Events and Festivals
Classical tunes echo in southern cotton fieldsOctober 05, 2008
Musicians of the Cukurova State Symphony Orchestra (CDSO) have chosen two unusual venues for classical music concerts as part of a project to increase school enrollment among children working in cotton fields in the Adana region.
Placido Domingo sings at Mexico pyramid
October 05, 2008
Tenor Placido Domingo's choice of a classical program peppered with local music and help from Mexican pianist and crooner Armando Manzanero appeared to smooth the controversy surrounding his Saturday concert at the Mayan pyramids of Chichen Itza.
How Sweet The Sound Seeks Bay Area's Best Choir and No-Longer-Used Wireless Phones
October 05, 2008
The doors to Oracle Arena will open at 6:00 p.m. before the How Sweet The Sound competition begins at 7:30 p.m. on October 10, 2008. Tickets can be purchased via Ticketmaster or the Oracle Arena Box Office and are $7 for floor seats and $5 for upper level seats.
Music fans planning to watch their favorite choirs compete during this event are encouraged to bring their no-longer-used wireless phones and donate them to Verizon Wireless' HopeLine(R) program. Verizon Wireless will collect the phones at booths set up at different locations throughout Oracle Arena. All collected phones will support domestic violence prevention organizations.
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Top HeadlinesHomework: Odd Musical InstrumentsOctober 05, 2008 Last week, host Andrea Seabrook asked listeners to send in home recordings and photographs of their oddest musical instrument. The responses were eclectic, and some were indeed strange. Here is a smattering of some of the more interesting instrument descriptions from listeners.
Modern forensics solves the musical mystery of an unsung composer October 05, 2008 The majestic Cello Suites were indeed composed by Bach - but which Bach? For centuries, Johann Sebastian has been credited as the composer, but 21st-century detective work has unveiled his wife, Anna, as probably the true creator of the suites and other manuscripts.
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Ensemble and Performer NewsRenee Fleming: 'Four Last Songs' Of StraussOctober 05, 2008 In 1948, German composer Richard Strauss set Hermann Hesse's beautiful poem "September" to music, but he didn't live to hear it on stage. It's part of a set now known as Four Last Songs, a song cycle marked by an awareness and acceptance of death. Renee Fleming is a world-famous soprano known for her Strauss repertoire, and her latest recording features his last compositions, as well as various Strauss songs and arias.
Composer NewsJohn Adams Composes An American LifeOctober 05, 2008 He's made Richard Nixon sing. He's won a Pulitzer Prize for an orchestral work about Sept. 11. His music is a staple of the concert hall. And now, American composer John Adams has written an autobiography: Hallelujah Junction: Composing an American Life.
ReviewsThe return of the nativeOctober 05, 2008 'I never do this,' said Simon Rattle to the audience at the end of his homecoming concert. 'You know how happy I am to be back in Liverpool with the Phil. And you know you have a fantastic orchestra.' The audience, on its feet already, cheered in agreement, but there was no question about where the warmest applause was directed: at the small, smiling hero on the podium who grew up in Liverpool and fell in love with classical music as a 10-year-old boy, sneaking into this very concert hall to hear the city's orchestra play.
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