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A few days ago, I posted a review of a concert of Arnold Bax’s chamber music given at the University of Edinburgh. This was a wide-ranging survey of music, albeit with a distinctly Celtic mood. Thirteen days later, an article appeared in...Thursday, August 24, 2017 from Music and Vision
Handel's 'Ariodante' at Salzburg, reviewed by Giuseppe PennisiWednesday, August 23, 2017 from Sequenza21/
The extraordinary jazz guitarist John Abercrombie, has died at the age of 72. A player equally comfortable in acoustic and electric settings and in the roles of leader and accompanist, Abercrombie played in a variety of styles,...Wednesday, August 23, 2017 from Seen and Heard International
2017 BBC PROMS 51 – Sibelius, Saint-Saëns and Elgar: Javier Perianes (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Sakari Oramo (conductor), Royal Albert Hall, London, 22.8.2017. (AS) Sibelius – Scènes historiques – Suite No.1, Op.25...Wednesday, August 23, 2017 from Seen and Heard International
Aspen Music Festival [14] – Vaughan Williams, Shostakovich, Roussel, Kodály, Schnyder, Fauré, Janáček, Berlioz: Soloists, Aspen Chamber Orchestra / John Nelson (conductor), Aspen Contemporary Ensemble/Stephen Burns (conductor),...Wednesday, August 23, 2017 from Seen and Heard International
Schmitt, Prokofiev, Debussy, Ravel: Juho Pohjonen (piano), Cleveland Orchestra / Fabien Gabel (conductor), Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. 19.8.2017. (MSJ) Schmitt – The Haunted Palace Prokofiev – Piano Concerto No.1 in...Wednesday, August 23, 2017 from Seen and Heard International
Mendelssohn, Mozart, Maxwell Davies, Febel, Preu, Saint-Saëns, David Bowie, Gabrieli, Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Mahler, Stravinsky: Soloists, Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra / Eckart Preu (conductor), SPCA Corbett Theater, Cincinnati, OH....Wednesday, August 23, 2017 from Classical music - Google News
Hawaiipublicradio Classical Pacific August 23, 2017 Hawaiipublicradio Welcome to Classical Pacific for Wednesday, August 23rd, 2017, on HPR 2. Today we'll hear music of Richard Strauss, Claude Debussy, and Sergei Rachmaninoff. It...Wednesday, August 23, 2017 from 21C Media Group
Anna Netrebko Storms Salzburg, Classical Music’s Summit Watching divas, impresarios, maestros and virtuosos navigate music’s grandest summer festival shows how the classical landscape has changed. Michael Cooper of The New York Times...Wednesday, August 23, 2017 from Classical music - Google News
Allentown Morning Call Classical : Music at Gretna offers trio of classical treats Allentown Morning Call The next few weeks offer a trio of classical treats, and a good way to enjoy some great classical music while our local...Wednesday, August 23, 2017 from The Violin Channel | The World's Leading Violin, Strings & Classical Music News Source
The Violin Channel recently caught up with Chinese-American VC Young Artist Luke Hsu, longtime student of violin pedagogue Fredell Lack – who passed away earlier this week, aged 95. In a VC-exclusive blog, Luke pays tribute to his...Wednesday, August 23, 2017 from Joshua Kosman
Franz Schmidt Classical Slowly but surely, the lush, late-Romantic orchestral music of Franz Schmidt is making a welcome return to the repertoire. A few years ago the San Francisco Symphony finally added the composer’s luxuriant Fourth...Wednesday, August 23, 2017 from Classical music - Google News
Romania-Insider.com Classical music takes over Bucharest's George Enescu square Romania-Insider.com The Festival Square, an associated event of the George Enescu International Festival, takes place in the capital's George Enescu...Wednesday, August 23, 2017 from Planet Hugill - A world of classical music
John Dowland, Benjamin Britten, Adam Porebski, Rory Boyle, Gavin Higgins, Toshio Hosokawa; Duo van Vliet; Orchid Classics Reviewed by Robert Hugill on Aug 22 2017 Star rating: 4.0 Britten's viola classic re-invented, alongside...Wednesday, August 23, 2017 from The Violin Channel | The World's Leading Violin, Strings & Classical Music News Source
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra is currently accepting applications for the ‘Principal 2nd Violin’ position. Applications to be received by October 2, 2017. For further details, visit: http://bit.ly/2w07pVH The post AUDITION | Detroit...Wednesday, August 23, 2017 from Planet Hugill - A world of classical music
Gergely Madaras (Photo ©GARAS-Kálmán) You may not have heard of the Philip Loubser Foundation (PLF) which was formed in the Netherlands in 1997, but it is responsible for helping to establish four major awards supporting young artists,...Wednesday, August 23, 2017 from The Violin Channel | The World's Leading Violin, Strings & Classical Music News Source
Violinist Rob Landes performing Michael Jackson’s ‘Billie Jean’ for violin and … fidget spinner … ROB LANDES | MICHAEL JACKSON | BILLIE JEAN | VIOLIN & FIDGET SPINNER The post WACKY...Wednesday, August 23, 2017 from CLASSICAL ICONOCLAST
Sakari Oramo,BBC SO. photo :BBC Sakari Oramo conducted Elgar Symphony no 3 i n the performing edition by Anthony Payne, at Prom 51, with the BBC SO. Big event, because Oramo is one of the great Elgar conductors,. Orama was...Wednesday, August 23, 2017 from Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise
The Munich-based composer, who swam against the modernist tide of postwar music, has died at the age of eighty-nine. He received little notice outside Germany; I was touched to receive a note from him several years ago after I made...Wednesday, August 23, 2017 from Classical music - Google News
The List Concerto a Tempo d'Umore The List For those in the know, the musicianship in Concerto a Tempo d'Umore is superb; for those discovering classical music for the first time (this is a great concert for families), it's...Wednesday, August 23, 2017 from Classical music - Google News
The Hindu Decoding the classical The Hindu Is Western classical music as complicated and boring as some people think? Honestly, it's not. On the contrary, it can be highly addictive if one knows a few basic things. These thoughts...Wednesday, August 23, 2017 from The Violin Channel | The World's Leading Violin, Strings & Classical Music News Source
Applications are now open for the 8th 2018 Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition – to be held in Melbourne, Australia from the 1st–8th July, 2018. Open to string quartets and piano trios of any nationality, whose members are...Wednesday, August 23, 2017 from Classical music - Google News
Classic FM This guy plays the 'Pokémon' theme on literally 25 different instruments Classic FM Jordan Moore, a video game and classical music enthusiast, has arranged his own multiscreen adaptation of the theme for 14...Wednesday, August 23, 2017 from Planet Hugill - A world of classical music
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (Act 2) - Bayreuth Festival 2017 - Stephen Gould, Petra Lang (Photo Bayreuther Festspiele/Enrico Narwath) A powerful, compelling and satisfying opera: Tristan und Isolde; Wagner: Tristan und Isolde - Stephen...Wednesday, August 23, 2017 from The Violin Channel | The World's Leading Violin, Strings & Classical Music News Source
Scottish violist William Primrose was born on this day in 1904 – 113 years ago. Dying in 1982, he is remembered as one of the preeminent violists of all time. Primrose gave the premiere performance of the Bartok Viola Concerto, and for...Wednesday, August 23, 2017 from bayreuth's classical music resources
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English conductor Benjamin Zander works us through a cello masterclass on Tchaikovsky’s ‘Rococo Variations’. Recorded live on May 10th, 2014 at The Benjamin Franklin Institute – with American cellist Rainer Crosett and...Wednesday, August 23, 2017 from Music and Vision
Aribert Reimann's 'Lear' at Salzburg, experienced by Giuseppe PennisiTuesday, August 22, 2017 from The Violin Channel | The World's Leading Violin, Strings & Classical Music News Source
A never-before-uploaded 1968 improvisatory session on Cole Porter’s ‘Night and Day’ by violinist Ivry Gitlis and legendary jazz violinist and pianist Stéphane Grappelli. IVRY GITLIS & STÉPHANE GRAPPELLI | COLE...Tuesday, August 22, 2017 from Seen and Heard International
PCM 6, 2017 BBC Proms at Cadogan Hall – Duparc, Guridi, Ravel, Koechlin, Poulenc: Christiane Karg (soprano); Malcolm Martineau (piano). Cadogan Hall, London, 21.8.2017. (CC) Duparc – L’Invitation au voyage Guridi –...Tuesday, August 22, 2017 from CLASSICAL ICONOCLAST
Elbphilharmonique Worldwide - livestream all week ! Sunday 27th August 20hr German time Shanghai Symphony Orchestra (founded 1879, fully orchestral 1907) Aaron Avshalomov Hutongs of Peking He Zhanhao, Chen Gang Konzert für Violine...Tuesday, August 22, 2017 from Joshua Kosman
“We are all in the gutter,” wrote Oscar Wilde, “but some of us are looking at the stars.” Those “some” include a range of composers over many centuries, whose handiwork goes to make up the program offered this weekend by the chorus...Tuesday, August 22, 2017 from Classical music - Google News
New York Times Anna Netrebko Storms Salzburg, Classical Music's Summit - The ... New York Times Watching divas, impresarios, maestros and virtuosos navigate music's grandest summer festival shows how the classical landscape has...Tuesday, August 22, 2017 from Classical music - Google News
New York Times Anna Netrebko Storms Salzburg, Classical Music's Summit New York Times It was the perhaps the grandest night of the summer at the grand Salzburg Festival, the Davos of classical music , which is known for attracting...Tuesday, August 22, 2017 from CLASSICAL ICONOCLAST
Prom 50 should have been one of the top picks of the season, with Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla and the City of Birmingham Orchestra. Beethoven and Stravinsky......but Gerald Barry ? Beware any composer who repeatedly...