Gustav Mahler News

Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Center begins its 2011-2012 season with the Music Center debut of Scottish Ballet, Scotland's national dance company, at the Music Center's Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, October 14-16, 2011.

Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Center begins its 2011-2012 season with the Music Center debut of Scottish Ballet, Scotland's national dance company, at the Music Center's Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, October 14-16, 2011. The company will present 'Song of the Earth,' choreographed by Sir Kenneth MacMillan with music by Gustav Mahler, and a North American première choreographed by Jorma Elo, with music by Mozart and Steve Reich. Scottish Ballet is under the current artistic direction of former Royal Ballet dancer and choreographer Ashley Page, who was in 2006 awarded an OBE in the Queen's birthday honors list for his service to dance.

This fall, the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College presents a series of events featuring world-class dance, music, and theater programs, from September through December. All programs take place in the acoustically superb Sosnoff Theater.

Internationally acclaimed tenor Andrea Bocelli will perform a free concert on Central Park's Great Lawn, Thursday, September 15th with the New York Philharmonic, conducted by its music director Alan Gilbert, as a special gift to New York City (tickets required for entry).

Internationally acclaimed tenor Andrea Bocelli will perform a free concert on Central Park's Great Lawn, Thursday, September 15th with the New York Philharmonic, conducted by its music director Alan Gilbert, as a special gift to New York City (tickets required for entry).

The free concert offered by internationally acclaimed tenor Andrea Bocelli on Central Park's Great Lawn, Thursday, September 15, 2011, will be recorded in high definition by THIRTEEN's GREAT PERFORMANCES. Accompanied by the New York Philharmonic, under the direction of music director Alan Gilbert, the Westminster Symphonic Choir, conducted by Joe Miller, with special guest artists to be announced, the gala event is a special gift to New York City.

Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Center begins its 2011-2012 season with the Music Center debut of Scottish Ballet, Scotland's national dance company, at the Music Center's Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, October 14-16, 2011.

PBS will commemorate the tenth anniversary of September 11th with a special series of new and encore programs leading up to and continuing beyond Sunday, September 11. Programs in news and public affairs, science, and the performing arts are planned as part of the remembrance. Beginning at 4:00 p.m. on September 11, the entire PBS schedule will be devoted to special programming.

PBS will commemorate the tenth anniversary of September 11th with a special series of new and encore programs leading up to and continuing beyond Sunday, September 11.

On Saturday, July 16 at 8:00pm Caramoor International Music Festival presents vibrant violinist Sarah Chang and the Orchestra of St. Luke's, conducted by Douglas Boyd in a program that comes from the heart of the symphonic repertoire.

The San Francisco Symphony and Michael Tilson Thomas will present new episodes of their acclaimed Keeping Score television series on New York's WNET/THIRTEEN on Saturday, June 25 at 2:00 p.m. and Saturday, July 2 at 2:00 p.m. In a year marking the centenary of both the death of Gustav Mahler and the birth of the San Francisco Symphony, the Orchestra's Keeping Score project focuses on the enigmatic composer with two one-hour documentary-style episodes, two live-performance programs (full details follow), new Mahler-related content at http://www.keepingscore.org and a 13-part national radio series. The Keeping Score project is a natural outgrowth of the San Francisco Symphony's almost century-long commitment to make classical music more accessible and meaningful to people of all ages and musical backgrounds.

13 Days When Music Changed Forever, a new radio series that is part of the San Francisco Symphony and Michael Tilson Thomas's Keeping Score music education project, is currently airing on New York's Classical 105.9 FM WQXR and streaming live at www.wqxr.org on Tuesday evenings at 10:00 p.m.

Screenvision, the leading innovator in cinema advertising, announced additional, extended dates for its limited presentation of the New York Philharmonic's critically acclaimed, all-star revival of Stephen Sondheim's Tony Award-winning musical, Company. Due to the overwhelming response of the movie theater audience of the sold-out production, now more fans have the opportunity to see this once in a lifetime revival of classic musical theater.

Screenvision, the leading innovator in cinema advertising, continues its mission to bring the best from the world of fine arts to movie theaters as it will present the New York Philharmonic's all-new, star-studded production of Stephen Sondheim's Tony Award-winning musical, Company.

The San Francisco Symphony and Michael Tilson Thomas will present new episodes of their acclaimed Keeping Score television series on New York's WNET/THIRTEEN on Saturday, June 25 at 2:00 p.m. and Saturday, July 2 at 2:00 p.m. In a year marking the centenary of both the death of Gustav Mahler and the birth of the San Francisco Symphony, the Orchestra's Keeping Score project focuses on the enigmatic composer with two one-hour documentary-style episodes, two live-performance programs (full details follow), new Mahler-related content at http://www.keepingscore.org and a 13-part national radio series. The Keeping Score project is a natural outgrowth of the San Francisco Symphony's almost century-long commitment to make classical music more accessible and meaningful to people of all ages and musical backgrounds.

The New York Philharmonic is to be honored today with a 2010.11 ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming, winning first place in the Awards for Programming of Contemporary Music, at the Annual Meeting Breakfast at the League of American Orchestras?f National Conference in Minneapolis. The Orchestra will be presented with a plaque and $3,000 in recognition of its commitment to new music programming during the past season. This is the second consecutive year that the Philharmonic has received this award.

Chanticleer sings from the heart about passion and pain, joy and eternity - in other words - love. Music by Whitacre, Mahler, Strauss, Daniel-Lesur, and Paulus explore the sensual, the spiritual and the sexy sides of our favorite (and most tormenting) emotion.

New York Philharmonic Music Director Alan Gilbert, The Yoko Nagae Ceschina Chair, will lead the Orchestra in an all-Mahler concert from the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, Germany, which will be streamed live on nyphil.org/leipzig, May 23, 2011, at 2:00 p.m. EDT (8:00 p.m. in Germany). The concert, which takes place during the final week of the Philharmonic's nine-city EUROPE / SPRING 2011 tour, will also be streamed live on the Websites of Arte Live Web (liveweb.arte.tv/de), the Gewandhaus (gewandhaus.de), and MDR (mdr.de/mahler). On nyphil.org/leipzig, liveweb.arte.tv/de, and mdr.de/mahler, the concert will later be available for on-demand streaming for seven days. The Philharmonic's performance in Leipzig is part of the International Mahler Festival 2011, and will feature Mahler's Kindertotenlieder, with baritone Thomas Hampson, and Symphony No. 5.

Anlässlich des 100. Todestages von Gustav Mahler - Komponist, Dirigent und Direktor der Wiener Hofoper - führten gestern, 18. Mai 2011, die Wiener Philharmoniker unter Daniele Gatti Gustav Mahlers 9. Symphonie im Rahmen des Mahler-Tages an der Wiener Staatsoper auf. Das Mahler-Gedenkkonzert wurde zum Anlass genommen für eine Benefizaktion zugunsten der Opfer der Umwelt- und Erdbebenkatastrophe in Japan im vergangenen März.

New York Philharmonic Music Director Alan Gilbert, The Yoko Nagae Ceschina Chair, will lead the Orchestra in an all-Mahler concert from the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, Germany, which will be streamed live on nyphil.org/leipzig, May 23, 2011, at 2:00 p.m. EDT (8:00 p.m. in Germany). The concert, which takes place during the final week of the Philharmonic's nine-city EUROPE / SPRING 2011 tour, will also be streamed live on the Websites of Arte Live Web (liveweb.arte.tv/de), the Gewandhaus (gewandhaus.de), and MDR (mdr.de/mahler). On nyphil.org/leipzig, liveweb.arte.tv/de, and mdr.de/mahler, the concert will later be available for on-demand streaming for seven days. The Philharmonic's performance in Leipzig is part of the International Mahler Festival 2011, and will feature Mahler's Kindertotenlieder, with baritone Thomas Hampson, and Symphony No. 5.