Thursday, December 23, 2010

Carnegie Hall

Year in Review: Classical music and opera

Dallas Morning News - Scott Cantrell - ‎5 hours ago‎
Performances, like pretty much everything else in life, represent a bell curve. There are the few special ones ...

Bernstein CD set mirrors history of the symphony

The Detroit News - ‎1 hour ago‎
In the modern era, the symphony has enjoyed no advocate, no interpreter more eloquent, distinctive or comprehensive than Leonard Bernstein.

The classical Dude

Albany Times Union - Tom Keyser - ‎10 hours ago‎
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducts musicians of El Sistema, the Simon Bolivar National Youth ...

Victor Borge – Classical Music's Clown Prince

Legacy.com - ‎4 hours ago‎
Victor Borge, who delighted audiences worldwide with his musical comedy routines, died 10 years ago today. We look back at his life and long career.

Music And Animation Combine In Disney's 'Fantasia'

NPR - Lloyd Schwartz - ‎2 hours ago‎
Audio for this story from Fresh Air from WHYY will be available at approx. 5:00 pm ET The visualization of music on film is an old impulse ...

Strings of symphony

The Hindu - ‎7 hours ago‎
Legendary violinist N. Rajam caused a revolution of sorts in Hindustani classical music by introducing the 'gayaki ang' - a technique of violin playing that ...

Best Classical Concert: PSO Plays Mahler

Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Andrew Druckenbrod - ‎12 hours ago‎
Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra were once again the team to beat for the year's top ...

CoreLogic Sells Employer-Services, Litigation Units For $265M

Wall Street Journal - ‎3 hours ago‎
Data provider CoreLogic Inc. (CLGX) agreed to sell its employer-services and litigation-support businesses to private-equity firm Symphony Technology Group ...

Radio station's top 10 classical pick for December is like music to this Parma ...

Sun Star Courier (blog) - Rick Haase - ‎1 hour ago‎
In the midst of a raging snowstorm, Poling, who was preparing to depart the next morning on a pre-holiday cruise, got a call from ...

Student musicians grow with symphony experience

Hometownlife.com - Linda Ann Chomin - ‎6 hours ago‎
It's break time. Before long the halls of North Farmington High School fill with laughter as members of the Metropolitan Youth Symphony ...

The music goes on

Vancouver Sun - David Gordon Duke - ‎10 hours ago‎
You may have had your fill of hustle, bustle and Christmas Muzak over the past weeks.

Celebrating the Year in Nonesuch Music

Nonesuch Records - ‎1 hour ago‎
As 2010 draws to a close, and the Nonesuch Journal takes a bit of a hiatus till the start of 2011, it's time to take a look back and remember all the great ...

Richmond Symphony Orchestra humbled by couple's gift

Palladium-Item - ‎6 hours ago‎
Richmond Symphony Orchestra board members and staff are "still in a state of humble awe" after being named one of 13 non-profit organizations to receive 10 ...

What are you doing New Year's Eve?

New Times SLO - Anna Weltner - ‎13 hours ago‎
SLO Symphony Musical Director Michael Nowak remembers well the first time he heard the angel voice of soprano Maria Jette: “It just knocked ...

Israel Celebrates A Decade Of Classical Music With The Red Sea Classical Music ...

TravelVideo.tv (press release) - ‎1 hour ago‎
New York - December, 2010: Classical music lovers from around the world will travel to Israel for the 10th annual Red Sea Classical Music Festival in the ...

Battered by May's flooding, the Schermerhorn will reopen in glory — but its ...

Nashville Scene - John Pitcher - ‎5 hours ago‎
After a seven-month exile from the Schermerhorn Symphony Center following last spring's flood, symphony employees were all back in the ...

Georgia roots go deep at the Savannah Music Festival

Savannah Morning News - Linda Sickler - ‎Dec 22, 2010‎
The upcoming Savannah Music Festival will feature several Georgians, including soul and rhythm and blues singer Sharon Jones and jazz ...

Maryland Symphony's departing director honored

The Herald-Mail - ‎4 hours ago‎
The outgoing executive director of the Maryland Symphony Orchestra was honored Wednesday with a citation from Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley.

Music for Life International Inc. Presents Beethoven for the Indus Valley 1/31/11

Broadway World - ‎1 hour ago‎
Music for Life International Inc. presents Beethoven for the Indus Valley, a benefit concert of Beethoven's monumental Ninth Symphony, organized and led by ...

Cultural institutions offer new year parties

SouthCoastToday.com - ‎12 hours ago‎
Three downtown New Bedford cultural institutions will be throwing parties to welcome the new year. The New Bedford Whaling Museum will be aglow on the last ...

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