Classical News

Every Monday morning at about 9:15, I'll be joining John Birge on Classical MPR to discuss some of the fun and fascinating stories we're featuring on our site.

Today's feature is a classic western comedy epic that could be described as a combination of "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" meets "F-Troop".

One of Alvin Lucier's best-known works is a minimalist 1969 piece for voice and tape called I Am Sitting in a Room .

Original Murder for Two cast member Jeff Blumenkrantz returns to that Off-Broadway musical March 17. Blumenkrantz, recently seen in Sweeney Todd at the New York Philharmonic, takes over for composer Joe Kinosian, who joined the cast Jan. 20. Producers Jayson Raitt, Barbara Whitman, Steven Chaikelson and Second Stage Theatre present the production, ... (more)

Coming to Mesa Arts Center next weekend, March 21 & 22, Portland Cello Project. Here, they perform Radiohead's 'Karma Police.'

Below are BWWClassical MusicWorld.com's most popular articles from 3/9/2014 - 3/16/2014.

There may be few concert venues in town as civilized as the Evermay Estate in Georgetown, where you're greeted at the door by the hosts, offered wine and hors d'oeuvres, and generally invited to make yourself at home.

You can win two tickets to see the A Celtic Journey with Eileen Ivers and the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra at 8 pm on Friday, March 21 at the Winspear Centre.

The Cleveland Orchestra has announced its 2014-15 season. Music Director Franz Welser-Mst's programs include Bach's Mass in B minor, and Brahms's Piano Concertos with Yefim Bronfman as soloist.

This summer, Korean music will have its moment in London. A series of events showcasing Korean classical music, pop and gugak are planned throughout the city as part of the annual City of London Festival, which will take place June 22-July 17. It is a brand new project that the festival is starting since a new director - Paul Gudgin who led the ... (more)

Popular stage and screen star Anna Kendrick touches upon two of her multiple upcoming movie musical projects - INTO THE WOODS and PITCH PERFECT 2, in this case - as part of an interview in promotion of her recent film comedy DRINKING BUDDIES.

Top-selling jazz trumpeter Chris Botti will play The Music Hall in Portsmouth at 4 p.m. Sunday.

A relatively rare mixture of sound: a trio of piano, oboe, and bassoon, both pleased and entertained an audience at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Friday evening.

A musical collaborative formed by violinist Kate Hatmaker and flutist Demarre McGill six years ago, it comprises players from nearly every musical enterprise in San Diego, from the San Diego Symphony , to San Diego State University and UC San Diego, and it's made a practice of reaching beyond the usual suspects.

For the sixth consecutive year, Vermont Symphony Orchestra patrons donated to a food drive to benefit the Vermont Foodbank through the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf, the BROC Food Shelf, and the Our Place Drop-In Center.

Vicky Final and Luke Scannell, both Year 11 pupils at Rickstones Academy, are preparing to spend time working with the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

With its stoic, kind-hearted heroine, bullied by ornery stepsisters, transformed by a Fairy Godmother and swept off her feet by a handsome prince, the story of Cinderella is not just the stuff of fairytale magic.

Andr Watts burst upon the music scene at age 16 when Leonard Bernstein chose him to debut with the New York Philharmonic in a nationwide Young People's Concerts broadcast.

Scott Matlock, left, plays Irish fiddle tunes as his wife, Laurie, accompanies on guitar on March 11, 2014.

The University of Georgia Performing Arts Center will present violinist Benjamin Beilman, a rising star on the classical music scene, in recital April 1 at 8 p.m. in Ramsey Concert Hall.