- Friday, May 15, 2015 from CMUSE » CLASSICAL
When composer John Cage wrote 4’33” (Four minutes, thirty-three seconds), it would become his most famous and controversial piece. The audience at the world premiere was prepared to listen to this piece divided into three movements. Pian...
- Friday, May 15, 2015 from Alex Ross: The Rest Is NoiseThe JACK Quartet plays obscured-distorted-redacted by Amadeus Regucera, a young Bay Area composer.
- Friday, May 15, 2015 from Violinist.comBy The Weekend Vote: How long have you been playing the violin or viola? This morning I was reading a quote from Pablo Casals, who was asked at age 90 why he continued to practice. His answer: "Because I think I'm making progress!" Certa...
- Friday, May 15, 2015 from Classical music - Google NewsWOODTV.com Symphony combines shadow art with classical music WOODTV.com GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) World class performers will put on a dazzling display of shadow art accompanied by the gorgeous sounds of the Grand Rapids Symphony. “Symp...
- Friday, May 15, 2015 from Music: Classical music | guardian.co.ukA soap set in a food bank, the National Theatre relocating to Zurich, Gove TV … our cultural soothsayer imagines what the arts will look like under our new government Continue reading...
- Friday, May 15, 2015 from Classical music - Google NewsWashington Post (blog) Gourmet Symphony: Classical music goes to the saloon Washington Post (blog) Did you miss the splashy Valentine's Day debut of the Gourmet Symphony, which paired gourmet food with classical music ? Now you have ...
- Friday, May 15, 2015 from Music: Classical music | guardian.co.ukCountertenor Iestyn Morris is recreating the role of Peter Pan in Richard Ayres’ opera for its UK premiere. What does it feel like to be the singer who has clocked up the most flight hours in Europe? One of the drawbacks of working on a ...
- Friday, May 15, 2015 from ArtsBeat » » Classical MusicThe program will be directed by Luis Perez, an actor and choreographer who has led the musical theater program at Roosevelt University since 2008.
- Friday, May 15, 2015 from ArtsBeat » » Classical MusicMr. Barnes will begin work on June 1.
- Friday, May 15, 2015 from Music: Classical music | guardian.co.ukConductor Paavo Järvi is forced to hire a bodyguard after decision to perform pro-Soviet pieces as composer Dimitry Shostakovich originally wrote them He is one of the greatest composers of the 20th century, whose stirring symphonies and...
- Friday, May 15, 2015 from Classical music - Google NewsThe Independent Nicola Benedetti is right to say children should have classical music forced ... The Independent Should listening to classical music be something that parents force their children to do? Nicola Benedetti, the violin virtu...
- Friday, May 15, 2015 from Music: Classical music | guardian.co.ukItalian composer Ludovico Einaudi’s latest project is based around the taranta dance, said to cure poisonous spider bites. You can watch the lead single’s video here Italian composer Ludovico Einaudi has a reputation for merging the clas...
- Friday, May 15, 2015 from Slipped Disc
Crisis at Dutch National Opera after Fabio Luisi pulled out of the season’s last big show on June 1, ‘due to private family reasons’. Not many conductors have the complete three-act Lulu under their fingers and are free... - Friday, May 15, 2015 from Classical music - Google NewsMassLive.com Chicago-area classical music recommendations Chicago Tribune Music of the Baroque: Music director Jane Glover closes the season by leading the chorus, orchestra and soloists in masterworks of peace and war: Handel's &quo...
- Friday, May 15, 2015 from Slipped Disc
The Russian conductor committed himself this morning to leading around a dozen of the orchestra’s 35 programmes in their first season together. Speaking in Munich, he said he was looking for ‘the best combination’ of Ge... - Friday, May 15, 2015 from Slipped Disc
Paul Pelkonen has the first review from last night’s Philadelphia concert: At the start of the second half, Mr. Nézet-Séguin prepared to give the downbeat for the first solemn notes of the Symphony No. 3 by Serge Rachmaninoff. Then... - Friday, May 15, 2015 from Slipped Disc
Bonhams have quit the instrument business after this week’s auction, where the top item was a 1700-ish Maggini (pictured). Bonhams rank third in London instrument sales, but the general auction houses are facing pressure from onlin... - Friday, May 15, 2015 from Slipped Disc
He’s the leader of the new Finnish pack, a dazzling baton with schoolboy looks and a host of international engagements. We’re not sure this latest gig does much for the career of Santtu-Matias Rovali, 29. He has lent himself... - Friday, May 15, 2015 from Slipped Disc
David Hare, the Labour-loyal playwright who loves getting under the skin of British institutions, is writing a play about the birth of Glyndebourne, opera festival for the dressed-up elite. Should be fun. The play relates how a wealthy l... - Friday, May 15, 2015 from Music: Classical music | guardian.co.ukThe Moderate Soprano will star Roger Allam as John Christie, the war hero and producer who aimed to lift the spirits of the nation by building an opera house on his own estate Continue reading...
- Friday, May 15, 2015 from Slipped Disc
The Carl Orff-Stiftung has issued a rapid response to the announcement by the Kloster Andechs festival that it was closing down because of restrictive meddling by the Orff copyright owners. The foundation says, in brief, that it refutes ... - Friday, May 15, 2015 from Seen and Heard InternationalElliott Carter, Brahms, Fulmer, Stravinsky: Jay Campbell (cello), Conor Hanick (piano), SubCulture, New York City, 15.4.2015 (BH) Elliott Carter: Elegy for Cello and Piano (1939/2007) Brahms: Sonata No. 2 in F Major for Cello and Piano...
- Friday, May 15, 2015 from Classical music - Google NewsClassical Music NCEM young composers award winners announced Classical Music The 2015 National Centre for Early Music (NCEM) young composers award has gone to Joshua Urben (for the 18 and under category) and John Goldie-Scot (for the 19-...
- Friday, May 15, 2015 from Planet Hugill - A world of classical musicGold Medal 2015 joint winners Marta Fontanals-Simmons (L) & Jennifer Witton Soprano Jennifer Witton and mezzo-soprano Marta Fontanals-Simmons were announced as joint winners of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama's Gold Med...
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Oh, dear. Katherine Jenkins keeps hitting wrong notes in the National Anthem - Friday, May 15, 2015 from Classical Music: latest news, reviews, composers, concerts, download, mp3When statues of famous people go very, very wrong
- Friday, May 15, 2015 from Slipped DiscA ten year dispute between the Carl Orff Foundation and the Kloster Andechs festival which performs ildly updated versions of his work has ended with the festival being cancelled after this summer. Orff is buried in the church at Kloster...
- Friday, May 15, 2015 from Music: Classical music | guardian.co.ukGrand theatre, Leeds Opera North gives the Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway favourite a deservedly popular third spin Continue reading...
- Friday, May 15, 2015 from Slipped Disc
No-one’s quite sure how, but an innocent invitation by a University of California student, Azeem Ward, provoked a media storm in a country with nothing to talk about. This is where is started: Here’s where it continued: And t... - Friday, May 15, 2015 from Planet Hugill - A world of classical musicRachel Podger If you missed Rachel Podger and Brecon Baroque in London this week (see my review ) and can't wait until the Brecon Baroque Festival in October, then help is at hand. In an intriguing meeting of styles, Brecon based ...
- Friday, May 15, 2015 from Classical Music: latest news, reviews, composers, concerts, download, mp3Mezzo-soprano Alice Coot's unsubtle exploration of shifting gender roles in opera leaves Rupert Christiansen unmoved
- Friday, May 15, 2015 from Classical music - Google NewsThe Arts Desk Tawadros, AAM, Tognetti, Milton Court The Arts Desk Tawadros, in fact, was more prominent as composer than player, in the style of what the Turks call sanat (“art”) music but we'd be more likely to define as classical p...
- Friday, May 15, 2015 from Planet Hugill - A world of classical musicRachel Podger © Jonas Sacks Handel, Geminiani, Purcell, Boyce, Avison; Rachel Podger, Brecon Baroque; The Aspect Foundation at the 20th Century Theatre Reviewed by Robert Hugill on May 13 2015 Star rating: 5.0 Engaging and above all fun;...
- Friday, May 15, 2015 from Classical music - Google NewsThe Arts Desk Betrayal, I Fagiolini, The Village Underground The Arts Desk It's not often in classical music that you find yourself queuing under a railway bridge in Shoreditch at 9pm (and still less often that the artistic experienc...
- Friday, May 15, 2015 from Classical music - Google NewsRestructure at Proper Music Distribution Classical Music Drew Hill, managing director of Proper Music Distribution, said: 'Proper is now positioned as the go-to company in the classical and jazz genres. I'm extremely proud of the...
- Friday, May 15, 2015 from BarihunksZachary Gordin appears to have found a gym in San Antonio, TX Barihunk Zachary Gordin is performing Carl Orff's Carmina Burana with the Youth Orchestras of San Antonio. The performance will be available online on May 17th at 7 PM CST. Th...
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- Friday, May 15, 2015 from BarihunksRandal Turner It's just been announced that Randal Turner will be replacing Christoph Plessers as Ned Keene in Britten's Peter Grimes at the Theater Koblenz. This will be his role debut and his third Benjamin Britten character, having pr...
- Friday, May 15, 2015 from parterre box
As is happening increasingly in opera productions today (e.g., the Rosenkavalier in Stuttgart ), the action of Moses und Aron at the Komische Oper begins some minutes before the music does. - Friday, May 15, 2015 from parterre box
On this day in 1711 Alexander Pope 's "An Essay on Criticism" was published anonymously. - Friday, May 15, 2015 from Opera: news reviews previews singers opera houses downloads CDs DVDsMezzo-soprano Alice Coot's unsubtle exploration of shifting gender roles in opera leaves Rupert Christiansen unmoved
- Friday, May 15, 2015 from Regie, or Not Regie?Luca as Alidoro at the Met last season. And RnR regulars recognize our charming Angelina! Happy Friday!
- Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Superconductor
- Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Pointe MagazineDuring ballet competitions or gala performances, dancers have only a short amount of time to convey the power of a pas de deux. Without the context of the entire ballet, they must bring the story's energy to life with only their bo...
- Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Superconductor
- Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Ballet News | Straight from the stage - bringing you ballet insights
- Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Opera: news reviews previews singers opera houses downloads CDs DVDsWhether you are a fan of fizz, frocks and herbaceous borders, or genuinely interested in opera, our expert advice on what to wear and when to unpack your picnic will guarantee a memorable evening
- Thursday, May 14, 2015 from BarihunksIurii Samoilov as Don Giovanni (left) , The Frankfurt Opera production (right) Photo © Monika Rittershaus Iurii Samoilov will be making his role debut at the Frankfurt Opera as Don Giovanni on May 30th in the company's heralded productio...
- Thursday, May 14, 2015 from parterre box
Your doyenne peers into the future, or, to be more accurate, into the Future Met Wiki , to reveal the latest rumors on casting and repertoire. - Thursday, May 14, 2015 from operaramblings
Opera America recently awarded a series of grants to opera companies for audience development. Most of these grants went to mainstream opera companies; usually “the big guy in town”. $35000 though went to Toronto’s Ta...
