Poulenc News

On stage in Casper * Autumn Choral Concert This year's annual Autumn Choral Concert with the Casper College Music Department will feature a little something for almost all musical tastes with musical selections ...

Actor Dustin Hoffman and Broadway Legend Barbara Cook, Saturday, September 20, 2008 Mezzo-Soprano Frederica von Stade with the Los Angeles Premiere of Jake Heggie's At the Statue of Venus, October 11th, 2008 , ...

Physicist Daniel Goodman likes to experiment, and he doesn't limit his tinkering to the lab.

Wilfrid Mellers, a wise, passionate, deeply generous writer on music, has passed away at the age of ninety-four. I treasure his books on Percy Grainger and Poulenc, his twentieth-century survey Caliban Reborn , ...

“It's good that we have a really strong company right now.”

Temple dancers, lecherous priests, a scheming potentate, fickle noblemen and a noblewoman murderous with jealousy populate the ornate and exotic "La Bayadere," Petipa's 1877 ballet. via Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

“How do they manage to concentrate?”

Recital reveals ageless spirit of revered piano duo Ary Hermawan , The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Latifah Kodijat Marzoeki and Charlotte Panggabean, the celebrated pianists who have performed together for more than ... via The Jakarta Post

“Hey, let's work together again”

Program B was the first I saw in the three-day festival, and it differed from the others in that there were four ballets rather than three, so the night became something of a marathon in its own right, clocking ... via Civic Center

“I like to open music to larger audiences and this program is a good way to do it.”

Most youngsters consider practicing the piano a chore. French pianist Pascal Rog saw it as a reward. via Daily Herald

Courtney Mlinar, assistant director of Cottey's Blanche Skiff Ross Memorial Library, will present a spring clarinet recital on Wednesday, April 9, at 8 p.m. in the Missouri Recital Hall. via Nevada Daily Mail/Sunday Nevada Herald

“Omeros'; directed by Woody King. 2 p.m. Purchase College Performing Arts Center, 735 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase, N.Y. (914) 251-6200 or www.artscenter.org. 'ONCE UPON A MATTRESS”

FILM '2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY' Screening of the 1968 film directed by Stanley Kubrick. via Norwalk Advocate

READING: Formerly anonymous Imperial Hubris author and ex-CIA officer Michael Scheuer is at Politics and Prose to talk about his latest effort at describing the current state of American foreign policy, ... via DCist

Anthony Holden and Stephen Pritchard Sunday February 24, 2008 guardian.co.uk Various A Mozart Album Stephen Hough 12.99 What begins as a solid rendition of Mozart keyboard standards develops into a ... via Guardian Unlimited

“Can we teach classical singers to sing something else?”

In an era of concert performances when amplification is the norm, the opportunity to encounter a group of singers performing in a church, with not a microphone to be found, provides a respite-not just from ... via All About Jazz

“Our focus is less on the spectacle and more on the story, the characters and the singing.”

Show focuses on students, not costumes, sets Melissa Crowe and Betsy Stelzer Issue date: 1/24/08 Section: ARTS Even the pickiest critics will enjoy a taste of NT Opera's production "Opera Without Elephants." A ... via North Texas Daily

“But asking me about my biggest influence is like asking (the same of) a pebble you've picked up on the sea shore”

Few concert violinists do more preparation than French virtuoso Raphael Oleg. For him, each performance requires meticulous research on the composer and the work. via The Japan Times

Ivan Hewett reviews Simon Keenlyside at Wigmore Hall Not so long ago the French composer Francis Poulenc was dismissed as a kind of high-class musical pastry-maker. Serious music-lovers disdained his songs, ... via Telegraph.co.uk