BWW Reviews: WEST SIDE STORY at the Symphony Gives New Life to Classic Movie
West Side Story at the Symphony is an incredible experience, combining the classic movie with a a score played live by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
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BWW Reviews: Tempesta di Mare's GREAT BOOKS Program is One for the Books
Gwyn Roberts and Richard Stone save their audience some reading time by letting them enjoy the musical versions of several literary classics.
BWW Reviews: Piffaro Goes BACK BEFORE BACH at 2013 Philadelphia Bach Festival
The fourth concert of the 3013 Bach Festival presented the forerunners of J.
BWW Reviews: SHOW BOAT Rolls Along at Washington National Opera
SHOW BOAT is back in an appealing production by the Washington National Opera.
BWW Reviews: Peter Nero and the Philly Pops Time Travel at PIFA to Swinging Sixties Spy Movie Music
The PIFA time travel theme took the Philly Pops to the birth of the James Bond film franchise.
BWW Reviews: Soprano Nina Stemme Leaves Audience 'In the Dark' with Swedish Chamber Orchestra
Anyone expecting vocal fireworks from soprano Nina Stemme's appearance last night at Alice Tully Hall with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra, under Thomas Dausgaard, was woefully disappointed.
VIDEO: Mei-Ann Chen Previews Chicago Sinfonietta's POLITICAL AWAKENINGS Concerts, Beg. Tonight
Maestro Mei-Ann Chen previews Chicago Sinfonietta's 'Political Awakenings' concerts in the video below! The concerts will take place tonight, April 19 at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance in Chicago, and April 20th at Wentz Concert Hall on the campus of North Central College in Naperville.
BWW Reviews: Bach Festival Society Teams Up with Orlando Ballet to Create CARMINA BURANA
CARMINA BURANA ran from April 12-April 14th at the Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre.
BWW Reviews: Cleveland Orchestra's Exhilarating CARMINA BARANA
The Cleveland Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra Chorus, and the Children's Chorus and three soloists combined to perform Orff's masterpiece, CARMINA BURANA, for four sold out performances.
VIDEO: Mei-Ann Chen Previews Chicago Sinfonietta's POLITICAL AWAKENINGS Concerts
Maestro Mei-Ann Chen previews Chicago Sinfonietta's 'Political Awakenings' concerts in the video below! The concerts will take place on April 19 at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance in Chicago, and April 20th at Wentz Concert Hall on the campus of North Central College in Naperville.
BWW Reviews: Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia Celebrates the Fall of the Berlin Wall at PIFA
The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Conductor Laureate Ignat Solzhenitsyn, the Mendelssohn Club, and the Center for Emerging Visual Art paid tribute to one of the great events of modern history during the PIFA celebrations in a well-received performance of musical, vocal, and visual art
BWW Reviews: Bernstein's MASS at Penn State a Monumental Undertaking and a Giant Performance
The fiftieth anniversary of the College of Arts and Architecture was celebrated in style with a major production of the celebrated (and sometimes excoriated) 'theatre piece'
BWW Reviews: Goode to Great: Orpheus Returns to Carnegie Hall
Felix Mendelssohn completed his Symphony Number 4 ('The Italian') in Berlin, in 1833, at the conclusion of a three year vacation/tour of Europe.
BWW Reviews: World Premiere of Michael Daugherty's REFLECTIONS ON THE MISSISSIPPI
On March 24, Philadelphia Orchestra principal tubist Carol Jantsch and the Grammy-nominated Temple University Symphony Orchestra presented the world premiere of Daugherty's new concerto to a receptive and enthusiastic audience
BWW Reviews: Emanuel Ax in Recital of Beethoven and Chopin Through Gretna Music
Noted pianist Emanuel Ax delighted the audience at Leffler Performance Center in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania with his performance of the 'Pathetique' and other works
BWW Reviews: Brahms and Tchaikovski Make a Fine Pair
Brahms two piano concertos, written some twenty years apart (as their opus numbers 15 and 83 display) were not referred to as concertos at all at the time of their premiers but rather as 'symphonies with piano obligato,' and it's easy to see why.
BWW Review: Utah Symphony's DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SING? is Sublime
Utah Symphony recently presented the sublime "Do You Hear the People Sing: From Les Mis to Miss Saigon" concert at Abravanel Hall.
BWW Reviews: New York Philharmonic Presents a CAROUSEL You Never Want to Get Off
Musically, 'Carousel' is by far the most intelligently written and sophisticated of the entire Rodgers and Hammerstein canon.
BWW Reviews: HAIRSPRAY Concert with Baltimore Symphony Orchestra - One for the Ages
It was a night to remember when John Waters narrated the story of Hairspray to a sold-out crowd at the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore.
BWW Reviews: Utah Symphony's BALLROOM WITH A TWIST Sparkles and Shines
In Ballroom with a Twist at Abravanel Hall, the Utah Symphony sparkled and its guest artists (culled from TV reality competitions) shined.
BWW Reviews: Rich Ridenour Warms Dearborn with a Night at the Oscars in GREAT MOVIES, GRAND PIANO
It may have only reached 10 degrees outside the Michael A.
BWW Reviews: Renee Fleming and Susan Graham Delight Carnegie Hall, 1/27
There are certain occasions when even the most jaded New York audience can just smile and say thank you.
BWW Reviews: ALEXANDER NEVSKY with Music by Prokofiev Performed by BSO
Classic 1938 film with live score packs the concert hall.
BWW Reviews: Capital City Men's Chorus Spreads Christmas Cheer with THE YULE OF COOL
Back in September, I sang the praises of Austin's Capital City Men's Chorus, saying "This group is polished, professional, hungry to be heard, and just as good as their counterparts in other cities such as Los Angeles and New York.
BWW Reviews: Andreas Scholl at the Ware Center, Lancaster
Famed German countertenor Andreas Scholl and Israeli pianist Tamar Halperin performed works from Scholl's new song/lieder CD at the Ware Center, Lancaster, on December 5.