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EAST BAY THEN AND NOW: Bread and Music Were Staples of West Berkeley Block Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 11:11AMBerkeley prides itself on being at the forefront of national trends. This was already the case a hundred years ago, when newfangled inventions like the automobile and the movies found receptive local entrepreneurs ready to help them along.
Marilyn, Muti and Me Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 10:57AMIt would seem unlikely that the music of Paul Hindemith would have brought me together with Marilyn Horne and Riccardo Muti, but that’s exactly what happened two nights ago. It was a surprising and thrilling turn of events.
Illinois Symphony Orchestra to channel Jefferson in premiere Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 11:57PMThis weekend, the Illinois Symphony Orchestra will play the world premiere of a new work: “Jefferson, In His Own Words,” by Judith Shatin.
Sweet Nothings, Young Vic, London Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 6:28PMA beautiful, shifty young man blows the dust off an artificial flower. He tells the young girl that she should have real blooms in her boudoir and that he will bring her some, but then his voice trails away. What he can't reveal is that he is about to fight a duel over a married woman with whom he's also been idly dallying. Unlike her more realistic female friend, the girl has family reasons for ...
Luminato lands John Malkovich in quirky play Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 3:41AMWhen John Malkovich comes to Toronto in June to open the annual Luminato festival, he'll be stretching the limits of quirkiness.
Luminato lands John Malkovich in quirky play Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 3:41AMWhen John Malkovich comes to Toronto in June to open the annual Luminato festival, he'll be stretching the limits of quirkiness.
UCO director gives students world of experience Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 11:53AMWhen Ralph Morris was about to complete his undergraduate degree at Texas Christian University, one of his teachers encouraged him to think about continuing his studies in Europe. He auditioned for Eduard Melkus at the Hochschule fur Musik in Vienna, Austria."After being accepted by Melkus, I jobbed around a lot, met some people who played in the Vienna Volksoper, landed a contract, and before I ...
UCO director gives students world of experience Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 11:53AMWhen Ralph Morris was about to complete his undergraduate degree at Texas Christian University, one of his teachers encouraged him to think about continuing his studies in Europe. He auditioned for Eduard Melkus at the Hochschule fur Musik in Vienna, Austria."After being accepted by Melkus, I jobbed around a lot, met some people who played in the Vienna Volksoper, landed a contract, and before I ...
SPCO evokes the emotions of opera, without the words Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 12:17AMThe Minnesota Opera may be launching its production of Giacomo Puccini's "La Boheme" tonight, but there's something else operatic going on up the bluff at St. Paul's United Church of Christ. All of the turbulent emotions and sweet singing for which opera is known can be found at tonight's St. Paul Chamber Orchestra concert, albeit expressed without words.
Gershwin gimmick slips; his interesting 1925 piano roll is no match for live performance Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 10:26PMHis interesting 1925 piano roll is no match for a live performance. 1 inch 1 inch of body type 1 inch 1 inch of body type 1 inch 1 inch of
Knight Crew, Glyndebourne Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 12:27PMWith wounded soldiers shipped in to Covent Garden by the egregious Joanna Lumley, and the idiocies of ‘Popstar to Operastar’ giving way to Kiri Te Kanawa’s X-Factor search for talent on Radio 2, one might think that the campaign to widen opera’s audience has been terminally hijacked by showbiz.
Helen Matheson Rupp, a pioneering Madison journalist, dies at 88 Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 6:41PMMatheson Rupp, who retired in 1977, was the first woman executive at the Wisconsin State Journal. She began at the paper in 1942 while still a senior studying journalism at UW-Madison.
Charles And Myrtle's Has Show Friday And Saturday Hans York Plays Friday, Tim Grimm On Saturday Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 3:19PMCharles and Myrtle's Coffeehouse will host two shows this weekend. Hans York will play on Friday and Tim Grimm on Saturday and both shows are at 8 p.m. The coffeehouse is located inside Christ Unity Church at 105 McBrien Road. There is a $10 suggested donation at the door.
Lyric's 'Figaro' a perfect marriage Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 4:00AMSometimes it happens. A revival of a much-performed opera surprises us with its freshness and vigor. A cast that on paper might not immediately make us say, "oh, yes!" does just that in performance. And conductor and orchestra play a familiar score in a way that makes you fall in love with it all over again.Such was the case Sunday afternoon when Lyric Opera of Chicago opened the last production ...
Radio France Philharmonic Brings Ravel to Town Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 2:39PMAt one point in the not so distant past, there existed a primitive form of podcasting called "radio." Radio stations would broadcast programming at a specific frequency that you could tune in to. During the development of these stations, many added in-house symphony orchestras to provide music for their various shows, as well as to perform separate stand-alone concerts. Radio orchestras varied ...
Serj Tankian's new sound Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 1:57PMAn experiment with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra has led to an interesting new sound for former System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian.
Australian cellist Richard Narroway wins Stulberg competition: Six musicians sought top prize worth $5,000 Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 10:06AMThey came from all over the world to compete for the top honors in the 2010 Stulberg International String Competition at the Western Michigan University Dalton Center Recital Hall on Saturday. And when it was finished, the new Burdick-Thorne Gold Medalist was stunned.
Nice end applies to some Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 7:00AMTHE Australian Ballet's The Silver Rose opened in Brisbane to an enthusiastic audience.
The week ahead in Greater Victoria Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 12:11AMNotable events coming up this week in the capital region
PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Live Jazz Music Calendar Chicago 2010 (Feb26-Mar05) Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 11:10AMHere is what's happening with the live Chicago Jazz Venues for the dates February 26th thru March 5th, 2010...Hyde Park Alliance for Arts and Culturehttp://hypachicago.org/passport/Passport To Jazz with Reginald RobinsonOriental Institute, 1155 E. 58th St., 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.Sunday, March 7, 2010Reginald Robinson, acclaimed pianist/composer of ragtime and early jazz and ...
Moscow State Radio Orchestra will perform Tchaikovsky here Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 3:25AMThere's only one presenter in St. Louis that brings visiting orchestras to town: Cathedral Concerts. That's because to import a full orchestra is an expensive and logistically difficult undertaking. Still, Cathedral Concerts founder and director John Romeri thinks it's important.
Top Scoops Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 11:18PMWith even the cheap seats inside the sold out Michael Fowler Centre priced at $140, it’s no surprise that a sea of listeners blanketed Civic Square for a free audio and video feed showing Mahler’s 8th Symphony being performed in the building behind them.
DetailsDetails Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 7:56PMA list of events in and around Centre County. To submit information for DetailsDetails, e-mail Heather Longley or call 814-231-4617.
Categories Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 11:03PMArea students named to the dean’s list for the fall at Binghamton University, include: Joshua Randy Bonville, Wampsville. Ryan David O’Hara, Camden. Steve Todd Kraybill, Gle...
Music on Sunday continues Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 9:12PMCzech composers are in the spotlight as Music on Sunday continues February 28 with interpretations of Dvorak, Janacek and more from violinist Roger Mangas and pianist Monica Pfau.
Star soprano to sing in Vail Valley Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 11:54AMVAIL, Colorado- Soprano Renee Fleming makes her debut in Beaver Creek Friday night in a special gala evening, with all proceeds directly benefiting the Vilar Performing Arts Center. The performance begins at 6:30 p.m., with a complimentary pre-show hors d'oeuvres and cocktail reception beginning at 6 p.m. Fleming will sing arias, as well as Broadway hits and jazz standards. "We are truly honored ...
Kathleen Ferrier sings Mahler's "Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen" Saturday, February 20, 2010 @ 9:45AMGustav Mahler inhabits a world of his own as a composer. Moody, richly Romantic, his compositions were not played frequently until the 1950s and the long playing record era. It took Leonard Bernstein's monumental efforts to make Mahler a bankable composer with record companies. Bruno Walter was Mahler's associate conductor in Vienna and gave the premieres of the 9th Symphony and Das Lied von der ...
Symphony, violinist join glowingly Saturday, February 20, 2010 @ 4:34AMComposer Gustav Mahler credited his classmate Hans Rott with founding "the New Symphony as I understand it." On Friday, Paavo Järvi and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, fresh from a performance in Carnegie Hall on Monday night, performed Rott's Symphony in E Major.
02/20/10 Calendar Saturday, February 20, 2010 @ 1:24AMENGINEERING DAY FOR KIDS -- 9 a.m.-1 p.m., YVCC'S Hopf Union Building, South 16th Avenue and Nob Hill Boulevard. Free event. Geared for elementary school kids. Hands-on activity booths.
Orchestra delivers delightful concert in period costumes Friday, February 19, 2010 @ 11:44PMSYMPHONY REVIEWA touch of stagecraft and a little bling: The Lancaster Symphony Orchestra's "Authentic Mozart" concert at the Fulton Theatre on Friday was a treat for the eyes and ears.All the works on the program were composed by Mozart within a tumultuous three years, during which he moved fro...
Opera for everyone in Vail Valley Friday, February 19, 2010 @ 5:25PMVAIL VALLEY, Colorado - Costumes. Elaborate sets. Tragedy. Romance. Humor. Death. Celebration. These are the trappings of opera, one of the most beloved and traditional genres of performing arts. "The thing about opera is that it involves such basic human emotions," said Kris Sabel, executive director of the Vilar Performing Arts Center, which will present two evenings of opera this weekend ...
Distinctively Different Donizetti: Don Pasquale Sings in Dallas Feb. 19-March 7 Friday, February 19, 2010 @ 4:29PMDallas Opera continues its season with Donizetti's Don Pasquale , featuring Donato DiStefano, Adriana Kucerova and Nathan Gunn. Wayne Lee Gay discusses the composer's life and his creation of a work that sought to revive the golden age of "opera buffa."
Bartle Bogle Hegarty and Talenthouse Announce Winners of Global Design and Video Contest Friday, February 19, 2010 @ 4:09AMWinning Participants Will Get Into BBH London and New York
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Scandinavian Impressions Friday, February 19, 2010 @ 2:53AMThe Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra (TPO) presents the "Scandinavian Impressions Concert" featuring Roman Patocka, a star among today's up and coming generation of classical soloists, at Mahidol University's College of Music on Feb 26 at 7pm and Feb 27 at 4pm.
Redfish a fun battle on fishing pole Friday, February 19, 2010 @ 2:28AMLora’s Back / Electronically. Former Upvalley resident Lora Trinchero has seamlessly switched from black bass at Clear Lake to redfish on Florida’s East Cape River.
Happenings Friday, February 19, 2010 @ 12:14AMArt
Fern Siegel: Stage Door: Hard Times, Measure For Measure, Denis Matsuev Thursday, February 18, 2010 @ 8:35PMDriven by a strong concern for social justice and the abuses of capitalism, Charles Dickens wrote Hard Times. Set in 1854 Lancashire, it exposes the...
Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos Thursday, February 18, 2010 @ 3:47PMA short run of five performances has returned Richard Strauss’s playful meditation on the cross purposes of art and transformative power of love to the stage of the Met. A relative latecomer to the Met’s repertoire, premiering at the house only in 1962, Ariadne has received only two productions since.
Fewer stuns audience with rich, warm performance Tuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 4:11PMOver many years, the Quinte Symphony has performed with dozens of guest artists for their regular concerts — soloists, ensembles and large groups. But Sunday's concert in Bridge Street Church was a rare event indeed.[...]
Clef Notes: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra with Jansons, Jansen superb in DC visit Tuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 2:29PMNothing like the sound of an orchestra that is truly world-class (sorry to drag out that overused, often mis-applied word). Monday night at the Kennedy Center, from the first, faint murmurs in the strings at the start of Sibelius' Violin Concerto to the final, massive whomp at the end of Rachmaninoff's Second Symphony and the bright dash through the encore, the Farandole from Bizet's "L ...
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In Conversation with George Lewis, Pt. 1 Tuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 11:02AMStanding in the wings of the Perugia’s Morlacchi Theater watching George Lewis rehearse the AACM Great Black Music Ensemble for the first of their six concerts over three nights at the 2009 summer edition of Umbria Jazz, Marija Sepac marveled at the singular nature of this particular cohort.
Shaikha Lubna attends Vienna Philharmonic concerts Tuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 6:58AMAbu Dhabi -- H.E. Shikha Lubna Al Qasimi, Minister of Foreign Trade attended the magical Symphonic Masterworks by performer Lorin Maazel and the Vienna Philharmonic last night in Emirates Palace as part of Abu Dhabi Classics program.
Vienna Philharmonic brings magic to Abu Dhabi Tuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 6:19AMHundreds attend classical music concert conducted by Lorin Maazel with Vienna Philharmonic.
A message set to song Tuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 2:43AMPiety & Pity. Today is Ash Wednesday. For Catholics, it is the day of fast and abstinence. But an overindulgent matron believes that there is more merit in indulgences (cakes, pastries, etc.) than in fasting. Yesterday, 16 February, was last day to file US vet claims – one time lump sum payment of $9,000 for RP residents, $15,000 for U.S. residents. Pinoy veterans are still on fast and abstinence.
Salzburg Names New Easter Festival Chief, Extends Fraud Probe Thursday, February 11, 2010 @ 11:47AMFeb. 11 (Bloomberg) -- The province of Salzburg named a new director for the scandal-ridden Easter Festival , pledged to extend a fraud inquiry to clear up unanswered questions and took a state stake in the event, until now privately owned.
Musical Performance Listings for Feb. 11 Thursday, February 11, 2010 @ 10:23AMPOPULAR MUSIC
The last part of the RSNO's European foray, a concert in Paris, was a triumph for an orchestra at the top of its game Thursday, February 11, 2010 @ 7:03AM'MAGNIFIQUE" was the overwhelming response to the Royal Scottish National Orchestra's triumphant debut at the historic Théatre des Champs-Elysées in Paris on Monda
Ballet rediscovers a Vine romance Thursday, February 11, 2010 @ 7:00AMCarl Vine's take on Der Rosenkavalier makes it easy to let go of the Strauss