POLITICS AND MUSIC
- 9:35 AM — Dec 16 —
- Source: SOCIALIST UNITY
Recently I wrote about how social and technological factors structure our experience of music . Read More
Rare treats on Symphony Center stage
- 5:46 AM — Dec 12 —
- Source: Chicago Sun-Times - Chicago IL
The venerable Baroque specialist Nicholas Kraemer travels in many musical circles, but the Chicago Symphony and other powerhouse orchestras are generally not among them. Read More
'Requiem' an extraordinary PSO tribute to Mozart
- 2:04 PM — Dec 05 —
- Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Pittsburgh PA
Hours before Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died 218 years ago this weekend, he sang parts of a Requiem Mass he was composing with three singers from the court opera in Vienna, who came to visit. Read More
Grace and Ben Bumbry: Quincy man sings praises about little sister's national recognition
- 11:20 PM — Dec 04 —
- Source: Quincy Herald-Whig - Quincy IL
Grace Bumbry has been surprising her brother, Ben, since she was teenager. Read More
Renée Fleming in Recital at the Granada
- 3:44 AM — Dec 03 —
- Source: The Santa Barbara Independent - Santa Barbara CA
With all the attention lavished on pop singers today, it's both refreshing and salutary to return to the study and appreciation of a genuine diva. Read More
Magical musical evenings at Abu Dhabi Classics
- 8:13 AM — Nov 29 —
- Source: Middle East Online
Abu Dhabi Classics continues high-profile musical performances in Abu Dhabi, Al Ain. ABU DHABI – In a magical musical evening, the second season of Abu Dhabi Classics 2009-2010 continued in the UAE capital with two concerts at Emirates Palace and Abu Dhabi Theatre last Friday and Saturday. Read More
Celebration season
- 12:17 AM — Nov 26 —
- Source: Times Union - Albany NY
Mahler's second, third and fourth symphonies and the operas "Abduction from the Seraglio" of Mozart and "Ariadne auf Naxos" of Richard Strauss are some of the major works to be performed during the 2010 Tanglewood season, which has been announced by the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Read More
Elisabeth Sderstrm: Soprano admired in Britain for her interpretations of Richard Strauss
- 7:19 PM — Nov 23 —
- Source: The Independent - London - UK
The Swedish soprano Elisabeth Sderstrm had a career, at home and internationally, that lasted over 40 years. Read More
A few thoughts on Claude Debussy
- 12:52 PM — Nov 21 —
- Source: MOG
Mention the name of Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918) and immediately there springs to mind beautifully hazy works that calm and soothe the senses or rile an ocean to unbridled heights of emotion. Read More
Violinist Salerno-Sonnenberg takes to the baton
- 8:32 PM — Nov 18 —
- Source: San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco CA
It looked like an ordinary chair, no different from those occupied by the other members of the New Century Chamber Orchestra for a recent rehearsal at San Francisco's Temple United Methodist Church. Read More
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