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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) was widely misunderstood in life, and perhaps even more so in death. How much do you know about the great composer? The post How Well Do You Know Tchaikovsky? Take the Quiz! appeared first on CMUSE . - Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Slipped Disc
This morning, Laura Marzadori completed her probationary six months at La Scala and was confirmed as the new concertmaster – a post she will share with Francesco Manara and Francesco de Angelis. Laura, who studied in Bologna and Cr... - Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Classical music - Google NewsClassical Music ABRSM sponsors Sing Up music scheme Classical Music The scheme uses singing to support the primary school music curriculum. Progressing from early years through to Year 6, the programme uses 84 songs from a digital resour...
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Things have gone very quiet on the Kennedy front since he parted company with his manager last summer. Kennedy, 58, went on to sign with Lang Lang’s US agency CAMI Music, but appears to have got lost in transition. He does not appe... - Thursday, May 14, 2015 from - Classical RSS FeedPeople love to slaver over the sex-life of Don Carlo Gesualdo, Prince of Venosa (1560-1613): murdering his wife and her lover when he found them in flagrantio, joyfully ending his days stripped naked and birched by young boys.
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Angry tweets are still buzzing about the violinist on the crashed Amtrak train who appeared to care more about the fate of her instrument than for the blood on the tracks. Trouble is, Jennifer Kim is a common name and there are several v... - Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Classical music - Google NewsClassical Music Guildhall awards two gold medals at centenary competition Classical Music The Guildhall School of Music and Drama's centenary Gold Medal competition ended with an historic outcome – the six-member panel of adjudicator...
- Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Classical Music: latest news, reviews, composers, concerts, download, mp3The inscrutable pianist from St Petersburg shone brightly in an evening of musical oddities, says Ivan Hewett
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Ben Morfitt, 24, spent a month in his Willerby bedroom, near Hull, Yorks, digitising a full orchestra in which he plays all 70 parts. Here’s how: ‘I filmed the empty hall at Albemarle, but apart from that it was filmed... - Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Slipped Disc
He has two other jobs as music director of Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and of the Bolshoi Theatre. But Tugan Sokhiev has just renewed his contract with the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse until 2019, and perhaps beyo... - Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Classical music - Google NewsClassical Music Manchester International Festival appoints new artistic director Classical Music Rhinegold Publishing · Terms and conditions · Cookie policy · Login · Subscribe · Register now · E...
- Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Classical Music: latest news, reviews, composers, concerts, download, mp3Any aliens anticipating a Sarah Brightman space song are going to be disappointed: the 54-year-old singer has postponed her planned trip into orbit
- Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Classical Music: latest news, reviews, composers, concerts, download, mp3A tandoori lamb chop, Lego, a lightsaber and a Chuck Berry sent to meet aliens but no Sarah Brightman
- Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Planet Hugill - A world of classical musicThe Cole Porter Songbook; Sarah Fox, James Burton; Signum Classics Reviewed by Robert Hugill on May 3 2015 Star rating: 4.0 Duo partnership from young soprano, with much to enjoy How do you like your great American Songbook? In the 1980'...
- Thursday, May 14, 2015 from JDCMBThe soprano Danielle de Niese and her husband, Gus Christie of Glyndebourne, are expecting a baby at the end of this month. The irrepressible Danni had to pull out of The Merry Widow at the Met - "can-can dancing and acrobatic lifts when...
- Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Planet Hugill - A world of classical musicYale Schola Cantorum and David Hill During May 2015 there is a chance to hear two fine student ensembles from American universities, the Yale Schola Cantorum a chamber choir supported by Yale Institute of Sacred Music with Yale Universit...
- Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Planet Hugill - A world of classical musicJohn Ogden drawn by Felicja Blumental The Polish-Brazilian pianist Felicja Blumental died in 1991, and recently her daughter has discovered that one of her childhood autograph albums, stored in an attic, contains around 20 of Blumental's...
- Thursday, May 14, 2015 from British Classical Music: The Land of Lost ContentIf I am honest, I am not an Elgar enthusiast. Do no get me wrong: I enjoy his music, and regard many of his works as masterpieces. My life would be much the poorer if I could not listen to the Violin Concerto, the Second Symphony and the...
- Thursday, May 14, 2015 from The Violin Channel | The World's Leading Violin, Strings & Classical Music News SourceIt has been announce today that Seattle […] The post Seattle Symphony Orchestra Loses Concertmaster Back to Boston appeared first on The Violin Channel | The World's Leading Violin, Strings & Classical Music News Source .
- Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Joshua KosmanThe music of Alexander Zemlinsky — the teacher and brother-in-law of Arnold Schoenberg and a pivotal figure in the history of both late Romanticism and the Second Viennese School — continues to blossom in the consciousness of performers ...
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Review: Violinist Ray Chen’s youth serves triumphantly. The Orange County Register, May 13, 2015.
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An Korean-American professional violinist has sparked […] The post Violinist Under Attack for Insensitive Amtrak Crash Twitter Tweet appeared first on The Violin Channel | The World's Leading Violin, Strings & Classical Mu... - Thursday, May 14, 2015 from The Violin Channel | The World's Leading Violin, Strings & Classical Music News SourceThe 5 Tarisio Auctions Trust Young Artist […] The post Tarisio $3000 Young Artist Innovation Grant Winners Announced appeared first on The Violin Channel | The World's Leading Violin, Strings & Classical Music News Source .
- Thursday, May 14, 2015 from The Violin Channel | The World's Leading Violin, Strings & Classical Music News SourceIt has been announced today that […] The post Julliard Quartet Cellist Joel Krosnick to Stand Down After 42 Seasons appeared first on The Violin Channel | The World's Leading Violin, Strings & Classical Music News Source .
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Violinists Joshua Bell and Philippe Quint […] The post NEW TO YOUTUBE | Joshua Bell & Philippe Quint – Sarasate ‘Navarra’ [VIDEO] appeared first on The Violin Channel | The World's Leading Violin, Strings &... - Thursday, May 14, 2015 from The Violin Channel | The World's Leading Violin, Strings & Classical Music News SourceFollowing eleven hours of closed door […] The post Berlin Philharmonic Musicians Fail to Elect New Music Director appeared first on The Violin Channel | The World's Leading Violin, Strings & Classical Music News Source .
- Thursday, May 14, 2015 from The Violin Channel | The World's Leading Violin, Strings & Classical Music News SourceSouth-African-born British cellist Alexander Kok has […] The post The Beatles’ Cellist Alexander Kok has Died – Aged 89 appeared first on The Violin Channel | The World's Leading Violin, Strings & Classical Music New...
- Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Classics TodayIf you loved some of Paavo Järvi’s Beethoven symphony performances, as I did, this release will come as a big disappointment. At fifty-one minutes of playing time it offers poor value at full import price, but that hardly matters w...
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To transport you to the English countryside - Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Music and VisionMyung-Whun Chung returns to Rome to conduct Beethoven and Mahler, heard by Giuseppe Pennisi
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Fancy learning a new musical instrument? Here's your chance - Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Sinfini Music
A baroque-lovers feast of an album - Wednesday, May 13, 2015 from Classical music - Google NewsClassical Music BBC plans for The Jacksons to perform on Last Night in Hyde Park Daily Mail However following the news, one classical music enthusiast posted on social networking site Twitter the sarcastic message: 'Just what the BBC...
- Wednesday, May 13, 2015 from Music: Classical music | guardian.co.ukAhead of her solo Brighton festival appearance showcasing Handel’s gender-bending operatic writing, mezzo-soprano Alice Coote reflects on the complexities of a creative life playing ‘breeches’ roles. I get paid to flatten my breasts, dre...
- Wednesday, May 13, 2015 from Classical music - Google NewsGapers Block Pulling Strings: For Classical Music in Chicago, You Got a Guy - May and June ... Gapers Block What's the deal with classical music ? Have you ever noticed how sometimes you clap, but sometimes you don't? Spektral Qu...
- Thursday, May 14, 2015 from Opera: news reviews previews singers opera houses downloads CDs DVDsInvestment in the arts has rocketed in Manchester recently. But are we wasting our money, asks Rupert Christiansen
- Wednesday, May 13, 2015 from Eye BagsWhite Shirt In The Underground: something that P.D.Q. Bach could have written after the cantata “Iphigenis in Brooklyn? Even though the actual White Shirt does not even make an appearance in this opera (only in genetics through the...
- Wednesday, May 13, 2015 from Pointe MagazineAmerican Ballet Theatre, in the midst of their 75 th Anniversary celebration, opened their spring season at the Metropolitan Opera House this week. But fans unable to make it to New York City need not worry—on May 15, “American Ballet Th...
- Wednesday, May 13, 2015 from Neil KurtzmanMichelangelo (1475-1564), in addition to dominating renaissance art, wrote more than 300 sonnets and madrigals. Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-75) set 11 of the sonnets to music shortly before he died. The Michelangelo Suite was originally wr...
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The Berlin Komische Oper was the scene of one of my greatest opera experiences five years ago , so I particularly looked forward to a return to this theater. - Wednesday, May 13, 2015 from Ballet News | Straight from the stage - bringing you ballet insights
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- Wednesday, May 13, 2015 from operaramblings
The Talisker Players’ latest show is pretty typical of what they do best; partner with some excellent singers and an actor to create an interesting program of words and music on a given theme. Last night, as the title suggests, th... - Wednesday, May 13, 2015 from parterre box
Born on this day in 1907 English author Daphne du Maurier . - Wednesday, May 13, 2015 from parterre box
Swedish actress Noomi Rapace has been named as star of a film biography of Maria Callas to be directed by Niki Caro , reports Variety . - Wednesday, May 13, 2015 from Likely ImpossibilitiesOften I dislike schtick in opera staging. A mannered, heightened non-reality frequently leads to cliché: a reliance on a narrow vocabulary of gestures and expressive possibilities and thus a fussy and old-fashioned style of opera. I’d ra...
