Beware the Ides of March with 15 Shakespeare Showtunes
by Matt Tamanini
- Mar 15, 2015
'If music be the food of love, play on.' Even before the invention of the musical comedy (more on that later), William Shakespeare knew the importance of music in telling stories on stage. For our March feature, my colleague Jeff Walker and I thought that instead of marking the Ides of March with songs about murder, betrayal, and fate, we would focus on the synergy between showtunes and Shakespeare.
Edo de Waart to CONDUCT RACHMANINOFF with Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, 4/3
by Matt Smith
- Mar 13, 2015
MILWAUKEE, WIS. 03/12/2015 – The Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Edo de Waart present de Waart Conducts Rachmaninoff on April 3-4, 2015 at 8:00 p.m. at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. The performances feature Barber's Essay No. 2, Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances, and Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No. 1 with violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg.
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Presents SINGIN' IN THE RAIN This Weekend
by BWW News Desk
- Mar 13, 2015
For more than 60 years, audiences have fallen in love with 'Singin' in the Rain' and its award-winning on-screen performances by Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor and Debbie Reynolds. This weekend, March 13-15, audiences can experience the film in a new way with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra as part of the PNC Pops series.
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Sets Centennial Season
by Tyler Peterson
- Mar 12, 2015
Music Director Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) announce the Orchestra's celebratory Centennial 2015-2016 season, its ninth season under the direction of Maestra Alsop. Through appearances by the world's most renowned artists, premieres of several new works, Baltimore homecomings from local artists or artists who got their start on the BSO stage, exciting signature projects and strengthening of longstanding community partnerships, the BSO marks this important milestone in grand fashion.
Baltimore Symphony Announces 100th Anniversary Season - Lang Lang, Yo-Yo Ma, André Watts, Joshua Bell & More!
by Christina Mancuso
- Mar 12, 2015
Music Director Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO) announce the Orchestra's celebratory Centennial 2015-2016 season, its ninth season under the direction of Maestra Alsop. Through appearances by the world's most renowned artists, premieres of several new works, Baltimore homecomings from local artists or artists who got their start on the BSO stage, exciting signature projects and strengthening of longstanding community partnerships, the BSO marks this important milestone in grand fashion.
The Canton Symphony Orchestra Presents the Heart of the BEETHOVEN FESTIVAL, 3/28-29
by BWW News Desk
- Mar 12, 2015
The heart of the Canton Symphony Orchestra's (CSO) Beethoven Festival will take the stage on March 28 and 29 when the orchestra performs two concerts featuring pianist André Watts. On Saturday March 28 at 8:00pm Mr. Watts will perform Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 2 and onSunday March 29 at 7:30pm, he will perform Piano Concerto No. 1 and Piano Concerto No. 3. Both concerts will be performed at Umstattd Performing Arts Hall (2323 17th Street NW, Canton). CSO Music Director Gerhardt Zimmermann will conduct.
Anne-Sophie Mutter to Round Out Carnegie Hall Perspectives Series, 4/14 & 28
by BWW News Desk
- Mar 9, 2015
Celebrated violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter concludes her residency as one of this season's Carnegie Hall Perspectives artists with two April concerts in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage. She is joined by pianist Yefim Bronfman and cellist Lynn Harrell for a chamber program featuring Beethoven's Piano Trio in B-flat Major, Op. 97, 'Archduke' and Tchaikovsky's Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 50 on Tuesday, April 14 at 8:00 p.m.
Barbara Cook Comes to The Wallis for One Performance Only Tonight
by BWW News Desk
- Mar 10, 2015
Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts ('The Wallis') announces theater icon Barbara Cook for a single performance tonight, March 10, 2015 at 8:00 pm in the Bram Goldsmith Theater. This event completes The Wallis' concert series of Broadway legends, which also features Patti LuPone (two sold-out performances on February 12 and 13) and Betty Buckley (January 24).
Andre Watts Performs Beethoven's 'Emperor' Concerto with Utah Symphony This Weekend
by BWW News Desk
- Mar 6, 2015
Under the baton of guest conductor Hugh Wolff and with guest pianist Andre Watts, the Utah Symphony will perform Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5. Commonly called 'Emperor,' this composition is bookended with two works by the great American composer Aaron Copland, 'Fanfare for the Common Man' and Symphony No. 3 this weekend, March 6 and 7 at 8 p. m. in Abravanel Hall.
New Amsterdam Singers Present NEW AMERICAN ROMANTICS This Weekend
by BWW News Desk
- Mar 6, 2015
The New Amsterdam Singers (NAS), led by music director Clara Longstreth, will present New American Romantics, a program of American music featuring poems of Robert Frost, William Butler Yeats, James Agee, Robert Graves, and Thomas Hardy written by living composers. They include Dominick Argento, Donald Grantham, Matthew Harris, Morten Lauridsen, Elizabeth Lim, Ben Moore, and Ronald Perera. The two performances will take place tonight, March 6, 2015, at 8:00 P.M., and Sunday, March 8, 2015, at 4:00 P.M., at The Church of the Holy Trinity, 316 East 88th Street.
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