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Thursday Dec 17 | Victoria Advocate

From Mozart to Mahler, it was a bounteous year for classical recordings

Each year seems to bring further sales statistics that portend the death of classical recorded music, at least to some critical Cassandras.

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Related Topix: Classical, Mozart, Mahler, Ecm, Vocal, Symphony, Arts, New York Philharmonic

Mon Dec 14, 2009

Oregonlive.com

Stop the presses: Astoria Festival to do 'Wozzeck'

You read that right. Ruth Dobson, an organizer of the Astoria Music Festival, confirmed today that the festival will perform Alban Berg's opera "Wozzeck" next summer.

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Related Topix: Classical, Alban Berg, Opera

Sat Dec 05, 2009

Pipestone County Star

Kelly's Koffee: The Soft Rock cafe

There's something up lately at Kelly's Koffee other than coffee and food: Owner Kelly LaRock has lately embraced the tradition of cafA© culture and opened her doors to musicians.

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Related Topix: Laurie Lewis, Folk, Pipestone, MN, Classical, Mankato, MN

Thu Dec 03, 2009

MediaGuardian.co.uk

Kavakos and co | Classical review

The final concert in violinist Leonidas Kavakos's short Southbank residency was an evening of chamber music that drew a neat line under the centre's recent Schnittke festival.

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Related Topix: Classical, Schnittke

Tue Dec 01, 2009

New York Times

A Firmly Middle-Class Wozzeck

In 1927 the Mariinsky Theatre in Leningrad became only the third opera house to stage Alban Berg's "Wozzeck," after the opera's 1925 premiere in Berlin and a production in Prague.

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Related Topix: Arts, Opera, Classical, World News, Alban Berg, Russia, Verdi

Thu Nov 26, 2009

The Age

Soprano known for subtle working of music

ELISABETH Soderstrom, the Swedish soprano greatly admired for her sensitive operatic roles and for her refined, delicately shaded voice in a career spanning more than 50 years, has died of complications from a stroke in Stockholm.

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Related Topix: Classical, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Alban Berg, Opera, Janacek, Leos Janacek

Tue Nov 24, 2009

Minot Daily News

Lighting up the night

Thanksgiving has yet to arrive and there's not even snow on the ground, but that hasn't stopped a local service club from from ringing in the holidays with an annual Christmas tradition.

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Related Topix: Classical, Minot, ND, Blizzard

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Financial Times

Playing Stravinsky with a full orchestra

Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts the Philharmonia in a recording that makes up part of - ReRite' I brandish a stick and wallop a bass-drum 11 times in quick succession.

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Related Topix: Classical

Fri Oct 30, 2009

On Stage Impact Blog - cleveland.com

Theater Ninja's explore 'Woyzeck' with 'A Proper Murder'

Many artists have been drawn to "Woyzeck," a "proletarian tragedy" left unfinished by German dramatist Georg Buechner when he died in 1837, not published until 1879 and not produced until 1913.

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Related Topix: Theater, Arts, Alban Berg, Opera, Classical, Cleveland, OH

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Associated Content

Opera Guide and Synopsis: Wozzeck, by Alban Berg

Alban Berg's opera Wozzeck is based on scenes from an unfinished play, Woyzeck , by Georg Bchner.

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Related Topix: Classical, Arts, Opera, Alban Berg, Schoenberg

Tue Oct 20, 2009

CourierPostOnline

Halloween fun to fill Paws Farm

Paws Farm Nature Center is getting into the Halloween spirit this month with a series of fall programs for kids.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Halloween, Family, Kids, Classical

Sun Oct 18, 2009

The Scotsman

Classical review: RSNO/Stephane Deneve

GLASGOW ROYAL CONCERT HALL * * * RAVEL'S Pavane pour une infant dA©funte demands of an orchestra the faA ade of simplicity.

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Related Topix: Classical, Ravel

Tue Oct 13, 2009

The Martha's Vineyard Times

Linda Berg's scores big with original "Mass"

The premier of Island musician Linda M. Berg's choral piece "Mass of Creation" was performed Saturday evening at The First Congregational Church in West Tisbury to a full house that was moved to a long standing ovation.

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Related Topix: Classical, West Tisbury, MA, Henry Purcell

Sun Oct 11, 2009

Scotsman.com Living

Classical review: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

FEARS of a wafer-thin audience for last night's homecoming concert by Donald Runnicles, in his new capacity as chief conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, disappeared at the 11th hour as hundreds formed a last-minute queue for tickets tha t snaked its way outside the Usher Hall, delaying the start of the concert by ten minutes.

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Related Topix: Symphony, Europe, World News, United Kingdom, Classical, Beethoven, Mahler

Fri Oct 09, 2009

Meridian Star

Meridian Symphony Orchestra dedicates Oct. 31 concert

It began this summer as representatives from the Meridian Symphony showed interest in observing a worthy cause in conjunction with one of its season concerts.

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Related Topix: Meridian, MS, Symphony, Arts, Cancer, Health, Breast Cancer, Classical

Thu Oct 08, 2009

The Australian

Classic steps on a chairway to heaven

THEATRE: Woyzeck. Sadari Movement Laboratory. Director: Do Wan Im. OzAsia Festival.

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Related Topix: Classical, Alban Berg, Opera

Tue Oct 06, 2009

MySanAntonio.com

'Riverwalk Jazz' turns 20

The Jim Cullum Jazz Band will be joined by a variety of guests to tape three shows of traditional jazz performances.

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Related Topix: Jazz, The Jim Cullum Jazz Band, Classical, Music, Entertainment

Liverpool Daily Post

Liverpool Arts: Daily Post Arts Editor Pick of the Day: Tuesday October 6, 2009

THEATRE: The musical version of Helen Forrester's autobiography Twopence to Cross the Mersey, above, returns to the Empire with a revised script.

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Related Topix: The String Quartet, Classical, Haydn, Bartok, Alban Berg Quartet

Sat Oct 03, 2009

MELODIKA.net

Festival Miami 2009 Brings the World's Great Performers to Miami for 26th Season

The 26th year of one of Miami's most exciting traditions - Festival Miami - is back to kick off the fall season with great and inspiring music.

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Related Topix: Miami, FL, Classical, Symphony, Arts

Thu Oct 01, 2009

Clarion

Music student, aspiring composer

Like most children who begin playing the piano, it is at a young age and at the urging of one's mother.

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Related Topix: Classical, Fort Wayne, IN, Fort Wayne Metro, Mozart

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