Susan Graham News

Renowned mezzo-soprano Susan Graham performs a program of all-French music Sunday afternoon at the Sunset Center in a concert presented by the Carmel Music Society.

Three years ago, the classical music world went bananas celebrating the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth.

WHO: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra "America's Period-Instrument Orchestra" Nicholas McGegan, Music Director WHAT: The Passion of Dido PURCELL Suite from Abdelazer "O Sing Unto the Lord a New Song" Chacony in G minor "Hear My Prayer, O Lord" Dido and Aeneas FEATURING Nicholas McGegan, conductor Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano William Berger, baritone ...

RICHARD STRAUSS 'S "Rosenkavalier," to be revived on Tuesday at the Metropolitan Opera , begins with one of the most vivid depictions of sexual ecstasy in music: an orchestral buildup reaching a climax in a brace of whooping French horns.

The Best of San Francisco Stage, Film, Fashion, Dining, Travel, Business, Philanthropy, and Governance - Challah Is Taken Sunday 13th of September 2009 SF SYMPHONY OPENING NIGHT - " Fabulous Start to 2009/10 Season 12 September 2009 Guest Pianist Lang Lang delivers florid rendition of Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No.

I didn't figure on watching the entire funeral Mass for Sen. Edward Kennedy, but I'm glad I got drawn in, for, in addition to all the fine oratory , there was music-making of great eloquence by three of the finest artists in today's classical world.

Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts launches its 64th Caramoor International Music Festival on Saturday, June 27 at 8:30pm with Susan Graham, the dazzling Metropolitan Opera star, singing a selection of Mozart's most beautiful and emotionally affecting arias.

With its presentation of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and mezzo- soprano Susan Graham Saturday night, Lafayette College 's Williams Center has the distinction of, by a few hours, closing the 2008-2009 classical music season.