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4 hrs ago | NPR

Cadenzas: Ladling The Gravy On Classical Music

Commentator Miles Hoffman is back, making his traditional Morning Edition visit to talk turkey about classical music on Thanksgiving day.

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Related Topix: Arts, Opera

8 hrs ago | Shoreham Today

REVIEW: BPO's taste of Christmas

CHRISTMAS came early to the Brighton Dome on Sunday when the Brighton Philharmonic season again broke new ground with a concert aimed at children of all ages, including Howard Blake's The Snowman.

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Related Topix: Howard Blake, Michael Fenton Stevens

13 hrs ago | San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Laurie Berkner Band to offer Pajama Party concert

We are the dinosaurs, marching, marching, We are the dinosaurs, whaddaya think of that? We are the dinosaurs, marching, marching, We are the dinosaurs, we make the Earth flat.

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Related Topix: Beethoven, Symphony, Arts, Los Angeles Metro, Long Beach, CA

Thu Nov 26, 2009

Reading Eagle/Reading Times

For tenor from Malta, a star-making role?

For Joseph Calleja, tenor from Malta with voice `like sunshine,' a star-making role at Met? NEW YORK - There's something about the honeyed sweetness of Joseph Calleja's voice that seems to evoke memories of a golden age, as if this young tenor carried within his vocal cords a secret passed down from bygone generations.

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Related Topix: Arts, Opera, Luciano Pavarotti, Jacques Offenbach

The Chronicle-Journal

Short list announced for Canadaa s richest non-fiction literary prize

A father's struggle to come to terms with his son's disability and a biography of media baron William Randolph Hearst are among the nominees for Canada's richest non-fiction literary prize.

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News, J.S. Bach

Newkerala.com

John Mayer Goes To Battle And Wins The Album Chart War

The singer/songwriter has claimed his second number one on the Billboard 200 chart with 286,000 opening-week sales.

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Related Topix: Andrea Bocelli

The TV Guy

TrackBack

Thanksgiving: parade on CBS, NBC; Beyonce, Paul McCartney on ABC; 'People of the Year' on NBC -- and priceless 'Cranford' Television offers treats from morning to night on Thanksgiving.

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Related Topix: Life, Thanksgiving, Holidays, Today, Entertainment, Television, Matt Lauer, Al Roker, Andrea Bocelli, The Early Show

Detroit Free Press

Healing, DSO's Slatkin to miss 3 more weeks

Detroit Symphony Orchestra music director Leonard Slatkin won't be back on the podium at Orchestra Hall until next year.

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Related Topix: Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Symphony, Arts, Leonard Slatkin

The Standard-Times

H.C. Robbins Landon, Haydn expert

H.C. Robbins Landon, a musicologist noted for his pioneering research on Franz Joseph Haydn and for writing popular works on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, has died at age 83.

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Related Topix: Franz Joseph Haydn, Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Boston University

Wed Nov 25, 2009

Newkerala.com

Oprah Winfrey Calls On Famous Friends For Heroes Concert

Winfrey saluted hero pilot Captain Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger III and the first responders who saved the lives of passengers after the flight was forced to crash land in the Hudson River, offshore from Manhattan in New York City in January .

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Related Topix: Andrea Bocelli

NEWS.com.au

Delta to sing with Andrea Bocelli

DELTA Goodrem's impromptu performance at the private birthday party of an international hitmaker has finally won her the big break she needs to put her career on the map in the US.

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Related Topix: Andrea Bocelli

CANOE

Teen star Bieber debuts at No. 1

Artist: Bieber, Justin Justin Bieber It seems Bieber fever has swept through Canada.

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Related Topix: Canada, Andrea Bocelli

Bournemouth Echo

Cows yield more milk if they listen to Jedward

MOOOVE over Beethov-en - " cows at a dairy farm prefer the songs of X Factor stars John and Edward to the classics.

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Related Topix: Drink, Milk

WIS-TV Columbia

Winners announced in Trans-Siberian Orchestra ticket giveaway

Trans-Siberian Orchestra is coming to the Colonial Life Arena on November 29th and WIS has announced the winners of our ticket giveaway! With the long awaited new album "Night Castle" on the verge of being released, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, one of rock music's biggest arena attractions, is on another monumental North American tour, playing more ...

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Related Topix: Trans-Siberian Orchestra

Tue Nov 24, 2009

Iron Tongue of Midnight

"Ask 5 to give classical music a try"

That's the subject line of email I received today from Classical Music Broadcast , a web site that broadcasts classical music 24 hours a day, has short composer bios on its web site, and a page called "classical music history" that is, well, a little on the shallow side.

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Related Topix: Luciano Pavarotti

The Dallas Morning News

Richardson: Third-graders experience classical music

For the 17th year the Richardson Symphony Orchestra recently presented Symphony Day for RISD third-graders at the Eismann Center.

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Related Topix: Symphony, Arts

The Sydney Morning Herald

Missing funds: Australian faces the music

LONDON: The Australian financial director of the London Philharmonic Orchestra has been accused of using up to £560,000 in public funds to pay for clothing, antiques and renovations to his family home.

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Related Topix: The London Philharmonic Orchestra

ChannelCincinnati.com

School Board Votes Against SCPA Name Change

School board members decided Monday not to change the name of a school to honor the late conductor who helped fund its new building.

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Related Topix: Erich Kunzel, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Cincinnati, OH

Jerusalem Post

Red Sea classical music fest inducts Israeli conductor

The traditional Classics at the Red Sea Festival, presented by Mariinsky Theater from Saint Petersburg, takes place January 14-17 in Eilat.

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Mon Nov 23, 2009

TwinCities.com

Classical music review: Minnesota Orchestra's 'Future Classics' gives, and gets, enthusiasm

Can you bring in a crowd for a concert of brand-new classical music? You can if the concert is adroitly showcased like the Minnesota Orchestra's annual "Future Classics" event.

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