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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.
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.
CARMINA BURANA ran from April 12-April 14th at the Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre.
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.
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.
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
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'
Felix Mendelssohn completed his Symphony Number 4 ('The Italian') in Berlin, in 1833, at the conclusion of a three year vacation/tour of Europe.
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
Noted pianist Emanuel Ax delighted the audience at Leffler Performance Center in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania with his performance of the 'Pathetique' and other works
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.
Utah Symphony recently presented the sublime "Do You Hear the People Sing: From Les Mis to Miss Saigon" concert at Abravanel Hall.
Musically, 'Carousel' is by far the most intelligently written and sophisticated of the entire Rodgers and Hammerstein canon.
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.
In Ballroom with a Twist at Abravanel Hall, the Utah Symphony sparkled and its guest artists (culled from TV reality competitions) shined.
It may have only reached 10 degrees outside the Michael A.
There are certain occasions when even the most jaded New York audience can just smile and say thank you.
Classic 1938 film with live score packs the concert hall.
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.
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.
Following her recent, critically acclaimed New York Carnegie Hall debut, pianist Jenny Q Chai has been selected to appear at New York's Le Poisson Rouge.
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American Composers Orchestra: Hello, America: We Gather Here at Carnegie Hall Carnegie Hall (10/27-10/27) |
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Carnegie Hall Presents: Santiago Cañón-Valencia and Victor Santiago Asuncion Carnegie Hall (11/10-11/10) |
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American Composers Orchestra: New Virtuoso: Low End Theory at Carnegie Hall Carnegie Hall (3/18-3/18) |
