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CSO concert sublime, ridiculous
Music lovers who missed Charleston Symphony Orchestra's Backstage Pass Series concert Thursday, missed something special.
Review: Delayed passion finally delivered in Philharmonia Baroque's 'Dido'
Three years ago, the classical music world went bananas celebrating the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth.
An audience with the King in Switzerland
SITTING in a 1st century Roman amphitheatre watching a 16th century opera performed in 20th century costume was a confusing experience.
Rogue Valley Symphony Orchestra
Martin Majkut, one of five conductors competing for the artistic helm of the Rogue Valley Symphony Orchestra, will conduct the orchestra's second concert series of the season beginning Friday, Nov.
Benefit for the Pa. Sinfonia blends the best of three musicians
''A Musical Triptych,'' this Sunday's entry in an ongoing series of benefit recitals for the Pennsylvania Sinfonia, brings together a disparate trio of musicians, all of whom are connected in one way or another.
Pro-Mozart Society presenting a
For almost 46 years the Pro-Mozart Society of Atlanta has been hosting classical concerts free of charge as a showcase for their scholarship program for promising young musicians to study at the Mozarteum in Austria.
Gabriela Montero: Classical musicians can make noodles, too
Venezuelan pianist Gabriela Montero can't quite explain her improvisational talents, though she does offer this: "I hear a ' I dona TMt think," she says.
Cleveland Orchestra maestro Franz Welser-Most will soon have two...
Deep within the historic Vienna State Opera, Franz Welser-M st is poring over scores used and notated by Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss, two of its more distinguished former directors.
Morihiko's Oktoberfest Surprise
Morihiko Nakahara constructed his Oktoberfest concert with the S.C. Philharmonic like a true scholar.
Review: Auckland Choral at Holy Trinity Cathedral
Insanae et vanae curae is a curiosity in the Haydn catalogue, a storm-tossed chorus rescued from his aria-heavy oratorio, The Return of Tobias.
Comedy, drama star in Tri-Cities Opera season
The Tri-Cities Opera hopes its mix of productions and cost- containment measures will lead to a successful 61st season.
Vienna looks to alter staid image by design
Mozart, Freud, Klimt. Those who came to Vienna in centuries gone by to join the heart of European activity are now the very attractions that draw crowds of tourists to the Austrian capital today.
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The Magic Flute comes to Belfast
MIDCOAST : Belfast. On Saturday, November 14th at 1:00 PM the Hutchinson Center Arts Celebration invites you to the second in our opera presentations.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
MARGARET: David. DAVID: You have got to lift your hat to people who make a film like this on the smell of an oily rag, presumably with no government assistance.
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Los Angeles Master Chorale's 46th season opener
In spite of the lugubrious theme of the program, thunderous ovations hailed the opening of the Los Angeles Master Chorale's 46th season on Oct.
Mozart has remained at the core of the classical repertory for more than two centuries because of all composers it's he who has most felicitously transformed every emotional state - from sadness to extreme pleasure - into accessible, beguiling music.
Conducting = Teaching Rhode Island conductor wants to lead the MCO
"I think at heart I am really a teacher, as well as a performer," he said. "The teaching never stops from the podium - I think that's the way Bernstein thought, too." Markward, the third candidate for the position of music director of the Montpelier Chamber Orchestra, will conduct the community orchestra in music of Mozart, Beethoven and Prokofiev, ...
Peter Bay's lecture brings Mendelsson's compositions to life
When discussing classical musical prodigies, two stand above the rest - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Felix Mendelssohn.
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