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18 hrs ago | The Winnipeg Free Press

Well, it sure sounds a lot like Christmas

It may not be beginning to look a lot like Christmas, but choral ensemble Canzona decided to get the snowball rolling.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Christmas, Chorus, Classical, Travel

Sun Nov 22, 2009

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Download - The Book Show

Igor Stravinsky claimed that music is beyond verbal description. But is it? While there may be a gap between the emotional experience of the beat, rhythm and cadence of music and capturing it in words, writers use metaphor, allegory and storytelling to do so.

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Related Topix: Australia, World News, Classical

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Onegoodmove

Gypsy's collection of the unexpected

A few weeks back, there was an article posted here that speculated what kind of music Johann Sebastian Bach would have written if he had not believed in god.

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Related Topix: Classical, Johann Sebastian Bach, Bach, Schoenberg

Sun Nov 15, 2009

Al.com - Everything Alabama

Organist David Higgs offers surprises, meets challenges at Independent Presbyterian Church recital

Higgs's playing was crisp, bright and filled with surprises. His programming was eclectic -- in turns fun and whimsical, and serious and searching.

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Related Topix: Classical, Mendelssohn, Bach

Fri Nov 13, 2009

Hartford Courant

New Britain: CONCORA Opens Classical Series With 35th Anniversary Concert And Reunion

Submitted by Stacey Grimaldi, CONCORA, on 2009-11-11.   On Sunday, Nov. 22, 4 p.m. there will be a 35th Anniversary Concert & Reunion.

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Related Topix: New Britain, CT, Ellington, CT, Classical, Bach, Plainville, CT

Wed Nov 11, 2009

Evanston Review

Choral artists open 35th season

Chicago Choral Artists opens their 35th season by celebrating the 200th anniversary of Felix Mendelssohn's birth with a concert, The Two Worlds of Mendelssohn, at the Music Institute of Chicago, 1490 Chicago Avenue, Evanston on Friday, November 20th at 7:30 pm.

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Related Topix: Chicago, IL, Evanston, IL, Classical, Bach, Symphony, Arts

Tue Nov 10, 2009

CBC

11 books vie for $40K B.C. book prize

An account of two near-death experiences, a tale of raising a son with a rare genetic condition and a biography of media baron William Randolph Hearst's early years will compete for British Columbia's National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction. The three books a ' by novelist Wayson Choy, journalist Ian Brown and Maclean's editor Kenneth Whyte, ...

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Related Topix: North America, Canada, World News, Classical

Sun Nov 08, 2009

Plymouth Evening Herald

Guitar Whisperer in Falmouth

THERE is no other guitar concert on tour anywhere in the world quite like Richard Durrant's The Guitar Whisperer - who comes to The Poly, Falmouth, on Tuesday.

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Related Topix: Classical, Richard Durrant, Steve Reich, Mike Oldfield, New-Age

Fri Nov 06, 2009

The Ledger

FSC s Festival of Fine Arts Presents Teresa Walters

Published: Friday, November 6, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 6, 2009 at 4:12 a.m. WHAT: Classical pianist Teresa Walters gives a recital as part of Florida Southern College's Festival of Fine Arts WHEN: 7:30 p.m. today WHERE: Branscomb Auditorium, Florida Southern College, Lakeland THE ARTIST: Teresa Walters is perhaps better ...

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Related Topix: Florida Southern College, Lakeland, FL, Classical, The Artist, Liszt, Bach

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Midhurst and Petworth

Season opens with tribute to founder Michael

Chichester Chamber Concerts open their 2009-2010 season with a concert in memory of their founder and chairman Michael Nott who died earlier this year.

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Related Topix: Classical, 9, Bach

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Music and Vision Daily

Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonatas for Viola Da Gamba. 2009 whaling city sound

It seems somewhat perverse that Sonata Form, which only began to crumble around the 1930s, had been so long in arriving that Johann Sebastian Bach thought it not worth bothering with.

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Related Topix: Classical, Bach, Johann Sebastian Bach

Sat Oct 31, 2009

Ultimate-guitar.com

Yngwie Malmsteen: The Yngwie Malmsteen Collection [Reviews]

Reviewed by: kingheadshot , on october 30, 2009 0 of 0 people found this review helpful Sound: Yngwie Johann Malmsteen is probably the most famous exponent of neo-classical shred metal with a distinctive sound which is sometimes reminiscent of JS Bach's music.

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Related Topix: Classical, Bach

Thu Oct 29, 2009

St. Cloud Times Online

Latin jazz meets classical

If you've ever wondered what it would have sounded like if classical composer J.S. Bach dabbled in Latin jazz, Miami-based Tiempo Libre might have the answer.

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Related Topix: Classical, Bach, Reality TV, Entertainment, Dancing With The Stars, Television

Tue Oct 27, 2009

Oregonlive.com

Classical review: Portland Baroque Orchestra puts Mendelssohn in illuminating context

As pianist and scholar Charles Rosen put it simply, Felix Mendelssohn "was the greatest prodigy the history of music has ever known." He was fully formed as a composer by age 16, when he wrote his Op.

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Related Topix: Classical, Mendelssohn, Charles Rosen, Felix Mendelssohn, Symphony, Arts

Sun Oct 25, 2009

KINK-FM Portland

Mendelssohn's Piano

WIN A PAIR OF TICKETS: Enter to win a pair of tickets to see PBO's Mendelssohn's Piano .

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Related Topix: Symphony, Arts, Classical, Bach

Fri Oct 23, 2009

Evanston Review

Celebrate Mendelssohn's 200th birthday

Members of Chicago Choral Artists open their 35th season and celebrate the 200th anniversary of composer Felix Mendelssohn's birth with The Two Worlds of Mendelssohn, a concert that observes his genius as an immensely successful composer in both the German and English styles.

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Related Topix: Chicago, IL, Chicago Metro, Classical, Bach, Symphony, Arts, Evanston, IL

Wed Oct 21, 2009

The Austrailian

All stops out for a raging Bachanalia

LAST Sunday, a small crowd of 20 people huddled in the crisp morning air outside the grand entrance of Melbourne Town Hall.

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Related Topix: Classical

Mon Oct 19, 2009

The Age

Organ genius goes Bach to the future

IN 1995, spreading himself across 11 concerts and using some of the city's more appropriate and clear-speaking instruments, Calvin Bowman performed the complete works for solo organ by J.S. Bach.

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Related Topix: Classical

Examiner.com

Jake Shimabukuro takes the ukulele to classical heights at the SFJazz Festival

Since when could you imagine the ukulele taking center stage at a symphony hall? Enter Jake Shimabukuro: a young Hawaiian who has been recognized as one of the world's most exciting and innovative ukulele players and composers.

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Related Topix: Classical

CBC News

Cello Suites up for 2 Quebec writing awards

Eric Siblin has been nominated for two Quebec writers' awards, a Governor General's Award and the Writer's Trust Award for his book The Cello Suites.

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Related Topix: Classical, Bach, Arts, Poetry

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