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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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

ALBAN BERG adapted the libretto for Wozzeck from a 19th-century play based on a true story about a German soldier executed for murdering his mistress.

OPERA star Waltraud Meier, the German mezzo-soprano hailed as much for her powerful presence as powerful voice, is back at the Paris Opera on Thursday in one of her most well-known roles.

Cast includes: Amanda Roocroft as Cio-Cio-San, Russell Thomas as Pinkerton, Neal Davies as Sharpless, Claire Bradshaw as Suzuki and Michael Druiett as The Bonze Plot: Several years have passed since Cio-Cio-San's husband Lieutenant Pinkerton left her to return to America.

A YOUNG orchestra by German standards, the 63-year-old Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin performed at the Usher Hall on Wednesday evening with a finesse and assured confidence to rival that of their longer established counterparts.

The story of Johann Christian Woyzeck goes like this: A German man born into poverty in the late 18th century tries his hand in several professions.

In one of Germanya TMs most westerly corners, where France, Luxembourg and the federal republic collide, resides a Renaissance castle amidst the Mosel vineyards.

Ten-year-old sixth grader Jarrett Brunett, who has local ties here in Yerington, is more than just a typical little boy, romping around outdoors, playing in the mud and pretending to be sick to avoid school.