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'Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould'
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... history of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra was Gould's 1962 concert appearance with veteran conductor Leonard Bernstein. Bernstein stepped on stage and made his now famous disclaimer, expressing his disagreement with Gould's interpretation of ... Comment?
Review: Mandela story bounces around a bit, but director Eastwood has a steady hand
Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela and Matt Damon as Francois Pienaar. (Keith Bernstein) It's a little disappointing that the first major film about Nelson Mandela isn't about Nelson Mandela. But "Invictus" is a different sort of movie and a good one. ... Comment?
Philharmonic Youth Orchestras play in Victory Saturday
... in the Philharmonic Youth Orchestra in performances of Antonin Dvorak's Symphony No. 8 and the overture to Leonard Bernstein's "Candide." Tickets for the concert are $7.50. For reservations or information, call (812) 425-5050 or visit ... Comment?
Alex Ross: Gustavo Dudamel takes over the L.A. Philharmonic.
The classical-music world has a fraught relationship with fame. On the one hand, people are always pining for the days when Arturo Toscanini, Leonard Bernstein, and Leontyne Price dominated the airwaves and appeared on the covers of magazines. Comment?
The University Wind Ensemble perform music written by Leonard Bernstein. Includes the Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, Overture to Candide and Divertimento. Comment?
This Week in Classical Music -- December 6, 2009
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... Annual Grammy Award nominees have been announced, and here are a few of the classical nominees: for best album: Bernstein's Mass performed by the Baltimore Symphony with conductor Marin Alsop and baritone Jubilant Sykes; Mahler's 8th Symphony with ... Comment?
... Not that anyone really cares about them. You already know that I did not much like Marin Alsop's recording of the Bernstein Mass with the Baltimore Symphony, loved The Little Match Girl Passion , the jury is still out on Musto's Volpone (charming ... Comment?
How to prolong a critical condition
... it. Schonberg went puce every time he had to sit through poor piano playing, especially if the player was Leonard Bernstein who, he'd tell me, shoulda known better. Walker would hit the roof with an Ulsterman's outrage whenever he saw public funds ... Comment?
Wall Street Journal Crashed-and-Burned-and-Smoking Watch
... "Deal with it." Sixteen years later, and Paul Gigot is still lying: Problems with CBO Stimulus Report : [Jared] Bernstein claims vindication on the basis of a new Congressional Budget Office report that finds that 600,000 to 1.6 million more people ... Comment?
CU book talk sheds a new light on preservation and history of - Candide'
... to "Candide" comment on themselves as adaptations. In 1956, "Candide" was adapted as an operetta by Leonard Bernstein and performed on Broadway in several revivals. Boone explained that adaptations of a text like "Candide" illustrate the manner in ... Comment?
Thursday, December 3, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. Steven Schick will lead the La Jolla Symphony & Chorus in Leonard Bernstein's "Mass" in three concerts at UCSD. Comment?
... include the Beethoven "Choral Fantasy", "Verdi arias", "A Jubilant Song" by Dello Joio, and excerpts from Bernstein's "A White House Cantata". Featuring Salvatore Licitra, tenor; Emily Pulley, soprano; Anita Johnson, soprano; Robert Mack, tenor; ... Comment?
Gustav Mahler a " Symphony No.6
... and in the Sixth more-so even than the Seventh (where you can juxtapose a wafting, misty reading - Abbado II, any Bernstein - against - lean riders' - Boulez, Kubelik) it warrants recommending versions for either approach. In tomorrow's second part ... Comment?
An opera reference work with the panache to match the epics that it celebrates
... that the very few examples cited of Scottish Opera come from way back a ' Jonathan Miller's 1988 production of Bernstein's Candide (which the composer himself attended) and Anthony Besch's 1976 production of Britten's The Rape of Lucretia. And ... Comment?
West County Winds sets winter concert
... of Contra Costa College. The program by the community wind ensemble will include the "Candide Suite" by Leonard Bernstein, "American Elegy" by Frank Ticheli, a piece that incorporates the alma mater he wrote for Columbine High School after the ... Comment?
... finest - a 28-year-old wunderkind who has taken the musical world by storm like nobody since the young Leonard Bernstein. They are not to be disappointed. Dudamel graciously accepts the rapturous applause as he springs across the stage to the ... Comment?
Why Aled is still walking in the air
... Channel 4 animation. It even got him on Top Of The Pops, led him to performing with composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein and singing with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. Branching out from The Snowman, there were a number of albums ... Comment?
Band takes audience on nostalgic trip
... band filled the WAC hall with magna opera of musical greats including J B Bach, G F Haendel, J. Strau, and Leonard Bernstein during the one-hour show which was part of the series of events in line with the 'German-Qatari Cultural Weeks' celebration. ... Comment?
... Nov. 22 at 2 p.m. Derived from the stories of Ruth McKenney, the play later became the framework for the Leonard Bernstein musical "Wonderful Town" (think "Why, oh why, oh why, oh -- why did I ever leave Ohio?"). The Foothill production stars Claire ... Comment?
CL's picks for the week's best shows
... ATLANTA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA World premiere of "Blues Symphony" by Wynton Marsalis, plus jazz-influenced works by Bernstein, Gershwin and Ravel. Featured soloists: pianist Olli Mustonen, clarinetist Laura Ardan. Repeats FRI/20, SUN/22. $25-$80. 8 p.m. ... Comment?