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Contest: Win Dinner and Two Tickets to 'Pictures Reframed'

Great collaborations are the stuff of legend. Scorcese and De Niro. Aerosmith and Run DMC.

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Related Topix: Dance, DMC, Classical, Leif Ove Andsnes, Modest Mussorgsky, Entertainment

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Reuters

Awash in notes? Piano "drowns" in Andsnes concert

It could be one of the most disturbing images in classical music since Charlotte Moorman played the cello in the nude and brought out the New York City vice squad.

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Related Topix: Classical, Leif Ove Andsnes, Arts, Opera

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Eye Weekly

Between Friends

Echo & The Bunnymen: The Fountain Whatever they think of the re-formed group's output following the classic era , Echo & The Bunnymen fans tend to agree that the band has become a two-headed beast: one stalwart flame-keeper that doles out old post-punk gems in concert, as the... Vic Chesnutt: At The Cut The second album that cult hero Vic Chesnutt ...

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Related Topix: Echo & the Bunnymen, Pop/Rock, Punk, Fugazi, Athens, GA, Athens Metro, Classical, Life, Holidays, Halloween

Thu Oct 29, 2009

The Daily Nexus

Phantom of the Orchestra

Zombies and orchestral music do not mix well. So might go a common misconception that UCSB musicians are seeking to correct.

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Related Topix: Symphony, Halloween, Classical, Modest Mussorgsky, Maurice Ravel, Ravel

Sun Oct 25, 2009

Journal Messenger

Music club president, son to perform at Woodbridge church

Lovers of piano are welcome Saturday night at a concert sponsored by the Woodbridge Music Club.

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Related Topix: Woodbridge, VA, Classical, Prince William County, VA

Fri Oct 23, 2009

Fredericksburg.com

Cover Story: Symphony of Note Haydn, Mozart, Mussorgsky: Historic ...

KEVIN BARTRAM was scanning his e-mail inbox one day when he came across a message that got right to the point.

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Related Topix: Symphony, Arts, Classical, Mozart, Fredericksburg, VA, Haydn, Joseph Haydn

Wed Oct 21, 2009

Watertown Daily Times

Orchestra of NNY opens 22nd season Saturday in Potsdam

The Orchestra of Northern New York will celebrate the opening of its 22nd concert season at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the Helen M. Hosmer Concert Hall at SUNY Potsdam.

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Related Topix: Potsdam, NY, SUNY College at Potsdam, Classical, Symphony, Arts, Canton, NY

Sat Oct 17, 2009

Bradenton Herald

Sarasota Orchestra and Ringling College students mix talents

There's no doubt that music and art inspire. But what happens when the two are combined? You get the Sarasota Orchestra's opening Masterworks series concert "At Exhibition," featuring an artistic take on Modest Mussorgsky's famous "Pictures at an Exhibition." It's music that's inspired by the art of Russian architect Viktor Hartmann, a close friend ...

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Related Topix: Classical, Entertainment

Fri Oct 16, 2009

Post-Standard

'Beyond the Score' provides dramatic introduction to program

Syracuse, NY -- Already one of the most recognizable and comprehensible pieces in the classical cannon, Modest Mussorgsky's "Pictures From an Exhibition," becomes even more accessible through "Beyond The Score." This multimedia introduction is produced by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra to deepen understanding for classical music lovers and to ...

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Related Topix: Syracuse Metro, Syracuse, NY, Classical, Modest Mussorgsky, Symphony, Arts, Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Sun Oct 11, 2009

The Independent

BBCSO / Belohlavek, Barbican Hall, LondonTake the Risk, Purcell Room, London

The long, wry face of Bohuslav Martinu gives little away. Posed for a studio portrait, cigarette clamped between his fingers, standing to the side of a concert poster in Boston or strolling through Central Park, here is a quiet man from a small, distant country.

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Related Topix: Symphony, Arts, Classical, Mahler

Fri Oct 09, 2009

Niles Daily Star

Host Niles High School earns 1 in District 6 marching festival

Posted 8 hours, 54 minutes ago at 2:19 pm. Niles hosted 13 bands Oct. 7 for the annual District 6 Southwestern Michigan Band and Orchestra Association Marching Band Festival.

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Related Topix: Niles, MI, Michigan, Classical, Dowagiac, MI, Bridgman, MI

Thu Oct 01, 2009

Metropulse.com

Music This Weekend...

The final evening of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra season opening Pictures at an Exhibition at the Tennessee Theatre On the program is: The American Scene: The South by William Grant Still Knoxville: Summer of 1915 by Samuel Barber Suite from The Reivers by John Williams Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky, orchestrated Maurice Ravel ...

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Related Topix: Knoxville, TN, Knoxville Metro, Classical, William Grant Still, Pop/Rock, The Reivers, University of Tennessee

Tue Sep 29, 2009

Philly.com

New sounds, visions on classical DVDs

Some classical-music questions never die, chief among them: how to translate this strictly audio art, whose power and mystery comes from its invisibility, for the DVD age? The great orchestras of the world don't worry so much: There's always a charismatic conductor for the camera to focus upon.

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Related Topix: Classical, Ambient, Brian Eno, Queens, NY, New York, NY, Entertainment

Sun Sep 27, 2009

Edmonton Journal

'Elvis of opera' has a surprise up his sleeve

When: Monday at 7:30 p. m. Where: Winspear Centre Tickets: $50 to $250 plus service charges at 428-1414 or winspearcentre.com He's not just sexy.

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Related Topix: Arts, Opera, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Classical, Symphony

Sat Sep 26, 2009

Asbury Park Press Online

Six degrees of 'Pictures'

One of the pieces that drew me into the world of classical music as a young teen was 'Pictures at an Exhibition' by Modest Mussorgsky.

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Related Topix: Classical, Progressive-Rock, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Symphony, Arts, Electronic

Thu Sep 24, 2009

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Mother Russian for 'Onegin' soprano

Anna Samuil and Dwayne Croft are star-crossed lovers in "Eugene Onegin." When Russian soprano Anna Samuil makes her local debut Saturday as Tatiana, the heroine of Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin," she will be singing in her mother tongue.

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Related Topix: Tchaikovsky, Classical, Arts, Opera, Pittsburgh Metro

Tue Sep 22, 2009

ABC News - Brian Ross

Bolshoi Opens Season Amid Strife and Doom

The 234th season of Russia's world-famous Bolshoi Theater opened on Tuesday with chaos, tragedy, betrayal and strife.

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Related Topix: Theater, Classical, Entertainment

Honolulu Star-Bulletin

Symphony crowd won't let hot trio go

Symphony-goers expect tradition. The classic, romantic pieces of the early 20th century are regularly performed to the delight of symphony patrons everywhere, while the music that was composed after this period remains largely a mystery.

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Related Topix: Symphony, Arts, Classical, Ravel, Bluegrass, Zakir Hussain, Bela Fleck, Edgar Meyer

Sat Sep 19, 2009

The Tennessean Nashville News

Stephen Hough plays brilliantly with the Nashville Symphony

The Nashville Symphony's opening classical subscription series, 'Russia's Greatest Hits,' is aptly titled.

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Related Topix: Symphony, Arts, Classical, Stephen Hough, Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky

Thu Sep 17, 2009

Palo Alto Weekly

Tomorrow's events

Palo Alto Online A&E * Art: Shoes Painter and collage artist Corinne Friedman is holding a free artist reception for her shoe creations tomorrow from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Pacific Art League's main gallery at 668 Ramona St., Palo Alto.

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Related Topix: Palo Alto, CA, Classical

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