The Royal Philharmonic News

DAPPER DROID: "You're carried along by a much-loved story that's known around the world," says Anthony Daniels, left, the actor who portrays C-3PO and narrator of "Star Wars: In Concert." Direct from a galaxy far, far away, C-3PO has become a headliner on the arena circuit.

After enduring the barbs of friends who mocked us for wanting to spend Friday night watching George Lucas' space epic, we headed out to the North Charleston Coliseum for Star Wars: In Concert .

RenA©e Fleming's concert with Charles Dutoit and the Royal Philharmonic formed part of the South Bank's International Voices series, though why it should have was anyone's guess.

The staid world of classical music has been getting a makeover starting with the conductors.

Covent Garden's Royal Opera House was transformed into one of the finest performance venues in the world between 1996 and 1999.

Clair reports A new play that opened this weekend at Kent State looks at the aftermath of electro-shock experiments used to treat homosexualty in a group of 14 young men at Brigham Young University.

"Star Wars: In Concert" -- a multimedia event featuring music from all six of John Williams' epic "Star Wars" scores, performed by the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra and a full chorus -- zooms into Connecticut next month.

London, Great Dame's sequined comeback is distinctly Everage Concerted effort: Dame Edna, with conductor Carl Davis in the background It was certainly a notable spectacle in all sorts of ways.

Marketplace Thursday On WKSU 2 6:47 Claude Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun 7:01 Giacomo Puccini: Edgar: Prelude to Act I 7:06 Peter Warlock: Six Italian Dance Tunes 7:17 Alexander Rom: Vocalise 7:22 Frederic Chopin: Polonaise No.

Liverpool-based Smiling Wolf has launched a new website for The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Philharmonic Hall www.liverpoolphil.com through collaboration with Tincan .

I am listening just now to Adrain Boult conducting the Royal Philharmonic in Edmund Rubbra's sixth symphony.

Collaborations between rock bands and classical musicians often end in tears. It's hard not to wince at Deep Purple's epic 1969 folly Concerto for Group and Orchestra, where the spaniel-haired rockers coaxed the Royal Philharmonic into pretentious prog rock noodling.

The Charlotte Symphony Orchestra has chosen the head of the London Chamber Orchestra, Christopher Warren-Green, as its new conductor.

Spring sunshine brough partygoers out in force to celebrate the final weekend of the Bury St Edmunds Festival.

In tough times we need the comfort of music, pianist Imogen Cooper tells Robin Usher.