Bach News Archives

“But everything else that has been written for the festival has recently been recorded and that CD is going to be released in May to coincide with the festival.”

Featuring a variety of small ensembles and a classical repertoire spanning more than 800 years of music history, the annual Raritan River Music Festival begins Saturday. via Home News Tribune

“When I was young -- because I'm very old, you know -- I was taught that composers reveal things about themselves that they're proud of”

Bach base for fairy tale When David Lang began the composition that won the 2008 Pulitzer Prize, he chose an unusual, but typically innovative approach. via Daytona Beach News-Journal Online

She's been hailed as the "pre-eminent Bach pianist of our time" and "the pianist who will define Bach performance on the piano for years to come". Angela Hewitt, awarded the crowning recognition of "Artist of ... via Huliq.com

“When I'm working in the solo context, I open up my mouth and I go”

Adventurous fans of new music should dig on what singer Bobby McFerrin, pianist Chick Corea and drummer Jack DeJohnette are offering on their tour this spring; after all, the show is brand new every night, ... via Nuvo Newsweekly

Among the great choral challenges, Beethoven's "Missa Solemnis" stands with the Passions of J.S. Bach and the Requiems of the 19th century for its intricate, tumultuous beauty. via The Oregonian

On Saturday the First Presbyterian Church of Easton is the site of an unusual program of Baroque music, one that's been put together at somewhat the last minute. via MergeDigital

“And how it's important to explore the talents you have so you can be happy in your career choice.”

Some may find a Bach sonata appealing. Others may prefer to listen to their favorite movie or video game soundtrack. via WisInfo

Ask what chamber music is and you'll get a lot of definitions. One suggests that it is music for a few instruments, no more than a handful, each playing a different part of a composition. via Pasadena Star-News

“They play the music that they love and that they respond to”

The relaxing hum of orchestral tuning bounced off the walls of the auditorium at West Salem High School. via Statesman Journal

Music review Difficult season ends on the right note John Harbison took to the podium as Emmanuel Music closed its season with Bach's Mass in B Minor. via Boston Globe

"New Releases" posts are regular columns that feature reviews of new CDs that are, for one reason or another, truly outstanding among the many I come across every month. via WETA 90.9 FM

“Along with Bach's St Matthew Passion, it is one of the two greatest religious works of our culture.”

THE British music critic Michael Tanner, in his study of Richard Wagner, makes a startling claim for the composer's opera Tristan und Isolde. via The Australian

“We will do a Chopin week, a Mozart week, that sort of thing.”

A widow has given 4,000 vinyl records spanning every classical genre to her local Oxfam shop, the largest music donation in the charity's history, a spokesman said. via Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The 2008 Pulitzer Prize in music was awarded yesterday to composer David Lang for his piece The Little Match Girl Passion , a setting of Hans Christian Andersen's tale The Little Match Girl in a structure that ... via Gramophone

Improvisation, a skill prized in the world of jazz, isn't one encouraged in classical music where players tend to stick to the centuries-old notes on the page. via Topeka Capital-Journal

Itzhak Perlman covered a lot of ground in Thursday's recital, the final concert of Daytona Beach International Festival's first season, and not all of it involved classical music. via Daytona Beach News-Journal Online

The Miami International Piano Festival's Master Series opened Sunday at the Broward Center's Amaturo Theater with a unique event. via South Florida Sun-Sentinel

“We have to take advantage of opportunities like this with the Junos to showcase those artists who are really moving everything forward and who are going to keep the art form really relevant and exciting.”

The list of 2008 Juno nominees contains the names of at least two young artists out to change the way we think about classical music. via Calgary Herald