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36 min ago | Boston.com

From boy genius to swashbuckler composer

This Saturday, the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge will mark the 75th anniversary of "The Adventures of Robin Hood" with screenings at noon and 4:45 p.m. Director Michael Curtiz's archetypal swashbuckler was the beneficiary not only of Errol Flynn at the peak of his insouciant charisma, but also of what remains one of the greatest of film scores, by ... (more)

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Related Topix: Animation Movies, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Family, Action Movies, Adventure, Errol Flynn, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Music, Entertainment

Sat May 25, 2013

EDGE

Liberace Lives! :: An Interview with 'Candelabra' Screenwriter Richard LaGravenese

On Sunday, May 26 at 9 p.m., HBO will premiere "Behind the Candelabra," director Steven Soderbergh's eagerly anticipated biopic of Mr.

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Related Topix: Beethoven

Hampton Roads Daily Press

Virginia Arts Festival presents 'The Rite of Spring' on its 100th anniversary

Classical audiences today are a relatively well-behaved bunch, rarely uttering a harsh word at a piece of music they find confusing or offensive.

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Related Topix: Arts, Ballet, Stravinsky, Igor Stravinsky, Pagan/Wiccan, Symphony, Dance, Entertainment

Jerusalem Post

Classical Review: Brahms' Variation on a Theme by Haydn

In his dual capacity as conductor- pianist, Andras Schiff proved that an extraordinary instrumentalist can, exceptionally, be also an outstanding conductor, in the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra's matinee concert last week.

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Related Topix: Haydn, Andras Schiff, Israel, World News, Middle East,

Denver Post

Colorado Symphony throws "The Rite of Spring" a rowdy 100th birthday party

Colorado Symphony Orchestra artistic adviser Andrew Litton conducts a dress rehearsal of the group's production of Giuseppe Verdi's "Requiem" in February.

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Related Topix: Symphony, Arts, Stravinsky, Igor Stravinsky, Ballet

GPB.org

Then The Curtain Opened: The Bracing Impact Of Stravinsky's 'Rite'

An image from the 2013 production of Le Sacre du Printemps by the Joffrey Ballet, Chicago, reflects the hard jumps and stamps of Vaslav Nijinsky's original choreography.

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Related Topix: Stravinsky, Arts, Ballet, Igor Stravinsky, Barnard College

Examiner.com

Jean Cocteau brings out the lyrical side of Philip Glass

The film for this work is La Belle et la Bete ; and the composition is as much a departure from the conventional sense of opera as was Glass' pioneering Einstein on the Beach .

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Related Topix: Philip Glass

IcNetwork

Hay Festival gears up for big weekend of arts and literature

Mark Bridger has denied having a sexual interest in children, and denied lying about the circumstances of April Jones' death in the final day of his defence Bryn Terfel has played the world's greatest opera houses, but is heading home for four summer music specials.

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Related Topix: Bryn Terfel

Fri May 24, 2013

The Chronicle

WISTA bringing 'Gypsy' to town

One of the most highly acclaimed musicals in Broadway history will touch down in the West Island in coming days when the West Island Student Theatre Association presents their version of 'Gypsy,' the story of former burlesque star Gypsy Rose Lee and her relationship with her mother - the ultimate stage mom.

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Related Topix: Gypsy, Comedy Movies, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Musical Movies, Gypsy Rose Lee, Stephen Sondheim, Rosalind Russell, Celebrities, Pop/Rock, Bette Midler

Star-Telegram.com

Critic: Italian Beatrice Rana already a Cliburn standout

The first session of the 14th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition is much too early to spot any trends, but at least by early afternoon Friday high competence seemed assured, and already one competitor went beyond that.

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Related Topix: Van Cliburn, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Bach

Star Tribune

Classical music: Dawn Upshaw with the SPCO

Dawn Upshaw can hardly believe that her six-year stint as an artistic partner at the St.

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Related Topix: Bard College, Entertainment

Burton Mail

Jonathan Antoine and Charlotte Jaconelli

JUST over a year ago Jonathan Antoine and Charlotte Jaconelli were just a couple of teenagers who liked to sing.

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Related Topix: Luciano Pavarotti

WBTV

Spoleto Festival USA opening 37th season

The festival founded in Charleston by the late composer Gian Carlo Menotti opens Friday on the steps of Charleston City Hall with a brass fanfare, speeches and a shower of confetti.

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Related Topix: Italy, World News, Gian Carlo Menotti

On An Overgrown Path

Boulez greeted him by turning his back

That is Alex Ross writing in The Rest is Noise and Dutilleux's vibrantly diatonic Symphony is one of the works in a new five CD overview of his music.

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Related Topix: Symphony, Arts

Thu May 23, 2013

The Fresno Bee

'Mariachi Madness' gets kids on the move

Hundreds of young musicians will pay tribute to the Valley's Mexican culture Sunday at the Saroyan Theatre by playing an original mariachi piece filled with live dancers, audience participation and famous gritos.

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Related Topix: Kids, Family, Orchestras, Fresno, CA

BroadwayWorld.com

Audra McDonald Talks Go Back Home & Previews Tracks

Five-time Tony Award-winning theatre icon and frequent small screen and big screen player Audra McDonald talks about her sensational new Broadway-themed album, GO BACK HOME and takes us behind the creation of some tracks in particular with some fascinating behind-the-scenes clips just released by Nonesuch.

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Related Topix: Stephen Sondheim

Mail & Guardian

Kinshasa's orchestra of survival and hope

Proud leader: Armand Diangenda is the founder of the Democratic Republic of Congo's Orchestre Symphonique Kimbanguiste de Kinshasa Nathalie is a single mum who struggles to clothe her little boy and pay the rent.

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Related Topix: Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, World News, Symphony, Arts

Star Tribune

Classical music: SPCO 2013-14 season

Edo de Waart, an SPCO artistic partner, opens the chamber orchestra's 2013-14 season in September, with music of Beethoven.

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Related Topix: Britten, Arts, Opera, Entertainment

IcNorthWales

Local talent will star in Conwy Classical Music Festival

The festival, which runs from July 21-27, is one of the largest free music events in Wales, and relies solely on audience donations and sponsorship.

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Related Topix: Conwy County, Wales, United Kingdom, World News, Gwynedd County, Wales, Anglesey County, Wales, Arts, Opera

OUPblog

The old shall be made new

The issue and performance of previously unpublished musical works - juvenilia, early pieces, and even completions by others of music left by composers, for one reason or another, incomplete - always provokes interesting debate.

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Related Topix: Symphony, Arts, Europe, World News, United Kingdom, Vaughan Williams