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The McCormick Percussion Group Robert McCormick, director Julia Keller, double bass; Eunmi Ko, piano; Sini Virtanen, violin Ravello Records Catalog #: RR8037 A very stimulating recent arrival across my pandemic-starved desk was Strings...Tuesday, January 26, 2021 from ArtsJournal
The 61-year-old conductor spent a dozen years as music director of the Milwaukee Symphony (1997-2009). “Once reportedly accustomed to a few sellout audiences a year, the orchestra reportedly sold out 30 shows within a year of his...Tuesday, January 26, 2021 from ArtsJournal
Michael Andor Brodeur: “There is really no playlist to match this unstable, uncertain moment. And, honestly, right now I’m less interested in rummaging through the past for reference points. I’m just trying to find my...Tuesday, January 26, 2021 from Seen and Heard International
Julian Gargiulo and María Dueñas talk to Rick Perdian Julian Gargiulo is a pianist, composer and recording artist who has performed widely in North America, Europe and Asia. He was named a Steinway Artist in 2014, a title conferred upon...Tuesday, January 26, 2021 from ArtsJournal
“Marcia Sells — a former dancer who became an assistant district attorney in Brooklyn and the dean of students at Harvard Law School — has been hired as the first chief diversity officer of the Metropolitan Opera, the largest...Tuesday, January 26, 2021 from Music and Vision
Bellini's 'I Puritani' at Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, recommended by Giuseppe PennisiTuesday, January 26, 2021 from I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
Wendy Eisenberg is a composer, performer, and guitarist whose music lives in the gray area between free jazz, contemporary classical,.. The post 5 Questions to Wendy Eisenberg (improviser, composer, songwriter) appeared first on I CARE...Tuesday, January 26, 2021 from Planet Hugill - A world of classical music
Opera Live at Home is continuing its monthly series of on-line recitals. On 26 January 2021, tenor Cliff Zammit Stevens [whom we saw in 2019 in Dani Howard's Robin Hood with The Opera Story, see my review ] and pianist Maria Elena...Tuesday, January 26, 2021 from Planet Hugill - A world of classical music
Accents - Borodin, Debussy, Copland, Villa-Lobos, Lacaze; Ensemble K, Simone Menezes; Aparté, Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 25 January 2021 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) A new chamber ensemble brings a fresh approach and a seductive sound to...Tuesday, January 26, 2021 from Seen and Heard International
Met Stars Live in Concert – Piotr Beczala and Sondra Radvanovsky: Vincenzo Scalera (piano). Livestreamed (directed by Gary Halvorson) from Stadthalle Wuppertal, Germany, 23.1.2021. (JPr) Verdi – ‘Pace, pace, mio Dio’ (La...Monday, January 25, 2021 from Seen and Heard International
Shostakovich, Stravinsky: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Daniele Gatti (conductor). Livestream on the Digital Concert Hall (click here) from the Philharmonie Berlin, 23.1.2021. (GT) Stravinsky – Apollon musagète (revised version of...Monday, January 25, 2021 from ArtsJournal
More than 80 years later, his 300-year-old violin — valued at around $185,000 — is at the center of a dispute that is threatening to undermine Germany’s commitment to return objects looted by the Nazis. – The New York TimesMonday, January 25, 2021 from Classical Voice North America
By Xenia Hanusiak DIGITAL REVIEW – Con Alma, a collaborative recording project between composer Paola Prestini and vocalist-composer Magos Herrera, reflects the experiences many of us recognize in our daily lives during this stressful time.Monday, January 25, 2021 from Classical music | The Guardian
Opera director who came to prize directness and psychological insight over deconstruction and irony The Australian opera director Elijah Moshinsky, who has died aged 75 from Covid-19 after suffering a fracture, took an avowedly...Monday, January 25, 2021 from Music and Vision
Piotr Beczała and Sondra Radvanovsky's Met Stars Live recital from Wuppertal, recommended by Maria NockinMonday, January 25, 2021 from I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
Amidst the social and political turmoil that has erupted in the United States over the past year, many artists have.. The post “We Cannot Continue This Way:” Imani Winds’ BRUITS Calls for Change appeared first on I CARE...Monday, January 25, 2021 from Planet Hugill - A world of classical music
Lully's Armide at the Palais-Royal Opera House in Paris in 1761, watercolour by Gabriel de Saint-Aubin In 1627, Claudio Monteverdi was busy at work on a new small-scale dramatic work for the wedding celebrations of Duke Odoardo Farnese...Monday, January 25, 2021 from Planet Hugill - A world of classical music
The Association of British Orchestera's 2021 conference, which takes place on-line from 10 to 12 March 2021, has the title Aftershock . The conference will be analysing the 'seismic issues that have sent shockwaves through the sector' –...Monday, January 25, 2021 from Adaptistration
After a few unexpected curve balls over the weekend, I decided to take a week off of blogging but if anything big happens by way of the brewing labor disputes, I’ll likely pop back in for an overview. Having said that, I would be...Monday, January 25, 2021 from Planet Hugill - A world of classical music
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla and City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (Photo Andrew Fox) It has been announced that Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla has extended her tenure at the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra until Summer 2022, when she will take...Monday, January 25, 2021 from Planet Hugill - A world of classical music
The Armenian State Symphony Orchestra and Sergey Smbatyan at the Barbican in January 2020 The Armenian State Symphony Orchestra, which we heard on its recent visit to the Barbican [see my review ], is celebrating its 15th anniversary....Monday, January 25, 2021 from Classics Today
Franz Schreker didn’t write that much free-standing orchestral music, which is a pity because what we have is gorgeous. Most of it has some connection to the stage, either opera or ballet, and by now it seems that the majority of...Monday, January 25, 2021 from British Classical Music: The Land of Lost Content
English music for string orchestra is always popular. Great works in this genre include Hubert Parry’s Lady Radnor Suite , Edward Elgar’s Introduction and Allegro, Frank Bridge’s Suite for Strings and Benjamin Britten’s Simple Symphony ....Monday, January 25, 2021 from Classics Today
This disc represents one heck of a deal–86 minutes of first-class Prokofiev courtesy of BIS, Andrew Litton and the Bergen Philharmonic. The “Classical” Symphony receives a performance in which nothing–and I mean...Sunday, January 24, 2021 from ArtsJournal
You’ve heard “The Wellerman” by now, no doubt, since the Scottish postman who sang it a TikTok rendition of it went completely – ridiculously – viral. Now he’s quit his job and earned a record...Sunday, January 24, 2021 from ArtsJournal
The Better Online Ticket Sales Act was enacted in 2016, but this is the first time it’s seen enforcement. Aside from using bots, “the companies are accused of creating accounts in the names of family members, friends and...Sunday, January 24, 2021 from Music and Vision
Giuseppe Pennisi writes about the seventeenth century Italian architect and global musician Carlo RainaldiSunday, January 24, 2021 from Planet Hugill - A world of classical music
The Mad King - Charles Johnston - Opera2Day The Dutch company Opera2Day (whose staging of Ambroise Thomas' Hamlet I saw in The Hague in 2018) solved the problem of what to perform during the restrictions of lockdown by turning to a...Sunday, January 24, 2021 from The Classical Piano and Music Education Blog
It’s time for a masterclass and today’s offering was recorded at the Royal College of Music in London during October 2020. Taking place in the RCM’s Performance Hall, the class was given by renowned British-born pianist...Sunday, January 24, 2021 from Seen and Heard International
Verdi, Nabucco: Chorus and Orchestra of Vienna State Opera / Marco Armiliato (conductor). Livestreamed (directed by Jakob Pitzer) from Vienna State Opera, 22.1.2021. (JPr) Production: Director – Günter Krämer Set design –...Saturday, January 23, 2021 from Music and Vision
John Dante Prevedini reviews essential recordings of the Giya Kancheli symphonies. '... a unique symphonic expression of the Georgian experience ...'Saturday, January 23, 2021 from Planet Hugill - A world of classical music
David Matthews (Photo Clive Barda) In the programme notes for composer David Matthews ' latest disc, he says that he has been 'obsessed with the symphonic form since he was 16' and David wrote a number of discarded symphonies before his...Saturday, January 23, 2021 from Seen and Heard International
Little, Soldier Songs: Johnathan McCullough (baritone), Opera Philadelphia Orchestra / Corrado Rovaris. Available on Opera Philadelphia Channel from 22.1. to 31.5.2021. (RP) Production: Director – Johnathan McCullough Screenwriter...Saturday, January 23, 2021 from Classical Voice North America
By Gil French DIGITAL REVIEW -- A new recording of Schumann's three string quartets by the Emerson Quartet shows that one should never doubt the composer’s skill in large structures such as symphony, sonata or, clearly enough, string...Saturday, January 23, 2021 from Seen and Heard International
St Martin-in-the-Fields Launches New Concert Series London’s St Martin-in-the-Fields launches a new concert series entitled Fresh Horizons, putting the venue at the heart of music-making in the capital The series features internationally...Saturday, January 23, 2021 from Seen and Heard International
The Romanoff Foundation and Grange Park Opera, Surrey The Romanoff Foundation (RF) has teamed up with Grange Park Opera, Surrey (GPO) to provide support and cultural collaboration for the upcoming post pandemic season. Cultural...Friday, January 22, 2021 from ArtsJournal
Compared with other American companies, Opera Philadelphia is laying claim to the mantle of making new material during the pandemic. Still, what’s most notable about OperaPhila.tv is not its mere existence, but the strength of the work...Friday, January 22, 2021 from Seen and Heard International
Berg and Schubert: Leonidas Kavakos (violin), London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Performance from 7.1.2021 at LSO St Luke’s, London, livestreamed (directed by Matt Parkin) on 21.1.2021. (JPr) Berg – Violin...Friday, January 22, 2021 from Classical music | The Guardian
LSO St Lukes, London, available online In a concert offered as Covid consolation and commemorating the Greek revolution, Simon Rattle oversaw lyrical Berg and exhilarating Schubert Many, I suspect, would have preferred to hear Simon...Friday, January 22, 2021 from ArtsJournal
Unbeknownst to the composer, waiting beyond a YouTube search for his name was a seeming subindustry that consistently used Kerry Muzzey’s music without his knowledge. ContentID surfaced roughly 20,000 videos for Muzzey in the first...Friday, January 22, 2021 from ArtsJournal
Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, the young Lithuanian woman whose considerable reputation began developing while she was an assistant conductor at the L.A. Philharmonic, became music director of the CBSO in 2016. In what she describes as “a...Friday, January 22, 2021 from ArtsJournal
“The new on-demand streaming service, dubbed SFSymphony+, is scheduled to launch on Feb. 4 with a chamber program curated by Salonen as part of the orchestra’s SoundBox series. … Membership is priced at $120 for the entire...Friday, January 22, 2021 from Planet Hugill - A world of classical music
Elgar Cello Concerto , Gareth Farr Cello Concerto: Chemin des Dames ; Sébastien Hurtaud, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Northey; Rubicon Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 22 January 2021 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) New Zealand composer...Friday, January 22, 2021 from Planet Hugill - A world of classical music
Pelham Humfrey Sacred Choral Music ; Alexander Chance, Nicholas Mulroy, Nick Pritchard, Ashley Riches, the choir of Her Majesty's Chapel Royal, Joseph McHardy; DELPHIAN Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 20 January 2021 Star rating: 5.0...Friday, January 22, 2021 from Music and Vision
Patrick Maxwell investigates the German baritone's legacyFriday, January 22, 2021 from Music Genre: Classical
Watch the composer, in a bucolic southern England setting, play six of his most tranquil, yet probing pieces.Friday, January 22, 2021 from I CARE IF YOU LISTEN
ListN Up is a series of weekly artist-curated playlists. Born from a desire to keep artists sharing and connected during times.. The post ListN Up: Samita Sinha (January 22, 2021) appeared first on I CARE IF YOU LISTEN .Friday, January 22, 2021 from Planet Hugill - A world of classical music
Sebastian is Peter Fielding's on-going animation series about the life of Johann Sebastian Bach, and it has just reached episode 11 in which Fielding deals with the anecdote about the French harpsichordist Louis Marchand having a...Friday, January 22, 2021 from Planet Hugill - A world of classical music
Feodor Chaliapin as Ivan the Terrible in Rimsky Korsakov's opera Despite the limitations caused by lockdown, Grange Park Opera (GPO) was remarkably active last year, creating content on-line - 50 new events involving over 150...Friday, January 22, 2021 from Adaptistration
While I don’t know if this is a sign of the times, the quantity of job openings at ArtsAdminJobs.com has really jumped in the last few weeks with five new opening in the last week alone and a total of 24. The Philanthropy System...