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Yesterday | Tulsa World

Youth groups to put on biblical production

Two of the city's leading performance organizations for young artists - the Tulsa Youth Opera and the Tulsa Youth Symphony - join forces for a special performance of Benjamin Britten's one-act about the biblical story of Noah and the ark.

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Related Topix: Tulsa Metro, Tulsa, OK, Arts, Opera, Symphony, Britten, Classical

Mon Nov 09, 2009

KBAQ-FM Mesa

Benjamin Britten's orchestral music

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Related Topix: Classical, Phoenix, AZ, Phoenix Metro, Music, Entertainment

Sat Nov 07, 2009

KansasCity.com

Kansas City Symphony shines on 'Britten's Orchestra'

The Kansas City Symphony of the Michael Stern era made its recording debut in 2008 with an inventive pairing of two works inspired by Shakespeares Tempest.

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Related Topix: Symphony, Kansas City, MO Metro, Kansas City, KS, Classical, Sir Arthur Sullivan

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Guardian Unlimited

Britten: boys, bitching and brilliance

Benjamin Britten's early years are often ignored, overshadowed by the spectacular success of his opera Peter Grimes in 1945, when he was 31.

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Related Topix: Classical, Arts, Opera, Gay/Lesbian, Symphony

Thu Oct 29, 2009

JackCentral.com

Students tackle controversial opera

The Rape of Lucretia is not just about rape; a more profound meaning lies under the challenging music and minimalist set of this upcoming NAU opera.

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Related Topix: Classical, Suicide

Sat Oct 24, 2009

The Huffington Post

Ivan Katz: The Tokyo String Quartet in Performance at Yale

"Much good has been shown me and much evil, and the good has never been perfect.

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Related Topix: Tokyo String Quartet, Classical

Wed Oct 21, 2009

Scotsman.com

Classical album review: Frank Bridge

Frank Bridge's music was out of fashion even before his death in 1941, and took time to be rediscovered, despite the support of pupils such as Benjamin Britten.

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Related Topix: Classical, Frank Bridge, Britten

Mon Oct 19, 2009

The Australian

Britten's tragedy beautifully realised

Peter Grimes. Opera Australia. Director: Neil Armfield. Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Peter Grimes, Music!, Arts, Opera, Classical, Inventions, Science / Technology

Sat Oct 17, 2009

The Winnipeg Free Press

Score to settle in musical mystery

If you're an adult and a music lover, chances are you learned something about orchestral music as a kid from two music-appreciation works that are still widely performed.

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Related Topix: Britten, Classical, Prokofiev, Sergei Prokofiev, Lemony Snicket, Vocal, Symphony, Arts

Thu Oct 15, 2009

Explore Howard

Stepping out

Invites enthusiastic, dedicated singers, who can follow music from a score, to join; no audition required.

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Related Topix: Laurel, MD, Classical, Felix Mendelssohn, Mendelssohn, Hildegard Von Bingen, Columbia, MD, Entertainment

Fri Oct 09, 2009

Tri-cityherald.com

Mid-Columbia Mastersingers to offer bit of heaven on Earth

The Mid-Columbia Mastersingers open the 2009-10 season Oct. 16 with a concert that will offer audiences a little bit of heaven on Earth.

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Related Topix: Classical, Britten, Symphony, Arts, Richland Metro, Kennewick, WA, Richland, WA

Tue Oct 06, 2009

The Montgomery Advertiser - Lifestyle

Symphony opens with a bit of this and that

Montgomery Symphony Orchestra jumps right into its 2009-2010 season Monday with something a bit unusual, something emotional and something dramatic.

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Related Topix: Symphony, Arts, Classical, Schumann, Brahms, Cello, Britten

Tue Sep 29, 2009

SF Sentinel

Critic's Choice - " CD, "the Planets" Paavo Jarvi and The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

Newly released Telarc/Jarvi recording also features Benjamin Britten's The Young People's Guide to the Orchestra By Sean Martinfield Sentinel Editor and Publisher Photo by Lynn Imanaka Telarc has just released their sixteenth collaboration with Music Director Paavo Jarvi and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra - " Gustav Holst's The Planets and ...

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Related Topix: Symphony, Arts, Classical, The Planets, Journalism, Science / Technology, Space, NASA

Mon Sep 21, 2009

The Independent

What inspired Benjamin Britten?

Before Benjamin Britten's Aldeburgh Festival gets underway again, Jessica Duchen takes a trip to the Suffolk coast to work out what so inspired the composer Listening to the music of Benjamin Britten at Aldeburgh is a little like listening to Mozart in Salzburg.

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Related Topix: Britten, Classical, United Kingdom, Suffolk County, England, Arts, Opera

Fri Sep 18, 2009

All About Jazz

Gilad Atzmon Plays Bird and More at Snape Proms in Suffolk, England

Snape Concert Hall, set in beautiful Suffolk countryside, was built as a barley malting hall in the 1840s.

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Related Topix: Britten, Classical, Jazz, Charlie Parker, The String Quartet, Folk, The Burning Bush

Wed Sep 09, 2009

Explore Howard

Stepping out: Places to go, things to see

Auditions "Charlotte's Web" - Looking for 7 men/boys and 9 women/girls , Saturday, Sept.

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Related Topix: Laurel, MD, Classical, Hildegard Von Bingen, Mendelssohn, Theater, Arts, Entertainment

Sat Sep 05, 2009

Village Soup

Owen's 'Requiem' at Belfast Free Library

BELFAST : "Requiem," an artist book by Belfast artist Jan Owen, will be on display during the month of September at the Belfast Free Library, 106 High St.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, War Requiem, Classical, Arts, Poetry

Wed Sep 02, 2009

La Jolla Light

Chorus seeks experienced voices

La Jolla Symphony & Chorus will hold open auditions for its chorus on Sept. 12 and 20 for experienced singers of all voice types.

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Related Topix: Classical, La Jolla Symphony & Chorus, Symphony, Arts, La-Jolla, CA, Karol Szymanowski, Drama Movies, War Requiem, Entertainment

Sun Aug 30, 2009

This is Oxfordshire

Choirmaster Prof Edwards Higginbottom and chorister Horatio Holloway

THE GRANDSON of a Jew who escaped Nazi persecution will be among a group of Oxford choristers who will sing in front of world leaders at a concert in Poland to mark the 70th anniversary of the start of the Second World War.

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Related Topix: Classical, World News, Poland, Vladimir Putin, Symphony, Arts

Fri Aug 28, 2009

New York Post

CLASSICAL

The Voxare Quartet is joined by P.J. Cinque on double bass, Mark Peskanov on violin and Steven Beck on piano for works from Bach and Vivaldi tonight and tomorrow at 8 and Sunday at 3 p.m. Brooklyn's Fulton Ferry Landing, near the Brooklyn Bridge; 718-624-2083. CHRIST AND ST.

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Related Topix: Classical, Bach, Vivaldi, Arts, Opera, Entertainment

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