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Milwaukee Youth Symphony Presents Spring Concert, 5/6
by BWW News Desk - April 19, 2012
Milwaukee Youth Symphony Orchestra presents the first of three Spring Concerts on Sunday, May 6, 2012, at 3:00 PM, in Uihlein Hall of the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts.
Jeffrey Kahane Leads Bach Sonatas at LA Chamber Orch Baroque Conversations, 4/19
by BWW News Desk - April 19, 2012
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) continues its popular "Baroque Conversations" with a program featuring three Bach sonatas performed by LACO Music Director and keyboardist Jeffrey Kahane and three LACO principals on Thursday, April 19, 2012, 7 pm, at Zipper Hall in downtown Los Angeles. Kahane, who celebrates his 15th anniversary as LACO music director, performs the Viola da Gamba Sonata in G major, BWV 1027 with Principal Cello Andrew Shulman; the Oboe Sonata in G minor, BWV 1030b with Principal Oboe Allan Vogel; and the Violin Sonata in E major, BWV 1016 with Concertmaster Margaret Batjer. Kahane shares his insights into the music from the stage and invites questions from the audience. A complimentary pre-concert wine reception for ticket holders begins at 6 pm.
Jenny Q Chai Plays Carnegie Hall, 4/19
by BWW News Desk - April 19, 2012
Performing works by Inhyun Kim, Ashley Fu-Tsun Wang, Marco Stroppa, Kurtag, Messaien, Ligeti, Debussy, and Schumann, pianist Jenny Q. Chai makes her Carnegie Hall debut at Zankel Hall on Thursday, April 19 at 7:30pm. Tickets are $30 ($15 for students) and will be available beginning February 19th at www.carnegiehall.org, at the Carnegie Hall Box office at 57th street and 7th avenue in New York City (which is also the location of the venue), or by calling 212 247 7800.
LA Phil Presents UK Screenings of Mahler's SYMPHONY OF A THOUSAND in London, Bristol & More
by BWW News Desk - April 16, 2012
The Los Angeles Philharmonic (LA Phil) and Omniverse Vision Ltd. announced today that the critically-acclaimed performance featuring world-renowned Music Director Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil, LA Phil LIVE: Dudamel conducts Mahler 8, "Symphony of a Thousand," will be broadcast to movie theaters in six locations in the UK, beginning April 16.
Philadelphia Youth Orchestra Concert Performs April 15 at Verizon Hall
by BWW News Desk - April 15, 2012
Maestro Louis Scaglione, President and Music Director of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra organization (PYO), today announced the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra's performance on Sunday, April 15, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. in The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts' Verizon Hall. More than 100 of the region's most gifted and talented young, classical musicians will perform several pieces under the direction of Maestro Louis Scaglione, who is celebrating his 15th anniversary season with the PYO organization.
Bach Week Founders Will Reunite to Open 39th Festival April 27
by Harmony Wheeler - April 13, 2012
The 39th annual edition of the Chicago area's Bach Week Festival, where Baroque music lovers luxuriate in diverse works of Johann Sebastian Bach, will present a signature blend of solo, concerto, orchestral, and choral performances in concerts April 27, May 4, and May 6 in Evanston.
Australian Chamber Orchestra with Teddy Tahu Rhodes Comes to Atlanta, 4/12
by BWW News Desk - April 12, 2012
Emory's Schwartz Center for Performing Arts welcomes the Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) on Thursday, April 12 at 8 p.m. Joining the ACO will be New Zealand opera star Teddy Tahu Rhodes. The concert program includes Mahler, Shostakovich, and modern composers such as Robert Saxton. Teddy Tahu Rhodes will performing Beethoven's An die ferne Geliebte and Richard Rodney Bennett's Songs Before Sleep.
Jeffrey Kahane Leads Bach Sonatas at LA Chamber Orch Baroque Conversations, 4/19
by Harmony Wheeler - April 06, 2012
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO) continues its popular "Baroque Conversations" with a program featuring three Bach sonatas performed by LACO Music Director and keyboardist Jeffrey Kahane and three LACO principals on Thursday, April 19, 2012, 7 pm, at Zipper Hall in downtown Los Angeles. Kahane, who celebrates his 15th anniversary as LACO music director, performs the Viola da Gamba Sonata in G major, BWV 1027 with Principal Cello Andrew Shulman; the Oboe Sonata in G minor, BWV 1030b with Principal Oboe Allan Vogel; and the Violin Sonata in E major, BWV 1016 with Concertmaster Margaret Batjer. Kahane shares his insights into the music from the stage and invites questions from the audience. A complimentary pre-concert wine reception for ticket holders begins at 6 pm.
Robert Spano To Lead World Premiere Of Alvin Singleton Work
by Harmony Wheeler - April 05, 2012
Music Director Robert Spano will lead the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in the world premiere of Different River - a new work composed by Alvin Singleton and commissioned by Mr. Spano and the Orchestra - May 10, 11, and 12, 2012, at 8:00 p.m. in Atlanta Symphony Hall at the Woodruff Arts Center. Guest pianist Leon Bates will join the Orchestra for Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, and the program will also include Copland's Symphony No. 3, which is most famous for its finale that quotes the Fanfare for the Common Man.
Amphibian Presents Cygnus Ensemble: Works by Greenbaum, Rakowski, Babbitt, Suzuki, Claman & Biscardi, 4/3
by Harmony Wheeler - April 02, 2012
AMPHIBIAN concert series presents Cygnus Ensemble performing Venerable Canons, works by Matthew Greenbaum, David Rakowski, Milton Babbitt, Shoko Suzuki, David Claman and Chester Biscardi on Tuesday, April 3rd at 8pm. Mezzo-soprano Re'ut Ben Ze'ev will be a special guest. The performance will be at the Hi Art! Gallery.
Yo-Yo Ma & Kathryn Stott with The Assad Brothers Perform Latin American Music, 4/22
by Harmony Wheeler - April 02, 2012
World-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma, pianist Kathryn Stott and South American guitarists The Assad Brothers bring a night of unconventional classical music to the Mesa Arts Center, Sunday, April 22 at 7:30 p.m.
Nicholas McGegan Conducts Beethoven’s Third Symphony at Ambassador Auditorium, 3/31
by BWW News Desk - March 31, 2012
Grammy nominated conductor Nicholas McGegan brings his artistic approach to the Pasadena Symphony in a concert of Mozart and Beethoven on March 31 at 2 and 8 pm at Ambassador Auditorium. The concert features one of Beethoven's towering achievements - the mighty Symphony No. 3 "Eroica", plus Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20, which Beethoven revered above all others for its elegance, beauty and tenderness performed by award winning Armenian pianist Nareh Arghamanyan, as well as Mendelssohn's Fair Melusina Overture.
Musical Chairs Chamber Ensemble Performs Works by De Falla, Debussy, More 3/31
by BWW News Desk - March 31, 2012
Musical Chairs Chamber Ensemble, Inc. (MCCE) presents the third concert in its 2011-12 residency at The Staten Island Museum on Saturday, March 31, 2012 at 8pm. The evening features works by MCCE's 2011-12 composer-in-residence Andrew Rosciszewski, MCCE's Composer Search Finalist 2012 Elizabeth Nonemaker, Claude Debussy, Manuel De Falla, Alan Hovhaness, Henryk Gorecki and Francis Poulenc performed in a cabaret-style setting by MCCE members Tamara Keshecki (flute), Amanda Romano (harp), Elizabeth McCullough (soprano) and Wen-Yi Lo (piano). The performance will be livestreamed from www.mcensemble.org via Justin.TV and MCCE will field questions during via Twitter and Facebook.
Musica Sacra Presents Songs and Romances, 4/23
by Harmony Wheeler - March 30, 2012
On Monday, April 23, 2012 at 8 p.m. in Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall, the Musica Sacra Chorus will perform a concert featuring compositions of Romantic icons Brahms, Schubert, and Schumann.
Philadelphia Youth Orchestra Concert Performs April 15 at Verizon Hall
by Harmony Wheeler - March 30, 2012
Maestro Louis Scaglione, President and Music Director of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra organization (PYO), today announced the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra's performance on Sunday, April 15, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. in The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts' Verizon Hall. More than 100 of the region's most gifted and talented young, classical musicians will perform several pieces under the direction of Maestro Louis Scaglione, who is celebrating his 15th anniversary season with the PYO organization.
Musical Chairs Chamber Ensemble Performs Works by De Falla, Debussy, More 3/31
by Harmony Wheeler - March 29, 2012
Musical Chairs Chamber Ensemble, Inc. (MCCE) presents the third concert in its 2011-12 residency at The Staten Island Museum on Saturday, March 31, 2012 at 8pm. The evening features works by MCCE's 2011-12 composer-in-residence Andrew Rosciszewski, MCCE's Composer Search Finalist 2012 Elizabeth Nonemaker, Claude Debussy, Manuel De Falla, Alan Hovhaness, Henryk Gorecki and Francis Poulenc performed in a cabaret-style setting by MCCE members Tamara Keshecki (flute), Amanda Romano (harp), Elizabeth McCullough (soprano) and Wen-Yi Lo (piano). The performance will be livestreamed from www.mcensemble.org via Justin.TV and MCCE will field questions during via Twitter and Facebook.
North Carolina Symphony Celebrates 80 Years with Food and Wine Tasting, April 22
by BWW News Desk - March 28, 2012
Chapel Hill's iconic gourmet emporium, A Southern Season, located at University Mall on Estes Drive, will offer a public shopping and food and wine tasting experience on April 22 from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. to launch the city's community celebration of the North Carolina Symphony's 80th Anniversary Season. Entry to the event is $40 per person in advance and $45 the day of the event, both online and at the door. Ten percent of all purchases made that evening go to support the mission of the North Carolina Symphony. For more information and to reserve your space for this evening of award-winning gourmet food, wine and shopping, visit www.ncsymphony.org/birthday or call 919.789.5475.
League of American Orchestras Announces Two Fellows for 2012 Orchestra Management Fellowship Program
by Mark Valdez - March 28, 2012
The League of American Orchestras today announced the 2012 Orchestra Management Fellows. Agnieszka (Eska) Laskus and Agnieszka Rakhmatullaev, this year's Fellows, will spend one full year in the League's intensive management training program, designed to launch executive careers in orchestra management. Since its inception in 1980, the highly competitive Orchestra Management Fellowship Program has graduated approximately 175 fellows, many of whom hold leadership positions in America's leading orchestras. The program was redesigned in 2011 to train administrators who have direct managerial experience and demonstrated potential to lead a professional orchestra within five to ten years.
David Garrett Releases Legacy CD, DVD, Available June 5
by Harmony Wheeler - March 27, 2012
David Garrett comes full circle with his new classical recording of Beethoven and Kreisler, Legacy, to be released June 5th on Decca, along with stand-alone concert DVD Legacy Live. Both represent David's dual career, bridging his crossover repertoire with his classical career that began at age 9 when played his first symphony concerts, to later signing a deal with the prestigious Deutsche Grammophon label at 14. Landing at #1 on the top of the UK's classical chart, Legacy also achieved platinum status in Germany, where it was the highest debut on the Pop Chart for a classical instrumental recording since the inception of that chart in 1962.
KADDISH, et al. Set for New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, 4/27
by Max Schwager - March 26, 2012
Renowned violinist Gil Shaham joins Music Director Jacques Lacombe and the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra (NJSO) for "Shaham & Lacombe," a concert program the Orchestra will present in Newark, New Brunswick and Morristown April 27-29. Shaham and the NJSO will give the world premiere of Richard Danielpour's Kaddish for Violin and Orchestra; Shaham also performs Berg's Violin Concerto, "To the Memory of an Angel." The program also includes Prokofiev's Symphony No. 3, for which the composer adapted music from his opera The Fiery Angel, and Mozart's Masonic Funeral Music.
Vienna State Opera Announce Eberhard Waechter Tribute for 20th Anniversary of His Death
by James T Harding - March 26, 2012
Anlässlich des 20. Todestages von KS Eberhard Waechter am 29. März erinnern eine Ausstellung, eine Matinee, eine Buchpublikation sowie eine Filmvorführung an den ehemaligen Direktor der Wiener Staatsoper.
Brian Jackson Retires as Principal Pops Conductor With BROADWAY SPECTACULAR
by Harmony Wheeler - March 23, 2012
Brian Jackson will conduct his final concerts as Principal Pops Conductor March 30, 31 and April 1, when The Canadian College of Performing Arts (CCPA) joins the Victoria Symphony for BROADWAY SPECTACULAR.
Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic Release New Album of Magnus Lindberg and Prokofiev
by Harmony Wheeler - March 21, 2012
The fifth release from the Alan Gilbert and the New York Philharmonic 2011-12 Season digital recording series is now available for download from iTunes and other major online music providers. This latest recording - led by Music Director Alan Gilbert - features Feria, a 17-minute orchestral essay completed in 1997 by The Marie-Josee Kravis Composer-in-Residence Magnus Lindberg, alongside Prokofiev's Symphony No. 5.
LA Phil Announces UK Screenings of Mahler's SYMPHONY OF A THOUSAND: London, Bristol & More from April 16
by James T Harding - March 21, 2012
The Los Angeles Philharmonic (LA Phil) and Omniverse Vision Ltd. announced today that the critically-acclaimed performance featuring world-renowned Music Director Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Phil, LA Phil LIVE: Dudamel conducts Mahler 8, "Symphony of a Thousand," will be broadcast to movie theaters in six locations in the UK, beginning April 16.
San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas Perform at Carnegie Hall, Air on PBS and Q2 Music
by Harmony Wheeler - March 19, 2012
The San Francisco Symphony and Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas will be making their presence known in New York City this month with four concerts March 27-30 at Carnegie Hall as part of the American Mavericks celebration, a co-presentation by the Symphony and Carnegie Hall. While they are in New York, WNET's THIRTEEN will screen two PBS Great Performances programs on March 29 & 30 of concert events led by Michael Tilson Thomas: The Thomashefskys: Music & Memories of a Life in the Yiddish Theater, and San Francisco Symphony at 100, including the Symphony's Centennial Season gala concert featuring Itzhak Perlman and Lang Lang.

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