Korngold News

The Downriver Community Band will headline "An Evening of Musical Memories," a benefit concert for the Fish & Loaves Community Food Pantry in Taylor, at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Ford Senior Center , 6750 Troy, ...

Spencer Brewer is not only a multi-million-selling composer, pianist and producer, but also a connoisseur of many of the greatest film scorers of all time.

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky started writing his Symphony No. 4 during a very turbulent year in his life: 1887 left him short on cash, running from a bad marriage, depressed and in distress.

The prestigious British award went to Ehnes's recording of Elgar's Violin Concerto with the London Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Sir Andrew Davis.

A PENDLETON park will be transformed into a classical paradise this weekend as thousands of music-lovers come to the city for Proms in the Park in Salford.

The Bluffton University Artist Series kicks off Thursday in style with the Toledo Symphony Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. in Yoder Recital Hall.

James Ehnes recently performed the Tchaikovsky violin concerto with the New York Philharmonic - the same piece he played with the orchestra five years previous, when he proposed to his girlfriend afterward.

A child prodigy seeks to realize his potential, writes an acclaimed opera, and ends up as one of Hollywood's most successful composers. This is not the plot, but the back story to Erich Wolfgang Korngold's 'Die Tote Stadt,' which opened the Summer Opera Theatre Company's 30th season at Catholic University's Hartke Theatre on Saturday night.

'Die Tote Stadt' has tended to attract more attention for its history than as a work. It is occasionally produced, but best known for its knockout soprano aria (which turns into a soprano-tenor duet) in Act I, and for its status as the most significant serious score of a career that never quite lived up to its promise, at least in the classical arena. Film music fans could justly protest: Korngold was virtually responsible for the development of the film score as a serious form of musical expression, writing the music for 'Captain Blood,' 'Robin Hood,' and 'The Sea Hawk,' among others. But his so-called serious music is seldom performed, with the exception of 'Die Tote Stadt.'

Douglas Rab , a Westminster College senior music major, will present his senior capstone recital Sunday, April 20 , at 4 p.m. in Wallace Memorial Chapel . via Westminster College

“There have been a lot of movements in lots of departments of the CBC away from support of classical music, and of course I can't help but take this extremely personally”

James Ehnes may be soaking up the sun in his adopted hometown of Bradenton, Florida, but the 32-year-old Brandon, Manitoba - 'born violinist hasn't forgotten Canada. via The Georgia Straight