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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Classical music - Google NewsSouthern Star Newspaper First classical music festival in Cork city in a decade Southern Star Newspaper Cork city is renowned for its classical music tradition, in large part thanks to its rebirth in the mid-twentieth century, driven by ...
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Music Genre: ClassicalThe Grand Budapest Hotel might take place in a fictional world, but Oscar-nominated composer Alexandre Desplat was there to make it feel authentic.
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Slipped Disc
Sanford I. Weill stepped down today as chairman of Carnegie Hall, a post he has held since 1991. He is succeeded by Ronald O. Perelman, who has been a trustee for 27 years. Weill becomes president. Weill is 81, Perelman 72. You ever wond... -
Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Classical music - Google NewsAsiaOne US acts giving classical music a modern makeover AsiaOne These are some labels that have been attached to my eight-year-old son, courtesy of his friends and some adults. It's not surprising actually, considering it's in r...
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Latest Classical Music VideosJuilliard's Pre-College Division: Woodwinds Juilliard's Pre-College Division serves the most promising young woodwind players of today through conservatory-style classical music instruction. Led by an acclaimed faculty, the priva...
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from PlaybillArts.comJazz at Lincoln Center continues its A Side, B Side series with travels from Haiti and Cuba to New Orleans and New York on February 20–21 in The Appel Room.
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Music: Classical music | guardian.co.ukChappuis/Weisser/Orendt/Milhofer/Fink/Akademie fur Alte Musik/Jacobs (Harmonia Mundi) Continue reading...
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Classical Life
I’ve always thought this was an incredible recording, though one could make an objection that it sounds more like Bruckner than Schubert. Still, it’s some pretty amazing playing and the way the recording is engineered (if you...
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Music: Classical music | guardian.co.ukKnoop/Chadwick/Armstrong Hat (now) Art Continue reading...
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Music: Classical music | guardian.co.ukChamber Choir Ireland/RTE National SO/Maloney (RTE Lyric) Continue reading...
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Classical Music: latest news, reviews, composers, concerts, download, mp3The Warwick commission report is another futile attempt to persuade government that culture matters, says Rupert Christiansen
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Blog medici.tvA few days ago, Stéphane Lissner, Philippe Jordan and Benjamin Millepied presented the 2015-2016 season of the Opéra national de Paris, an event broadcast live on medici.tv! The Opéra national de Paris has unveiled last week its next sea...
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Music: Classical music | guardian.co.ukBoris Giltburg (Naxos) Continue reading...
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Latest Classical Music VideosBeyond the Baton with Yannick Nézet-Séguin: Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1 Beyond the Baton: Yannick Nézet-Séguin discusses Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No. 1, which guest soloist Lisa Batiashvili pe...
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Music: Classical music | guardian.co.ukThe programme for this summer’s classical music festival in Switzerland features the humour of Haydn, Simon Rattle with the Berlin and the Vienna philharmonics and a 90th-birthday tribute to Pierre Boulez Continue reading...
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Slipped Disc
The international virtuoso Frank-Peter Zimmermann is locked in last-minute negotiations to hold onto the Stradivarius he has played for the past twelve years. The 2002 loan, by a foundation called Portigon AG, expires tomorrow (Friday). ... -
Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Latest Classical Music VideosBeyond the Baton with Yannick Nézet-Séguin: Haydn's Symphony No. 92 ("Oxford") Beyond the Baton: Yannick Nézet-Séguin discusses Haydn's Symphony No. 92 ("Oxford"), which The Philade...
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Latest Classical Music VideosBeyond the Baton with Yannick Nézet-Séguin: Debussy's La Mer Beyond the Baton: Yannick Nézet-Séguin discusses Debussy's La Mer, which The Philadelphia Orchestra will perform with guest conductor Robin ...
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Slipped Disc
From the East London and West Essex Guardian: A second world-famous conductor has backed a campaign to fight off cuts to a music service which educates tens of thousands of children each year. Principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmon... -
Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Latest Classical Music VideosLeonard Slatkin on Tchaikovsky's iconic Fifth Symphony Maestro Slatkin describes what listeners can expect from Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony. From: Detroit Symphony Orchestra Views: 1 0 ratings Time: 02:03 More in Nonprofits &...
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Slipped Disc
AskonasHolt has signed Curtis-trained Diego Silva, 26, currently covering Faust in Paris. -
Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Latest Classical Music VideosLeonard Slatkin on Tchakovsky's Symphony No. 3 DSO Music Director Leonard Slatkin tells audiences what to expect in Tchaikovsky's Third Symphony. Video by Motion Parade. From: Detroit Symphony Orchestra Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 0...
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from ArtsBeat » » Classical MusicThe orchestra has added 10,000 programs to its digital archive, dating back to its founding in 1842.
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Classical music - Google NewsFirst year of Parksville's subscription classical music series successful Parksville Qualicum Beach News Oceanside Classical Concerts' artistic director David Douglas dressed up to attend the series' last concert of the 2014/...
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Latest Classical Music VideosRichard Goode and Friends at Carnegie Hall Pianist Richard Goode introduces his upcoming program of chamber music on February 22. Get tickets: http://bit.ly/1ALjvS8 Goode's impeccable pianism is at the heart of this program of chambe...
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Music: Classical music | guardian.co.ukLeipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra/Chailly (Decca) Continue reading...
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Slipped Disc
The great violinist has sent a letter to friends (below), saying he’s taking six weeks rest on medical advice. Most artists would leave it at that. But Gidon sees a moral precept in all that he does. Hit by the unexpected tour with... -
Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Music: Classical music | guardian.co.ukBarbican Hall, London Carl Nielsen’s hymn to the elemental power of nature, his ‘Inextinguishable’ Fourth, had an unstoppable life force in this thrillingly affirmative performance The Inextinguishable, the name Carl Nielsen gave his Fou...
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Music: Classical music | guardian.co.ukGrand, Leeds The bleak tragedy of De Falla’s La Vida Breve is memorably brought to life, after which Puccini’s comedy Gianni Schicchi provides timely relief Continue reading...
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Planet Hugill - A world of classical musicThe Borletti-Buitoni Trust , which does a lot to support young musicians, is presenting a series of concerts at Wilton's Music Hall entitled Room to Play . On the last Wednesday of each month the concerts showcase young musicians who hav...
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Slipped Disc
It crops up at 4’50” in this newly uploaded concert video. And then Barbara Hannigan starts conducting. Check it out. -
Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Latest Classical Music VideosVivaldi - Vier Jaargetijden | Four seasons | Quattro Stagioni - Erik Bosgraaf (Blokfluit | Flute) Erik Bosgraaf (blokfluit) en het Residentie Orkest spelen ism DJ DNA een unieke bewerking van de Vier Jaargetijden van Antonio Vivaldi.| Fo...
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Classical music - Google NewsClassical Music Ginny Cooper joins Proper Note to strengthen distributor's classical credentials Classical Music Proper already distributed classical labels including Avie and ECM and Cooper's appointment is 'aimed at strengt...
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Slipped Disc
The violinist Daniel Hope has written a touching piece today for the Wall Street Journal on Hollywood’s forgotten souls, the Hitler musician exiles who found refuge beneath an alien sun. Daniel has written a book about them (out th... -
Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Slipped Disc
Joseph Schmidt was Berlin’s foremost tenor in 1933, when he was forced as a Jew to emigrate. After settling in France, he was forced to flee once again. He died in Switzerland in 1942 after being held in a refugee camp. He was just... -
Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Slipped Disc
Bavarian State Opera has announced a date for its most challenging commission. It’s an opera by a Czech composer, Miroslav Srnka, on the fateful 1911-12 race to the South Pole between Roald Amundsen’s Norwegian team and Rober... -
Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Classical Music: latest news, reviews, composers, concerts, download, mp3Christopher Alden's esoteric staging stops this double bill from being a corker, says Rupert Christiansen
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Classical music - Google NewsMyCentralJersey.com Classical music and ballet performed at State Theatre MyCentralJersey.com Having Mason Gross musicians and singers bring Mendelssohn's "rich, beautiful music to life" in a live performance is essential t...
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Slipped DiscFrom our science correspondent: Cells use their DNA code in different ways, depending on their jobs — just as the orchestra in this video can perform one piece of music in many different ways. The combination of changes in ...
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Classical music - Google NewsGreensboro News & Record Casual classical : Taking music to the masses Greensboro News & Record When Pamela Howland stages a Chopin birthday celebration at Mack and Mack clothing store Sunday afternoon, it won't be her first time bri...
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Latest Classical Music VideosSound of Silver: The C. Bechstein Sterling Grand Piano The C. Bechstein Sterling Grand Piano was manufactured by the C. Bechstein Pianofortefabrik in cooperation with the silver manufacturer Robbe & Berking. Both manufacturies have s...
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Classical music - Google NewsThe Arts Desk Von Otter, BBCSO, Oramo, Barbican The Arts Desk There was wonderful chamber- musical co-ordination between von Otter's gleaming, word-rich mezzo and the oboe and celesta some way from her. If this is a voice one size to...
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Planet Hugill - A world of classical musicKotcheff, Moe, Kirchner, Ives; Trio Appassionata; Odarek Records Reviewed by Robert Hugill on Feb 11 2015 Star rating: 4.0 Modern piano trios, from Ives through to a new commission in a sequence of well wrought pieces. Trio Appassionata ...
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from CLASSICAL ICONOCLASTFirst Day of the Chinese new Year - Kung Hei Fat Choy ! Above, the kind of poster people used to paste onto their walls to bring good fortune in the coming year. The fish represents wealth, abundance, liveliness and flowing energy. So th...
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Top Classical Music Tweets@teddyconducts @lpomusic looking fwd to it all. #debussy #rachmaninov #ravel #jazz #gumbo #nola pic.twitter.com/boGrnrYcME
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Top Classical Music TweetsLadies and gentlemen, the #ColoradoSymphony, with Mr. Rufus Wainwright on the keys! #piano #concert… http://instagram.com/p/zRHqYoSxzH/
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Top Classical Music TweetsNashville: there are tix avail for tomorrow's show @ the @nashvillesymph due to some fans unable to travel w weather. http://bit.ly/1EnrCRW
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Top Classical Music TweetsThis is definitely the first time we've had music by Bach, Bon Iver and the Beatles on the same program. Thanks @tf3! pic.twitter.com/d6R2f0I3RR
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Top Classical Music TweetsAndre Watts to Perform Beethoven's 'Emperor' Concerto with Utah Symphony, 3/6-7... http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Andre-Watts-to-Perform-Beethovens-Emperor-Concerto-with-Utah-Symphony-36-7-20150218 … @Uta...
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Top Classical Music TweetsTrio Chimirani's Dawâr is "A brilliant kaleidoscope of textures" @hm_inter "Prepare to be transported" http://bit.ly/19z8wiy
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from operaramblings
Today saw the annual lunchtime concert in the RBA in which members of the COC Ensemble Studio collaborate with visitors from the Atelier lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal. There were three singers from each progrsam but rather unusua... -
Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Superconductor
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Opera: news reviews previews singers opera houses downloads CDs DVDsThe Warwick commission report is another futile attempt to persuade government that culture matters, says Rupert Christiansen
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Latest Opera & Ballet VideosMoscow Ballet Musical Wunderkind rehearsing in Butte 12 year old Montana resident Michael Carlson rehearses "Dying Swan" with Moscow Ballet principal dancer Alisa Voronova at the Mother Lode Theatre November 21, 2014. www.nutcr...
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Latest Opera & Ballet VideosPennsylvania Ballet's Swan Lake Behold Pennsylvania Ballet's own stunning version of the world's most renowned ballet. Premiered in 2004 to national acclaim, Christopher Wheeldon's stellar production of Swan Lake was... F...
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from parterre box
The Rape of Lucretia , now (through Sunday) enjoying a superb three-performance run at the Juilliard Opera’s Willson Theater (tickets are scarce; hie thee to the waiting list), was Benjamin Britten ’s third opera and first “chamber opera... -
Thursday, February 19, 2015 from parterre box
On this day in 1914 Riccardo Zandonai 's Francesca da Rimini premiered in Turin. -
Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Ballet News | Straight from the stage - bringing you ballet insights
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Ballet News | Straight from the stage - bringing you ballet insights
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Ballet News | Straight from the stage - bringing you ballet insights
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Operagasmby Christie Connolley In honor of Black History Month, […]
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Operagasmby Melissa Wimbish Sounds like the Met’s journey […]
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from operaramblings
There were two big 2015/16 season announcements yesterday. On the west coast Vancouver Opera unveiled a four production season. there’s fairly conventional fare; Verdi’s Rigoletto (d) Nancy Hermiston (c) Jonathan Darling an... -
Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Operagasm(via 21C Media) The media sat up and took notice when D […]
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Opera: news reviews previews singers opera houses downloads CDs DVDsChristopher Alden's esoteric staging stops this double bill from being a corker, says Rupert Christiansen
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Top Opera & Ballet TweetsPop along to our Wee Mice drop-in tomorrow for a fun parent & toddler #dance class http://ow.ly/IW0F1 #family http://ow.ly/i/8Cclw
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Top Opera & Ballet TweetsFind out what makes William Forsythe's In The Middle, Somewhat Elevated a classic. We're performing it next month! http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/29/arts/dance/william-forsythe-revival-at-paris-opera-ballet.html?pagewanted=all&...
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Top Opera & Ballet TweetsGreat to be @Opera_North for the premiere of #ONBreve & #ONSchicchi - great performances all round: @duprels & Chris Purves both outstanding
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Top Opera & Ballet TweetsCiao @youmakemephil, puoi ancora metterti in lista per i 140 posti in galleria. Tutte le info le trovi qui http://bit.ly/1LgoNGE Un saluto.
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Top Opera & Ballet TweetsHappy #ChineseNewYear! 2015 is the year of the sheep & if there’s one thing we do well, apart from opera, it’s sheep. pic.twitter.com/CCCaH3TVHW
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Top Opera & Ballet TweetsFirst review for #ONBreve & #ONSchicchi is in! ★★★★ from @theartsdesk http://www.theartsdesk.com/opera/la-vida-brevegianni-schicchi-opera-north … pic.twitter.com/xNO8VyBM8w
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Top Opera & Ballet TweetsRT @MakeAWishAust: VIDEO: Watch as #Oliviaswish took her all the way to @TheAusBallet! http://bit.ly/1BnKhQ7
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Top Opera & Ballet TweetsThrilled you enjoyed it @healthyparadigm! And we think you'll find lots to relate to in the next edition ... :)
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Top Opera & Ballet TweetsMT @healthyparadigm: What a lovely surprise to find this in my letterbox. Loved it , looking forward to future eds. pic.twitter.com/4cpSEzTabT
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Top Opera & Ballet Tweetshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSn6qmSRp8U&feature=youtu.be … We're loving the video Olivia & Emma made for their #CoOperaSouth project! Awesome work girls! @WNOtweet
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Top Opera & Ballet TweetsHuge CONGRATS to everyone involved in #ONBreve & #ONSchicchi's opening night last night! Absolutely brilliant. pic.twitter.com/1OsVV06AB3
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Top Opera & Ballet TweetsGiselle looking right at home in the hi-fashion glossies this month!@vogueaustralia @Russh_Magazine @BAZAARAustralia pic.twitter.com/FenWoe5LKd
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Top Opera & Ballet TweetsWith the Met's 2015-16 season just announced what do people think? What productions excite you?
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Top Opera & Ballet TweetsNext Thursday will see Yekaterina Kondaurova debuting in the role of Maria in Rostislav Zakharov’s The Fountain of Bakhchisarai (1934).
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Top Opera & Ballet TweetsA photo of Yekaterina Kondaurova in the role of Nikia in La Bayadère at the historic Mariinsky Theatre last week: http://fb.me/1yBAxeQv7
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Behind Ballet
In this series of five interviews, Jane Albert looks at the dancers who have made legendary reputations in the lead roles of Graeme Murphy’s Swan Lake. We begin with Principal Artist Madeleine Eastoe, who has danced the role around... -
Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Classical Ballet News
He’s just 17 and he’s already won medals at the Sochi and Istanbul;he was also awarded the Kelvin Coe Scholarship from the En Avant Foundation. Julian will be the first American male to graduate from the Bolshoi Academy... -
Thursday, February 19, 2015 from opera, innit?When I was younger I saw Ariadne and I thought, ‘Who is that boring woman sitting on that rock?’ You may or may not remember that Karita Mattila is one of those few singers who has made a physically unforgettable1 impression ...
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Thursday, February 19, 2015 from Joyce DiDonatoPrinceton University Brentano Quartet
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Latest Opera & Ballet Videos2014-15 Composer Conversation Series 2014-15 Composer Conversation Series, presented by Minnesota Opera, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, American Composers Forum, and Classical Minnesota Public Radio. From: Minnesota Opera Views: 0 0 r...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Latest Opera & Ballet VideosRichard Eyre’s stunning production of CARMEN | The Metropolitan Opera See Richard Eyre's stunning production of Bizet's CARMEN through March 7th. For Tickets and Information Visit: https://www.metopera.org/opera/carmen-bize...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from The Opera TattlerSeptember 21 2015- May 6 2016: Otello September 23 2015- January 30 2016: Turandot September 25 2015- February 13 2016: Il Trovatore September 26 2015- January 9 2016: Anna Bolena October 8-31 2015: Tannhäuser October 16- December 1 2015...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Angela Gheorghiu fan blogThe Metropolitan Opera announced the new 15/16 season today. Angela Gheorghiu will be Floria Tosca in two performances of Luc Bondy's Tosca , on October 29 and November 2, alongside tenor Massimo Giordano (Cavaradossi) and baritones...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Joyce DiDonato“Opera lovers should sprint to the house to hear Joyce DiDonato’s performance . . .” (New York Classical Review) Following a thrilling run of the production in Santa Fe, Joyce DiDonato has returned to the title role in Rossini’s La Donna...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Latest Opera & Ballet VideosTannhäuser: Overture (James Levine) The Met Orchestra performs the overture to Wagner's "Tannhäuser," conducted by Music Director James Levine. Excerpt taken from the 1982 telecast. From: Metropolitan Opera Views:...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from opera, innit?I’ve been aware of Karina Gauvin for a good while but she’d never particularly caught my interest until her turn as Vitellia in last December’s Champs Elysees Tito. She carried that half baked production. I hope she get...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Latest Opera & Ballet VideosMadama Butterfly: "Un bel dì" (Patricia Racette) Patricia Racette sings Cio-Cio-San's Act II aria from Puccini's "Madama Butterfly." Production: Anthony Minghella. Conductor: Patrick Summers. Clip taken...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Ballet on Huffington Post
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Latest Opera & Ballet VideosAnna Bolena: "Coppia iniqua" (Anna Netrebko) Anna Netrebko sings the title heroine's cabaletta from the mad scene from Act II of Donizetti's "Anna Bolena." Production: David McVicar. Conductor: Marco Armiliato...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Latest Opera & Ballet VideosIl Trovatore: "Il balen del suo sorriso" (Hvorostovsky) Dmitri Hvorostovsky sings Count di Luna's aria from Act II of Verdi's "Il Trovatore." Production: David McVicar. Conductor: Marco Armiliato. Clip taken f...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Superconductor
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Latest Opera & Ballet VideosWelcome to the 2015-16 Met Opera Season: Sondra Radvanovsky Sondra Radvanovsky (as Queen Elizabeth I) welcomes you to the Met Opera's 2015-16 season. She'll be singing all three of the Donizetti Tudor Queens this season--don'...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Latest Opera & Ballet VideosWelcome to the 2015-16 Met Opera Season: Marlis Petersen Marlis Petersen as Lulu welcomes you to the 2015-16 season at the Met Opera. This new production of Berg's Lulu is by William Kentridge and will open on November 5, 2015. For c...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Latest Opera & Ballet VideosWelcome to the 2015-16 Met Opera Season: Kristine Opolais The new production of Manon Lescaut will open in February 2016, starring Jonas Kaufmann and Kristine Opolais. We hope to see you this season at the Met Opera! For complete informa...
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015 from Latest Opera & Ballet VideosThe Barber of Seville at LA Opera Trailer LA Opera presents The Barber of Seville - February 28 to March 22 Only! Get Tickets at http://www.laopera.org/barber James Conlon all six performances of Rossini's delicious comedic romp.... ...
