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Continue reading "2010 Tanglewood plans from BSO"
Time is short this morning - jury duty continues - so I'm simply going to give you the press release direct from the Boston Symphony Orchestra with all the plans for next summer's Tanglewood season, including the return of Seiji Ozawa, the jazz fest and two James Taylor/Carole King shows that will sell out so fast it will warp the space/time ...
11 hrs ago | SFGate
Review: Symphony's vibrant Brandenburg
Playing Bach chamber-style without a conductor, as the members of the San Francisco Symphony, are doing this week, is a double-edged sword.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 A Videogame Symphony.. If there's a better to pack seats of the symphony with twenty-somethings than having a symphony of video game music, I don't know of one.
Long Yu presides over this performance, part of an 11-city North American tour marking the SSOa TMs 130th anniversary.
Michel Camilo to do piano concerto
Pianist-composer Michel Camilo laughs as he recalls one particular performance of his Piano Concerto, several years ago at Royal Albert Hall in London with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Leonard Slatkin conducting.
Symphony stirs emotion, shows its dynamic range
While listening to conductor Grant Cooper rehearse Richard Wagner's Prelude to "Tristan and Isolde" with the West Virginia Symphony, it was clear that just being in the audience at such a time was a privilege.
Berkshire Symphony will perform a Bees, Brahms, and Berioa
The Berkshire Symphony will perform on Friday, Nov. 13, at 8 p.m. in Chapin Hall on the Williams College campus.
Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra presents tribute to Peru
Music Director Miguel Harth-Bedoya's critically acclaimed Caminos del Inka project travels along the vast network of pathways built during the Incan empire that connect his native Peru to five neighboring South American countries.
Long Yu brings Shanghai Symphony to Berkeley
Long Yu, newly appointed conductor of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, brooks no nonsense from critics who assert that Chinese musicians interpret standard Western classical music differently from their European or American counterparts.
Barbour Announces Blues Marker For Woodville 2hr
Gov. Haley Barbour has announced the site of the next Mississippi Blues Trail marker.
Review: Oakland East Bay Symphony opening a hit despite venue glitches
It's clear that the people of Oakland and its outlying areas love their symphony orchestra.
Symphony reports record shortfall of $2.8 million
The Indiana Symphony Society reported at Monday's annual board of directors meeting a record $2.8 million shortfall for the 2009 fiscal year.
Capital Culture: Sotomayor adds celebrity to court
Apparently, no one told Sonia Sotomayor that Supreme Court justices are supposed to be circumspect, emerging from their marble palace mainly to dispense legal wisdom to law schools, judges' conferences and lawyers' meetings.
Review: Fox Valley Symphony scores with favorites
To the delight of those in attendance, Saturday night's performance by the Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra offered its audience an evening of orchestral favorites.
Santa Barbara Symphony Van Brings Sound of Music to Third-Graders
Twenty third-graders at Hollister School recently got the chance to pluck, shake, blow and beat an array of instruments, all without fear of being shushed by nearby adults.
Warren Gerds column: Symphony, conductor, soloist all shine at concert
Guest conductor Stephen D'Agostino put a personal stamp on the Green Bay Symphony Orchestra in Saturday's concert at the Weidner Center, with much the same result as recent performances - long applause and standing ovations.
Symphony offers feast for ears
The Wichita Symphony delivered a wonderful array of musical selections Sunday easily likened to the courses of a gourmet meal.
Symphony's money troubles come to a head
Sad, but not surprising. That's my reaction to the fate of the beleaguered Honolulu Symphony Orchestra, faced with a $1 million debt and a lack of funds to continue year-round operations in a $4 million-plus budget.
NJSO explores the weird and the wonderful
The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra presents Robert Schumann's Violin Concerto, a rarely heard virtuoso work with a weird history, on a program with two symphonic offerings by Mozart.
NM Symphony conflict continues
The ongoing dispute between the musicians and management of the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra isn't ending anytime soon.
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