Cantata Singers Discovers New Auditorium
An early AAAS member. This fall, arts venues across the city of Boston have been threatened with closure. Yet amongst all these disappointing announcements, an interesting theater is about to emerge...
View ArticleLet me like a soldier fall
On Veterans Day 2015, the Metropolitan Opera presents—fittingly, though probably not by design—an all-veterans Tosca. Between them, Maria Guleghina, Marcello Giordani, James Morris and John Del Carlo...
View ArticleRoasting Chestnuts and Arranging Bouquets
Not the muse of circus keyboards, Calliope prefers epic poetry. Homer agrees. If your eyes were shut so that your ears could be wide open, you would think, at least much of the time, that a highly...
View ArticleIn France concerts are cancelled, musicians sent home
The Mayor of Lyon has announced five days of mourning for the victims of the Paris terror massacres. The national orchestra of Lyon were informed of the cancellation of their Saturday concert two hours...
View ArticleClassical music: If a perfect debut concert exists, new UW-Madison faculty...
ALERT: On this Saturday night at 7 p.m. in the Madison Christian Community Church , 7118 Old Sauk Road, on Madison’s far west side, Northwestern University music Professor Stephen Alltop and Madison...
View ArticleCantata Singers to Norton’s Woods Did Come
Norton’s Woods Center at AAAS A new relationship between the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in Cambridge and the Cantata Singers began Tuesday with a strong program of American vocal music in an...
View ArticleBrel and Barbara set the tone on France’s day of mourning
The first music to be sounded at the national ay of mourning for 130 victims of the Paris terror attacks was Camelia Jordana, Nolwenn Leroy and Yaelle Naïm, singing the great Jacques Brel chanson’Quand...
View ArticleThe Acceptance of Samuel Barber
On Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection , Saturday, December 5th, 5 to 6 pm Samuel Barber (1910-1981). Toccata Festiva (1960) Barber. Fadograph of a Yestern Scene (1971) Barber. Capricorn Concerto...
View ArticleClassical Music Almanac from the #Classical Stream
Thursday, December 3, 2015 Births Nicolo Amati In 1596 Nicolo Amati was born in Cremona, Italy. He was the fourth son of Girolamo Amati and the grandson of Andrea Amati, the founder of the Amati Family...
View ArticleSondra Radvanovsky Totally Wow-Worthy at Koerner Hall (Review)
Sondra Radvanovsky at Koerner Hall the Vocal Highlight of the 2015-16 Season ~ Joseph So Koerner Hall, Toronto, December 4th 2015 Sondra Radvanovsky, soprano Anthony Manoli, piano Show One Productions...
View ArticleNSO plays Adams, Barber, Copland, etc.
Caught an eclectic program of American composers from the NSO Saturday, led by the American conductor Sarah Hicks. The program opened with a disciplined run of John Adams' "The Chairman Dances," which...
View ArticleSamuel Barber
Samuel Barber was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania in 1910 and died in New York, New York in 1981. His parents were Marguerite McLeod Beatty and Samuel Leroy Barber. Music was an influence in his...
View ArticleClassical Music Almanac from the #Classical Stream
Thursday, December 31, 2015 Birthdays Max Fiedler In 1859 Max Fiedler was born in Zittau, Germany. He first studied the piano with his father, who conducted the accompanying orchestra when Max made his...
View ArticleRemembrances: A Musical Tribute
A chamber music concert featuring music of David Ryther, Samuel Barber, Philip Glass, and Antonin Dvořák. Saturday January 16, 2015, 7 p.m. Venue: 1750 29th Avenue, San Francisco, CA Tickets: $15...
View ArticleThe Bard in Aria
Samuel Barber I used to think YouTube was just for funny cat videos and recordings of babies doing things their parents thought were cute. I must fully repent my previous ideas. I have made a few finds...
View ArticleThis Week in Toronto (Jan. 18 - 24)
My Toronto Musical Picks for the Week of January 18 to 24 ~ Joseph So German tenor Stefan Vinke As an admittedly opera-centric music lover, top on my list this week is the opening of Canadian Opera...
View ArticleKhristenko’s Russian Touch
Stanislav Khristenko (file photo) Ukrainian pianist Stanislav Khristenko performed Russian and American composers for the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum’s Young Artist Program on Sunday. Rachmaninoff...
View ArticleThomas & Vicki King Present Faculty Select Series Concert, Feb. 1
The spring recital season at the DePauw University School of Music begins on the first day of classes, Monday, February 1, with a 7:30 p.m. Faculty Select concert by the husband-and-wife duo of DePauw...
View ArticleTo Thine Own Self Be True
“I don’t know that we owe God or nature a death, but nature will collect anyway, and we certainly owe mediocrity nothing, whatever collectivity it purports to advance or at least represent.” Harold...
View ArticleClassical Music Almanac from the Classical Stream
Thursday, March 3, 2016 You can listen to the Classical Music Almanac Podcast Daily here. Birthdays Henry Wood In 1869 Henry Wood was born in London. He was an English conductor best known for his...
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