015 from Ballet News | Straight from the stage - bringing you ballet insights
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Sunday, May 24, 2015 from Definitely the Opera
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