EVENTS AND FESTIVALS"It's Like a Hollywood Party": People Watching at VerbierJuly 28, 2010 Frank Cadenhead reports from the Verbier Festival which, this year, is proving to be a veritable who's who of major players and celebrities in the world of classical music.
Minehead and Exmoor Festival July 21, 2010 The Minehead and Exmoor Festival returns this weekend with a feast of classical orchestral music.
Pittsburgh Symphony travels to Quebec festival July 21, 2010 Music director Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra hit the road again this week, traveling to Canada to perform concerts on Friday and Saturday evenings at the Lanaudiere Festival in Quebec.
Melodious meal July 14, 2010 It's hardly novel to pair food and drink with music. That much plays out every day as upbeat ditties waft over the supermarket aisles while shoppers pick over lettuce, or a crooner sings old chestnuts in a darkened corner of a piano bar. But choosing classical music to introduce each of six courses on a menu of haute cuisine -- now, that has more lofty potential.
BBC Proms 2010: The greatest festival of classical music in the world July 14, 2010 Never mind the Last Night, this is the greatest festival of classical music in the world, with stunning soloists and orchestras – and a rich social mix among the diehard Prommers.
Cantilena Festival in Islay 4th - 9th July June 28, 2010 There are less than five Chamber Music Festivals in the United Kingdom. Islay is proud to host one of them. This year’s festival will take place from Sunday July 4th until Friday July 9th opening with a piano recital at the Columba Centre and ending with a fun music programme at the Bruichladdich Distillery.
Gunn, Phillips, Fabiano and More Sing Free Met Summer Recital Concerts in July June 22, 2010 The Met has announced details for its annual Summer Recital Series to be held in all five boroughs July 12-29. Singers taking part in the free concerts include Nathan Gunn, Susanna Phillips, Michael Fabiano, Monica Yunus, Matthew Plenk and Donovan Singletary.
Bel Canto at Caramoor to Offer Kizart in Rohan and Meade as Norma June 22, 2010 Details and schedules for the 65th Caramoor International Music Festival have been released. Out of the eclectic offerings, opera fans look most forward to the 14th year of Bel Canto at Caramoor- which this season will consist of Donizetti’s Maria di Rohan and Angela Meade starring in Bellini's Norma.
Take Me Out to the Ballpa... Symphony June 22, 2010 Will Bostonians soon be signing, "Take Me Out to the Ballpa... Symphony." On July 7, 2010 Fenway Park will be seeing a different kind of lineup starring Beethoven, Bernstein, Anderson, and Copland. The Boston Landmarks Orchestra, Boston Red Sox, and the City of Boston have finalized event details for the Orchestra's "Home Run" concert.
Organ enthusiasts pushing to keep tracker lineage alive June 19, 2010 The 2010 convention of the Organ Historical Society will take place Monday to June 26 in Western Pennsylvania to honor the pipe organs that have been built, or at least installed, here. Six concerts that are free and open to the public will provide the best celebration -- in sound. The concerts will feature some of the world's leading organists.
Aston Magna explores Bach’s dance rhythms June 19, 2010 Aston Magna, the country’s oldest summer festival dedicated solely to period-instrument performance, is opening its season by leaving home. Not literally, of course; the festival is still centered largely in an idyllic stretch of the Berkshires around the Massachusetts-New York border. But Daniel Stepner, Aston Magna’s artistic director, is opening its season with performances of Bach’s three partitas for solo violin, a program that he calls “a dance travelogue of the Old and New worlds.’’ On the surface, these monumental solo works may seem an oddly abstract companion for a road trip, but the partitas are collections of dance movements of varying national origin, and this, Stepner believes, gives each a specific flavor.
Unwieldy size, versatile sound June 19, 2010 Nine musicians bowed, plucked and — in one performance — donned a headdress with wolf ears, to show just what the double bass violin can do as a solo instrument.
Classical Music Festival continues today June 16, 2010 The Greencastle Summer Classical Music Festival continues at 7:30 p.m. today with a concert featuring DePauw University voice faculty members Pamela Coburn, Barbara Paré, Caroline Bradely Smith, and Jay White.
Spoleto surpasses ticket-sales goal June 16, 2010 Organizers with Spoleto Festival USA aimed to make more money this year. As they balanced the books Tuesday, they learned the festival made even more than they hoped.
Music by Moonlight: National Symphony Orchestra Returns to Wolftrap in July June 14, 2010 For more than 40 years, the National Symphony Orchestra has made listening to music under a canopy of stars at Wolf Trap an annual tradition. This year's lineup offers a variety of offerings ranging from classical to Broadway to film.
Marilyn Monroe opera to debut in Banff June 10, 2010 Anyone Can See I Love You, a small-scale opera about the last days of Marilyn Monroe, gets its first workshop performance in Banff this weekend, with a performance by Faroese singer Eivor.
International Music Festival to Feature Opera, Chamber Music June 01, 2010 Chamber music lovers and opera buffs, take note. The concert schedule of Viva Virginia, a two-week opera and chamber music festival starting June 21, includes a clarinet quintet and romantic pieces for violin and piano.
Hendrix exhibit set for Handel House Museum May 22, 2010 Staff at the London museum devoted to baroque composer George Frederick Handel will throw open their doors this fall for fans of another musical genius: Jimi Hendrix.
Bel Canto at Caramoor to Offer Kizart in Rohan and Meade as Norma May 18, 2010 Details and schedules for the 65th Caramoor International Music Festival have been released. Out of the eclectic offerings, opera fans look most forward to the 14th year of Bel Canto at Caramoor- which this season will consist of Donizetti’s Maria di Rohan and Angela Meade starring in Bellini's Norma.
Gunn, Phillips, Fabiano and More Sing Free Met Summer Recital Concerts in July May 18, 2010 The Met has announced details for its annual Summer Recital Series to be held in all five boroughs July 12-29. Singers taking part in the free concerts include Nathan Gunn, Susanna Phillips, Michael Fabiano, Monica Yunus, Matthew Plenk and Donovan Singletary.
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