James Jolly News

Last night, the 44th Gramophone Classical Music Awards bestowed the Boston Modern Orchestra Project with a Special Achievement Award in recognition of its extraordinary service to American music of the modern era.

The Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra (HK Phil) was named Orchestra of the Year at the 2019 Gramophone Classical Music Awards ceremony a?" regarded as the a?oeOscars of classical musica?? a?" in London on Wednesday (16 October 2019) for its outstanding contribution to recorded music in the past year. The HK Phil is the first Asian orchestra to receive this prestigious international award.

The recording of the complete, uncut score of Les Troyens is drawn from two concert performances that took place over the Easter weekend in April 2017 in the city of Strasbourg in eastern France.

Warner Classics has announced that it has been declared Label of the Year at the prestigious Gramophone Awards in London.

Month in and month out, medici.tv takes music lovers to one-of-a-kind concert happenings around the world - the next best thing to being there. The next great medici.tv experience is tomorrow, Friday, February 7, at 2pm EST, with the live webcast of Charles Wuorinen's opera Brokeback Mountain, in its much-anticipated premiere production at Madrid's Teatro Real. Wuorinen, the 75-year-old composer who has both a Pulitzer Prize and a MacArthur 'genius' grant to his credit, based his opera on the short story of the same name by fellow Pulitzer-winner Annie Proulx, who also penned the libretto (her first). The heartbreaking story of a complex emotional-sexual relationship between two Wyoming cowboys over 20 years starting in 1963 earned wide renown in Ang Lee's 2005 film version, which won three Academy Awards among many other international prizes. The New York Times first-night review of the Madrid production called Wuorinen's opera 'a serious work, an impressive achievement,' praising the 'intricate, vibrantly orchestrated and often brilliant score that conveys the oppressiveness of the forces that defeat these two men.' The review also described the stage production by Belgian director Ivo van Hove as 'starkly beautiful,' with the conducting by Titus Engel drawing 'a pulsing, incisive performance' from the orchestra. The opera stars Canadian bass-baritone Daniel Okulitch and American tenor Tom Randle as the closeted ranch hands Ennis del Mar and Jack Twist. The Times review pointed out: 'The cast, to a member, embraces every chance to maximize every lyrical bit in the vocal writing.'

The audiences of the Hollywood Fringe Festival have flocked to Liz Femi's TAKE ME TO THE POORHOUSE, directed by Jane Morris. Remaining performances are June 19th, 21st and 28th at The Lounge Theatre, 6201 Santa Monica Blvd.

The audiences of the Hollywood Fringe Festival have flocked to Liz Femi's TAKE ME TO THE POORHOUSE, directed by Jane Morris. Remaining performances are June 19th, 21st and 28th at The Lounge Theatre, 6201 Santa Monica Blvd.

Today, May 14 at 2:00 p.m., EDT, medici.tv (www.medici.tv) will present a free live Webcast of the New York Philharmonic's concert of 20th- and 21st-century music at Volkswagen's Die Glaserne Manufaktur, or Transparent Factory, in Dresden, Germany, conducted by Music Director Alan Gilbert.

On Tuesday, May 14 at 2:00 p.m., EDT, medici.tv (www.medici.tv) will present a free live Webcast of the New York Philharmonic's concert of 20th- and 21st-century music at Volkswagen's Die Glaserne Manufaktur, or Transparent Factory, in Dresden, Germany, conducted by Music Director Alan Gilbert.

From Director Matt Dunnerstick comes an award-winning tale of love, lowriders and the cloning of Christ, THE CUSTOM MARY available now on DVD, Digital Download and VOD from H770 Films.

This December, more of the world's top opera performances will be presented on medici.tv than ever before, enhancing the site's must-see schedule of live events and vintage programming.

More than fifteen years since her last recording of works by Schumann, Dame Mitsuko Uchida returns to the composer for her all-new recording, to be released on Decca on January 11, 2011. The recording, in a deluxe package prestige edition, features Davidsbündlertänze op.6 and Fantasie in C major, op.17 as well as a bonus disc of Uchida speaking with James Jolly about Schumann and demonstrating on the piano.

More than fifteen years since her last recording of works by Schumann, Dame Mitsuko Uchida returns to the composer for her all-new recording, to be released on Decca on January 11, 2011. The recording, in a deluxe package prestige edition, features Davidsbündlertänze op.6 and Fantasie in C major, op.17 as well as a bonus disc of Uchida speaking with James Jolly about Schumann and demonstrating on the piano.

Grammy Award-winning mezzo-soprano Susan Graham returns to the New York Philharmonic for performances of Chausson's lush Poème de l'amour et de la mer at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall under the baton of Sir Andrew Davis (June 3-5).

Grammy Award-winning mezzo-soprano Susan Graham returns to the New York Philharmonic for performances of Chausson's lush Poème de l'amour et de la mer at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall under the baton of Sir Andrew Davis (June 3-5).

Grammy Award-winning mezzo-soprano Susan Graham returns to the New York Philharmonic for performances of Chausson's lush Poème de l'amour et de la mer at Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall under the baton of Sir Andrew Davis (June 3-5).

So far this season, Susan Graham has triumphed in Berlioz's Damnation de Faust at Lyric Opera of Chicago, in Strauss's Rosenkavalier at New York's Metropolitan Opera, in Mahler's Rückert-Lieder with the San Francisco Symphony, and in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas on a West Coast tour.

So far this season, Susan Graham has triumphed in Berlioz's Damnation de Faust at Lyric Opera of Chicago, in Strauss's Rosenkavalier at New York's Metropolitan Opera, in Mahler's Rückert-Lieder with the San Francisco Symphony, and in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas on a West Coast tour.

So far this season, Susan Graham has triumphed in Berlioz's Damnation de Faust at Lyric Opera of Chicago, in Strauss's Rosenkavalier at New York's Metropolitan Opera, in Mahler's Rückert-Lieder with the San Francisco Symphony, and in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas on a West Coast tour.