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The famed Italian tenor, known for pop-oriented collaborations with the likes of Celine Dion and Sarah Brightman, soared in a two-hour performance on Sunday at Amway Center.

The six trios for organ by Johann Sebastian Bach are well-loved pieces composed for study of the trio sonata form with the education of Bach's eldest son, W.F. Bach.

Amandine Beyer and Edna Stern record 4 sonatas for violin and keyboard by Carl Philipp Emmanuel Bach, H 513, H514, H 545 , and H 512.

On the program: Sinfonias : No. 2 in C minor, BWV 788 and No. 5 in E-flat, BWV 791 - Till Fellner, piano Cantata BWV 123 Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen - Sally Bruce-Payne, alto; James Gilchrist, tenor; Peter Harvey, bass; Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, conductor Orchestral Suite No.

As part of The Fred J. Cooper Memorial Organ Series Dressed in black suits coupled with white athletic shoes, the Canadian Brass, which performs works in the classical repertoire, with daring leaps into jazz and popular standards, will be joined by renowned organist Jeffrey Brillhart on March 10, 2012 at 3 p.m. in Verizon Hall.

Last week the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reported that transit officials have started to play Beethoven, Bach, Mozart, Strauss and Handel at the Lake Street light rail station in an effort to dissuade criminal behavior.

VOCES8 to sing at Westport church WESTPORT -- The British a cappella octet "VOCES8" will perform at 4 p.m. Sunday, March 4, in Christ & Holy Trinity Church, Myrtle Avenue and Church Lane.

Held in the Chapel of St. Titus and St. Timothy on the historic Concordia Seminary campus in Clayton, Missouri, an inter ring suburb of St.

Whether he's foraging in the land of Radiohead, spelunking with the Cocteau Twins, or indulging in a little purified Bach-mania, eclectic pianist Christopher O'Riley seeks the true center of each piece of music he performs.

"Red Rose in a Yellow Army," "Big White Circle" and "Liquid Silver" The Sudden Lovelys Three albums in one year? All in a day's work for the Sudden Lovelys , who are Daniel Ferraro and Paige Prescher.

Lim Dong-hyek "10th Anniversary Edition" Lim Dong-hyek, one of Korea's promising classical artists, has released the special album "Dong-hyek Lim: 10th Anniversary Edition," to celebrate his past decade as a professional pianist.

Worcester Chorus artistic director and conductor Christopher Shepard, shown at the organ in Mechanics Hall, is writing his doctoral thesis on the performance history of the B-Minor Mass in America.

The last time The Ahn Trio was here in February 2002, the trio of South Korean sisters played an all-classical program for the Artist Series.

Put a flamenco fire duo from Spain together with a shoe-stomping fret-tapping virtuoso from Ukraine; throw the top tango trio from Argentina in with the best Bach player in the world, and you have the second annual Bangkok Guitar Fiesta 2012.

While you might be fooled into thinking otherwise by their traditional instrumentation and blinding picking chops, a quick listen will prove they are a highly evolved mutation of Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys.

St. Paul, Minn. - Last August, Anne Akiko Meyers was invited to Safeco Field to show Mariner and Red Sox fans that her 1697 Stradivarius violin could rock, "I played the national anthem, by myself, in front of 42,000 fans in Seattle," she says with pride, "Normally you wouldn't think of a violinist playing the national anthem, you'd think ok, who's ... (more)

The St. Armands Circle Buskers will perform from 6 to 9 p.m. every Wednesday starting March 14.

'Symphonic textures A worthyA of Bach or Schubert' a Brent Hinds of Mastodon live at Manchester Academy.

Baroque harpist Giovanna Pessi and singer Susanna WallumrA d mix songs by Henry Purcell, Nick Drake and Leonard Cohen.

Davitt Moroney has done it again. He brought a repeat performance of Alessandro Striggio's Mass sopra Ecco si beato giorno to the First Congregational Church of Berkeley.