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Van Zweden conducts a breezy Bruckner

You can divide and subdivide the orchestra world's current top dozen or so young conductors in several different ways.

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Related Topix: Classical, Symphony, Arts

Tue Nov 24, 2009

All About Jazz

CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Andrew Neu Tempts Fans to Try Something Neu

From his appearances with Peter Nero and the Philly Pops, Brian Pastor Big Band and Philadelphia Orchestra to his live performances in front of thousands of people while regularly touring with legendary crooner Bobby Caldwell, Andrew Neu is one of the most exciting, multi-genre musicians today.

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Related Topix: Peter Nero, Jazz, Classical, Gerald Veasley

Sat Nov 21, 2009

New York Times

Mahler's Puzzling Seventh, Played With Chemistry

Mahler's Seventh Symphony is probably the least popular of his nine works in the genre.

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Related Topix: Arts, Symphony, Classical, Music, Entertainment

News-Medical.Net

America's Got Talent Donald Braswell to participate in "Songs for Sara" Benefit Concert

Donald Braswell , 4th place winner from TV's "America's Got Talent" 2008 season, and William Stokking , retired principal cellist of the Philadelphia Orchestra, are featured in the "Songs for Sara" Benefit Concert for Sara Ann Kronrot, a six-year-old Collingswood girl with profound cerebral palsy .

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Related Topix: Classical, Medicine, Health

Fri Nov 20, 2009

TheCelebrityCafe

Joshua Bell - At Home With Friends

Alphabetical Listing Home : CD reviews : Classical : Joshua Bell - Joshua Bell got his first violin at the age of four after his parents found his plucking at rubber bands he stretched over the handles of his dresser.

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Related Topix: Classical, Joshua Bell

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Philly.com

Pleasant night with the orchestra

Stphane Denve is not what you could call a high-impact podium presence. He led a perfectly pleasant concert Thursday night.

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Related Topix: Classical, Symphony, Arts, Entertainment

Sat Nov 14, 2009

Associated Content

How to Catch the Christmas Fever in Philadelphia

Philadelphia gets cold in the winter, but it manages to stay warm with its holiday cheer! There are events all over the city where you can share your love of the holidays with other enthusiasts.

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Related Topix: Classical

Fri Nov 13, 2009

LiveDaily

Sting to perform with The Philadelphia Orchestra

20 show with The Philadelphia Orchestra as part of the Philadelphia's Academy of Music's Annual Anniversary Concert and Ball, according to a press release.

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Related Topix: Classical

Thu Nov 12, 2009

Omaha World-Herald

Violinist is seeing classic concerto in a new light

A concert violinist who doesn't like the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto is like a painter who hates primary colors.

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Related Topix: Symphony, Arts, Omaha, NE, Classical

Mon Nov 09, 2009

SF Sentinel

Gautier Capua on, Cellist a " Debut with San Francisco Symphony

The Best of San Francisco Stage, Film, Fashion, Dining, Travel, Business, Philanthropy, and Governance - Challah Is Taken Monday 09th of November 2009 GAUTIER CAPUA ON, Cellist - " Debut with San Francisco Symphony 9 November 2009 Famed cellist will perform Schumann's Cello Concerto in A minor , Opus 129 By SeA n Martinfield Sentinel Editor and ...

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Related Topix: Symphony, Arts, Classical, San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco, CA, Journalism

Sat Nov 07, 2009

EDGEphiladelphia.com Entertainment Feed

The Philadelphia Orchestra :: from Jurowski with love

Since Queer as Folk went of the air, Peter Paige has been taking one acting challenge after another.

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Related Topix: Classical, Soap Opera, Queer as Folk, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Peter Paige, Social Software

Fri Nov 06, 2009

MyCentralJersey.com

The total package

You got to practice to get to Carnegie Hall. But once you get there, you got to nail it.

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Related Topix: Symphony, Arts, Publishing, New York Times, Classical

Sun Nov 01, 2009

The Philadelphia Tribune

Classical pianist says economy hurts budding musicians

Renowned classical pianist Andre Watts will appear in recital at the Kimmel Center's Verizon Hall at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov.

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Related Topix: Classical, Andre Watts, Schubert, Franz Schubert, Liszt, Franz Liszt

Philly.com

Orchestra and audience evoke concerts of Halloweens past

Groucho Marx infiltrated the bassoon section. An attractive blonde was keeping company with the double basses.

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Related Topix: Classical, Life, Holidays, Halloween

Wed Oct 28, 2009

Iowa City Press-Citizen

Tuba player to perform today

Carol Jantsch, principal tuba of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the first female tuba player in a major U.S. symphony orchestra, will perform as a guest of the University of Iowa School of Music at 7:30 p.m. today in the University Capitol Centre Recital Hall, located in the Old Capitol Town Center in downtown Iowa City.

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Related Topix: Classical, Symphony, Arts, University of Iowa

Mon Oct 26, 2009

Philly.com

ArtsWatch: Jurowski the Teacher

Conductors, these days especially, have to be more than musicians. They are advocates, teachers and, in a substantive way, cheerleaders for the art form.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Music!, Die Fledermaus, Classical

Sun Oct 25, 2009

Philly.com

A contender

Any conductor out to make a splash isn't likely to program pieces that more or less play themselves, such as Rossini's Barber of Seville overture and Mendelssohn's Symphony No.

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Related Topix: Symphony, Classical

Fri Oct 23, 2009

KERA-TV Dallas

Eight Years of Jaap Van Zweden

The Dallas Symphony Association announced today that the orchestra and Music Director Jaap van Zweden have agreed to extend his current four-year contract through the 2015-2016 season.

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Related Topix: Symphony, Arts, Dallas Metro, Dallas, TX, Classical, Jaap Van Zweden, New York Philharmonic

Wed Oct 21, 2009

Forward

Creating an Arab-Israeli Dialogue, One Note at a Time

On a rain-drenched afternoon in Philadelphia, I entered a small underground room at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts to observe a rehearsal of "Resonances" - a new composition commissioned by Intercultural Journeys, an Arab/Jewish ensemble that utilizes the arts as a vehicle to produce dialogue between the Israeli and Arab peoples.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Classical

Sun Oct 18, 2009

PittsburghLIVE.com

Pittsburgh Symphony makes 'A Woman's Song' moving experience

The Pittsburgh Symphony concert Friday night felt like a new start to the season, so refreshing was it to encounter two rewarding American scores - one of them a notable world premiere.

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Related Topix: Symphony, Arts, Pittsburgh Metro, Classical, Leonard Slatkin

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