BSO Performs Season Preview Concert Tonight
by BWW News Desk - September 11, 2013 Andrew Constantine, the BSO's popular former Associate Conductor, will lead the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) in a 2013-2014 Season Preview Concert tonight, September 11 at 8 p.m. at the Music Center at Strathmore....
Vassily Sinaisky Leads the LA Phil in Holst's The Planets, 1/10-12
by Kelsey Denette - January 08, 2013 Internationally-acclaimed conductor Vassily Sinaisky returns to Walt Disney Concert Hall to lead the Los Angeles Philharmonic in three evening performances, Thursday through Saturday, January 10 - 12, at 8 pm. The program includes Liadov's Eight Russian Folk Songs, Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 2 ...
Chattanooga Symphony & Opera Debut with AN AMERICAN SALUTE, 9/22
by Christina Mancuso - July 31, 2013 The Chattanooga Symphony & Opera opens its 2013/14 season with a free community concert, An American Salute and an homage to The Planets....
Larry Rachleff Opens 18th Season Directing Rhode Island Philharmonic, 9/21
by Christina Mancuso - August 22, 2013 East Providence, RI ? The opening night of the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra's 69th season is just a month away. September 21 marks the beginning of Music Director LARRY RACHLEFF's 18th season with the Orchestra. Concerts will take place on four Fridays and eight Saturdays at The Vets, 1 Avenu...
Brevard Music Center Features Keith Lockhart, Ken Lam and More, 8/2
by Christina Mancuso - July 24, 2013 Sunday, August 4, at 3:00 p.m. Keith Lockhart and the Brevard Music Center Orchestra bring the 2013 season to an exciting finale with special guest, internationally renowned cellist Johannes Moser performing Elgar's elegiac cello concerto. The concert will close with Holst's beloved suite for large ...
Columbus Symphony Youth Orchestra to Perform THE PLANETS, 3/10
by Kelsey Denette - February 28, 2013 In its final concert of the 2012-13 season, CSO Associate Conductor Peter Stafford Wilson will lead the Columbus Symphony Youth Orchestra (CSYO) in a performance of Gustov Holst's The Planets. The program will also feature trumpeter Liam Bacon, a senior at Linworth Alternative High School, in the Ar...
Rhode Island Philharmonic to Perform Holst's THE PLANETS with Guest Conductor Michael Christie, 10/18-19
by Rosie Hertzman - September 30, 2013 The Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra's season continues Saturday October 19, when Music Director LARRY RACHLEFF welcomes guest conductor MICHAEL CHRISTIE for a program featuring Gustav Holst's The Planets and the Schumann Cello Concerto, featuring cellist COLIN CARR in a return engagement...
Houston Symphony to Host Centennial 100th Birthday Concert at Miller Outdoor Theatre, 6/21
by BWW News Desk - June 07, 2013 On June 21, the Houston Symphony will celebrate its 100th birthday on the anniversary of its first public concert by inviting all of Houston to a free Centennial 100th Birthday Concert at Miller Outdoor Theatre....
Bass Concert Hall Welcomes THE PLANETS: AN HD ODYSSEY Tonight, 10/21
by BWW News Desk - October 21, 2012 Experience a powerful performance of composer Gustav Holst's The Planets paired with a high-definition film from NASA's latest exploration of the solar system. On a giant screen over the stage you'll see the latest stunning images from the Mars Rovers and past probe missions Magellan, Voyager, and G...
Toronto Symphony Orchestra to Release Rachmaninoff and Stravinsky on 8/6
by Ben Peltz - August 06, 2013 The Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) and Music Director Peter Oundjian will release a recording of Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring—in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the work—and Sergei Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances on the Orchestra's self-produced recording label, TSO LIVE. The T...
Pacific Symphony Kicks Off Summer Festival 2013 with Music of Neil Diamond Tonight
by BWW News Desk - July 04, 2013 Heartfelt songs made famous by one of America's most beloved performers-Neil Diamond-along with rousing band marches and meaningful, award-winning film music drum up feelings of celebration and American pride at Pacific Symphony's 'July 4 Extravaganza,' featuring tribute band Super Diamond....
Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Announce the 2013-2014 Season
by Kelsey Denette - March 01, 2013 Music Director Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) announce the Orchestra's 2013-2014 season, its seventh under the direction of Maestra Alsop....
New York Phil's July Radio Broadcasts to Include GILBERT'S PLAYLIST & More
by Tyler Peterson - June 14, 2013 The July broadcasts of The New York Philharmonic This Week - the weekly radio series of concerts and recordings by the New York Philharmonic, hosted by Alec Baldwin - begin with a Summertime Classics program from July 2012 titled 'A New York Fourth,' conducted by Bramwell Tovey. The Hellcats and Jaz...
Sir Simon Rattle Conducts YOLA at EXPO, 5/5
by Kelsey Denette - April 30, 2012 The Los Angeles Philharmonic presents the 6th annual free Youth Orchestra Festival Day, showcasing Youth Orchestra Los Angeles (YOLA), the Glendale Youth Orchestra and the Claremont Young Musicians Orchestra at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Saturday, May 5, 2012, from 12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m....
Human Growth Foundation Announces Flushing Meadows Park Event, 4/21
by Kelsey Denette - March 22, 2013 Human Growth Foundation is calling on all ages and leashed pets on Sunday, April 21, 2013 from 7:00 am to 12:00 pm at Flushing Meadows Park (Fountain of the Planets) in Corona, NY. The event will feature entertainment for all ages, community vendors, giveaways, and awards to Top Fundraising Walkers ...
Discovery & Science Channels to Celebrate Neil Armstrong With All-New Special
by Caryn Robbins - August 29, 2012 In celebration of Armstrong's life and innumerable contributions to space exploration, Discovery Channel and SCIENCE will air special premiere presentations of ONE GIANT LEAP: A NEIL ARMSTRONG TRIBUTE....
Debbie Gibson Composes New Songs for CIRQUE MUSICA, Opening in Texas Today
by BWW News Desk - June 22, 2013 TGC Productions, producer of CIRQUE MUSICA - a concert and visual experience for the entire family -- has announced a new creative collaboration with Debbie Gibson. Ms. Gibson will compose two new original songs for the new touring circus-style show, which performs with a full symphony orchestra. Tr...
Lyric Opera of Chicago Names Michael Black New Chorus Master, Starting 2013-14 Season
by BWW News Desk - December 14, 2012 Anthony Freud, general director of Lyric Opera of Chicago, announced today that Michael Black will be the company's new chorus master beginning with the 2013-14 season. He commences in August of 2013....
NY Phil Presents SUMMERTIME CLASSICS Conducted by Bramwell Tovey, Now thru 7/7
by BWW News Desk - July 03, 2013 The New York Philharmonic will present its tenth season of Summertime Classics, today, July 3-7, 2013, featuring five themed concerts with Bramwell Tovey, who has been the host and conductor of the series since its founding in 2004....
Dr. Sol Aisenberg Explains Mysteries in HOW TO UNDERSTAND THE TRUE COSMOS
by Christina Mancuso - July 19, 2013 The rapid pace of scientific advancement in the field of astrophysics, and the new discoveries in the field and its sheer complexity has resulted in the obsolescence of many theories and models previously used to explain the nature of the universe and the celestial bodies within its expanse. With Ho...
Laurie Anderson, C!RCA, Grupo Corpo and More Highlight UT's Texas Performing Arts 2012-13 Season
by BWW News Desk - April 30, 2012 Texas Performing Arts continues a legacy of presenting world-class performances to the University of Texas at Austin and Central Texas audiences with the unveiling of its most ambitious and diverse season to date. The 2012-2013 season highlights talent from around the world in an eclectic mix of mus...
Houston Symphony Hosts Centennial 100th Birthday Concert at Miller Outdoor Theatre Tonight
by BWW News Desk - June 21, 2013 Tonight, June 21, the Houston Symphony will celebrate its 100th birthday on the anniversary of its first public concert by inviting all of Houston to a free Centennial 100th Birthday Concert at Miller Outdoor Theatre....
Pacific Symphony to Kick Off Summer Festival 2013 with Music of Neil Diamond, 7/4
by BWW News Desk - June 10, 2013 Heartfelt songs made famous by one of America's most beloved performers-Neil Diamond-along with rousing band marches and meaningful, award-winning film music drum up feelings of celebration and American pride at Pacific Symphony's 'July 4 Extravaganza,' featuring tribute band Super Diamond. ?...
Pacific Symphony to Present THE PLANETS as Part of Summer Festival, 7/13
by Devin MacDonald - June 26, 2013 As grand and shimmering as the stars above, the powerful music of Gustav Holst's "The Planets" soars under the night sky at Pacific Symphony's second concert of the Summer Festival 2013, presented by Hoag, at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine. With stunning images of space from NASA projec...
Robert Spano to Lead ASO in Space-Themed Program, 6/13 & 15
by BWW News Desk - May 01, 2013 Music Director Robert Spano will lead the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (ASO) in a space- themed program June 13 and 15, 2013, at 8:00 p.m., in Atlanta Symphony Hall at the Woodruff Arts Center. The concerts will include R. Strauss's Also sprach Zarathustra - popularized after its use in the film 2001:... |