- Thursday, May 21, 2015 from Boulezian
- Thursday, May 21, 2015 from CMUSE » CLASSICALWilhelm Richard Wagner is one of the most controversial figures in the history of classical music, and for good reason. How well do you know him? The post How Well Do You Know Wagner? Take the Quiz! appeared first on CMUSE .
- Thursday, May 21, 2015 from Violinist.comBy Michael O'Gieblyn: I've heard some conflicting advice on this topic: When I was school, I was told things like "Take advantage of every moment you have to be practicing," and "If you're not sleeping, you should be practicing." And whe...
- Thursday, May 21, 2015 from Slipped DiscSimon Keenlyside has pulled out of Don Carlo in the Munich Festival at the end of July, extending the period in which doctors ordered him to rest his voice completely. He has barely been heard since December and is cancelling engagements...
- Friday, May 22, 2015 from Planet Hugill - A world of classical musicRVW, Holst, Quilter, Butterworth, Finzi, Elgar, Parry, traditional and folk-songs; Matthew Long, Malcolm Martineau, Rufus Miller, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Ben Parry; JSK Music Reviewed by Robert Hugill on May 12 2015 Star rating: 5...
- Friday, May 22, 2015 from CLASSICAL ICONOCLASTDonizetti Poliuto at Glyndebourne could well become of of the great Glyndebourne classics. It makes a powerful case for the opera, and also for Glyndebourne's artistic vision. Poliuto isn't standard repertoire - it's nothing like L...
- Friday, May 22, 2015 from Classical music - Google NewsClassical music , summer 2015: Noteworthy works and RI-bred talent The Providence Journal If you're a classical music fan, hang in there. A concert will most likely be coming your way this summer, with festivals taking place in South...
- Friday, May 22, 2015 from Classical music - Google NewsDallas Morning News Classical music : DSO closes classical season with stunning Mahler Third ... Dallas Morning News Unless you're pathologically allergic to the music of Gustav Mahler, get on your phone or the Internet right now and...
- Friday, May 22, 2015 from Classical music - Google NewsSan Angelo Standard Times Visitor, students put twist on classical music San Angelo Standard Times Wood's wife, vocalist Laura Kaye, and violinist Sarah Charness joined him and the Lee students onstage Thursday evening to perform cla...
- Friday, May 22, 2015 from Classical music - Google NewsClassical music offerings the core of Spoleto Festival Charleston Post Courier But at its core, Spoleto Festival is showcase of classical music : operatic, choral, contemporary, orchestral, chamber and experimental. Patrons naturally are...
- Friday, May 22, 2015 from Classical music - Google NewsCCTV Cellist performs at outdoor classical music festival in Shanghai CCTV After his gig in Beijing, Latvia-born Israeli cellist Mischa Maisky performed in Shanghai over the weekend. Thousands of music fans were there at the classical mu...
- Friday, May 22, 2015 from Classical music - Google NewsMusic Feeds LCAW Talks Going “Viral” And Combining Classical Music And EDM Music Feeds German DJ/producer LCAW (AKA Leon Weber) is a viral phenom , and one who'll hit Australia for the first time later this month, mercifully just whe...
- Friday, May 22, 2015 from Peninsula ReviewsWednesday night’s program opened with the brief, buoyant Radial Play local 29-year-old composer Samuel Adams. This miniature orchestral study was originally written for the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America. Partic...
- Friday, May 22, 2015 from Peninsula ReviewsIn my experience, you are more likely to enjoy a piece of music when you know and like the person who wrote it. It was clear during Michael Tilson Thomas’ one-night-only John Cage program on Saturday that he both knew … Continue re...
- Friday, May 22, 2015 from Music and VisionOn Callum Smart's Glazunov Violin Concerto, with classical music agony aunt Alice McVeigh
- Thursday, May 21, 2015 from Violinist.comBy Heather Kurzbauer: Depending on which sources are your mantra, diverse musical figures including Bela Bartok, Claude Debussy and Igor Stravinsky asserted, "Competitions are for horses, not musicians." Proper attribution aside, such ob...
- Thursday, May 21, 2015 from Classical music - Google NewsNew York Times Classical & Opera Listings for May 22-28 New York Times Classical Music . Bargemusic (Friday through Sunday) This intimate floating concert hall offers a typically eclectic range of music: On Friday, the two pianists T...
- Thursday, May 21, 2015 from Classical Music: latest news, reviews, composers, concerts, download, mp3Director Mariame Clément is out of her depth - unable to make the Ancient World convincing, her solution is predictable if not plain corny, says Rupert Christiansen
- Thursday, May 21, 2015 from Joshua KosmanWhen we talk about the excellence of the San Francisco Symphony, obviously one of the things we mean is the remarkable talents of the individuals who make up the ensemble. Wednesday’s superlative concert in Davies Symphony Hall, led by M...
- Thursday, May 21, 2015 from Alex Ross: The Rest Is NoiseI've just received a new Birtwistle recording on the NMC label. Cortege, which made such a strong impression at an Ensemble Intercontemporain performance at the Philharmonie de Paris earlier this spring, isn't on the disc, but Angel Figh...
- Thursday, May 21, 2015 from Classical music - Google NewsChicago-area classical music recommendations Chicago Tribune Elmhurst Symphony musicians : The 2014-15 chamber series concludes with " Classical Jazz – With Strings Attached," a program of Gershwin, Ellington and others arrange...
- Thursday, May 21, 2015 from Classical music - Google NewsSchubert Club Mix series is 'new generation of classical music ' TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press A Grammy-nominated mandolin player and a string quintet that tackles everything from Mozart to Radiohead are among the acts booked for ...
- Thursday, May 21, 2015 from The Violin Channel | The World's Leading Violin, Strings & Classical Music News SourceA millionaire American business man has won […] The post Husband’s $1.5 Million Legal Battle to Keep Grand Piano appeared first on The Violin Channel | The World's Leading Violin, Strings & Classical Music News Source .
- Thursday, May 21, 2015 from Alex Ross: The Rest Is NoiseNew and recent publications of interest. Jessica Hopper, The First Collection of Criticism by a Living Female Rock Critic (featherproof) Rufus Jones, Jr., Dean Dixon: Negro at Home, Maestro Abroad (Rowman & Littlefield) Ian Bostridge, Sc...
- Thursday, May 21, 2015 from Music: Classical music | guardian.co.ukRussell/Butt (Linn) Continue reading...
- Thursday, May 21, 2015 from Music: Classical music | guardian.co.ukBergen Philharmonic Orchestra/Litton (BIS) Continue reading...
- Thursday, May 21, 2015 from Music: Classical music | guardian.co.ukKeith Jarrett (ECM) Continue reading...
- Thursday, May 21, 2015 from Slipped DiscJames Zimermann, principal clarinet of the Nashville Symphony, suffered the sudden, tragic loss of his wife, Candice, from a coronary incident on Saturday. Candice was 38. She leaves James with two children, aged five and two. Her funera...
- Thursday, May 21, 2015 from The Violin Channel | The World's Leading Violin, Strings & Classical Music News SourceThe entire viola section of the […] The post Entire Viola Section Threaten to Resign Over Conductor’s Firing appeared first on The Violin Channel | The World's Leading Violin, Strings & Classical Music News Source .
- Thursday, May 21, 2015 from Music: Classical music | guardian.co.ukEnsemble Signal (Harmonia Mundi) Continue reading...
- Thursday, May 21, 2015 from Slipped DiscKeith Buncke (r.) is the new Principal Bassoon of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, starting July 6, 2015. Buncke, 22, was appointed principal bassoon of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra last year while still a student at the Curtis Institut...
- Thursday, May 21, 2015 from The Violin Channel | The World's Leading Violin, Strings & Classical Music News SourceArchival footage from the 2012 Queen […] The post THROWBACK THURSDAY | VC ‘Young Artist’ Tatsuki Narita – 2012 Queen Elisabeth Comp [VIDEO] appeared first on The Violin Channel | The World's Leading Violin, Strings...
- Thursday, May 21, 2015 from Classical music - Google NewsClassical Music ENO's Pirates breaks UK cinema box office records Classical Music English National Opera's production of The Pirates of Penzance has taken over £600k at the UK box office to date. Over 40,000 people have watched M...
- Thursday, May 21, 2015 from The Violin Channel | The World's Leading Violin, Strings & Classical Music News SourceThe Minnesota Orchestra has today announced […] The post Minnesota Extends Musical Director Osmo Vänskä Through to 2020 appeared first on The Violin Channel | The World's Leading Violin, Strings & Classical Music News Sour...
- Thursday, May 21, 2015 from Slipped DiscHe may have failed to win the Berlin Philharmonic last week, but the Latvian conductor is earning rave reviews on his timely tour with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. This just in from Stuttgart: Da ist er: Andris Nelsons, 36,...
- Thursday, May 21, 2015 from The Violin Channel | The World's Leading Violin, Strings & Classical Music News SourceThe Holland-based Rubens String Quartet have […] The post Dutch Rubens String Quartet to Disband After 15 Seasons appeared first on The Violin Channel | The World's Leading Violin, Strings & Classical Music News Source .
- Friday, May 22, 2015 from The latest articles from OperavoreWith his strong jaw and dominant nose, Richard Wagner cut a striking profile in his day. It was evidently memorable enough to inspire a group of German geologists, who found his image in a mountainside rock in the Bavarian Forest Nationa...
- Friday, May 22, 2015 from Regie, or Not Regie?...can there be a Marschallin in her future? One can only hope! Lieder: Strauss i Mahler (Click the link above the photo. There doesn't seem to be a way to embed this.) I think I found this one thanks to PauaGirl. Thank you, PauaGirl!
- Friday, May 22, 2015 from Ballet News | Straight from the stage - bringing you ballet insights
- Thursday, May 21, 2015 from Joyce DiDonatoThis summer, Joyce DiDonato returns to the role of Romeo in Bellini’s thrilling I Capuleti e i Montecchi. She brings her “magnificent” portrayal to the Opernhaus Zürich, in a new production from venerated director Christoph Loy, featured...
- Thursday, May 21, 2015 from Opera: news reviews previews singers opera houses downloads CDs DVDsDirector Mariame Clément is out of her depth - unable to make the Ancient World convincing, her solution is predictable if not plain corny, says Rupert Christiansen
- Thursday, May 21, 2015 from parterre boxThe results are in for the 2015 Pubie Awards, cher public, and may La Cieca just say that you could knocked her over with featheras some of the results!
- Thursday, May 21, 2015 from opera, innit?This recital went to extremes: a resounding brava when it came to musical qualities but ouch & oi in regards to volume. Dear JP, have mercy on our delicate ears! I was sat 5 rows from the back and this far from a headache. The sound ...
- Thursday, May 21, 2015 from operaramblingsToday’s lunchtime concert in the RBA was a preview of Against the Grain’s upcoming show Death and Desire. It’s a staged mash up of Schubert’s Die Schöne Müllerin and Messiaen’s Harawi: Chant d’amour e...
- Thursday, May 21, 2015 from parterre boxNow here's a competition for a parterrian: the Bayerische Staatsoper is looking for a drag performer to lip sync the final scene from Salome !
- Thursday, May 21, 2015 from The latest articles from OperavoreAnyone who attended the recital given by mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe and pianist Warren Jones on May 15 at Carnegie Hall will not soon forget it. These are two artists at the top of their game. They are at that sweet spot in a musical...
- Thursday, May 21, 2015 from Opera Today
- Thursday, May 21, 2015 from Joyce DiDonato“Joyce DiDonato dazzles, entrances at Ordway . . . The Schubert Club closed out the 2014-2015 run of of its International Artist Series with some good news and a bang . . . The bang was a sterling performance by mezzo-soprano Joyce...
- Thursday, May 21, 2015 from BarihunksFrench-Irish barihunk Edwin Crossley-Mercer is bringing opera to the Arabian Peninsula in a recital at the One & Only Mirage Resort in Dubai. The May 29th show is entitled "It's All About Love" and will feature famous love songs in G...
- Thursday, May 21, 2015 from Royal Ballet School » Latest newsOur annual Open Day and Summer Fair will take place at White Lodge, Richmond Park, on Saturday 13 June. We are […] The post Open Day and Summer Fair 2015 appeared first on Royal Ballet School .