Symphony aims for balance Sep 24, 2008
But much of the symphony's season is the old and traditional, including Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade, Beethoven's Fifth, Mahler, Mozart and Tchaikovsky. Fabio Mechetti, the symphony's music director, said the programming has to strike a balance. (Florida Times-Union)
A search for the spirit of BSO seasons past Sep 21, 2008
The program is a shiny all-Russian affair with music by Glinka, Tchaikovsky, and Mussorgsky in which the orchestra is almost guaranteed to dazzle. But the questions on my mind recently have been about the precise nature of that dazzle, about how the tenure of music director James Levine has been evolving, and about what appears to be an easing away from the boldness and breadth of vision that characterized his opening years with the orchestra. (Boston Globe)
Passionate embrace ends with a bang Sep 19, 2008
Over the next 10 years his performances of Stravinsky's The Rite Of Spring, of Ravel, Prokofiev, Brahms and Tchaikovsky were enthusiastically received as refreshingly sensual after de Waart's discipline. When he took the main job, he inherited a better orchestra than any of the 10 previous chief conductors, though not quite as good as it would have been if de Waart had left two years earlier. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
The Nutcracker | WA Ballet Sep 16, 2008
Traditionalists were warned this would be a radical interpretation of Tchaikovsky s dancing toys; a rite-of-passage story set in a contemporary high school and based around an internet romance. The curtain dropped on the two central characters, Clara and Peter, instant messaging each other, with their words appearing magically on a huge mesh screen in front of them. (Australian Stage Online)
EG Listings: Sep 13, 2008
MSO present classics by Beethoven and Tchaikovsky. Saturday , 2pm, and Monday, 8pm, Hamer Hall, Arts Centre, $28 - $112, ticketmaster. (The Age, Australia -- Entertainment)
Music review: MTT deftly mixes party, concert Sep 6, 2008
Like Tchaikovsky - a fellow master of dance music who professed his own admiration for "Sylvia" - Delibes composes with a mixture of tenderness and muscle that is utterly enchanting. Sometimes the melodies fall into place with charming precision; at other times they take surprising and unpredictable turns that prompt a chuckle of delight. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Scene and Herd: Lots of events blooming in autumn Sep 4, 2008
Opera Encore with John Tischio, a noted opera lecturer and aficianado, will be giving another series of Sunday afternoon programs on operas this fall: by Bizet, Tchaikovsky, Richard Strauss, and Verdi ... On Oct. 5, the program will be Eugene Onegin by Tchaikovsky; on Oct. 19, it will be Carmen by Bizet; and on Nov. 23, Der Rosenkavalier by Strauss. (Lexington Minuteman, MA)
U2 eclipse Mariah Carey at Grammys Aug 25, 2008
The most amazing recordings of Russian musical legends on a 100CD set, with solo works, chamber music and orchestral music by great Russian composers like Rachmaninov, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev and many more. From: 99. (Yahoo News -- Grammy Awards)
* La Dame aux Camelias flowers on staying power Aug 15, 2008
More than a dozen danced for him last year in When Ballet Meets Tchaikovsky. But Yu says that every year he comes back it feels like he is starting from scratch again with his Taiwanese dancers, because most dont dance every day. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Mendoza returns to Muscatine Aug 13, 2008
Mendoza said he s also enjoyed performing concerts including selections from Brittens Les Illuminations, and Tchaikovsky. I learned a lot about interpretation of musical style of each period and completed intense diction language work, said Mendoza. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
“Talk Radio” Aug 8, 2008
You listened to the Mahler Fourth Symphony or the Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings, and it evoked scenes and visions of your own life and elevated these revelations into the realm of art. Talk radio left you with nothing except a feeling of superiority to the poor schlumps talking on the radio. (The Atlantic Online)
Stars and students rise to the occasion Aug 5, 2008
LENOX - The first music Tchaikovsky composed for his operatic setting of Pushkin's novel "Eugene Onegin" was a scene in Act I in which the shy, bookish Tatiana writes a letter to the dashing Onegin, declaring her love for him ... Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin. (Boston Globe)
The Rimsky centenary: More music, please Aug 5, 2008
He also was something of a reactionary, Stravinsky said, an anti-Tsarist politically who nonetheless refused to listen to new music from France and Germany (particularly Richard Strauss), and was utterly dismissive of Tchaikovsky. All of which is interesting, but more important from posterity s standpoint is that Rimsky worked tirelessly on behalf of other composers, most particularly Modest Mussorgsky, his fellow Balakirev acolyte. (The Palm Beach Post)
* [CLASSICAL DVD REVIEWS] Jul 30, 2008
Seven composers X Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner, Tchaikovsky, Mahler and Puccini X are each the subject of a 59-minute film. Of the five Ive seen (Ive not yet found Tchaikovsky or Mahler), the most impressive are those dealing with Bach and Mozart. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Tchaikovsky saw reality in 'Eugene Onegin' Jul 28, 2008
When Tchaikovsky met Pushkin ... Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin" comes complete with a classic life-imitating-art story ... In 1877, as Tchaikovsky became enamored with the idea of an operatic "Onegin," he received a letter from Antonina Milyukova, a former student, professing her love. (Boston Globe)
It ain't so, Joe Jul 24, 2008
Forty years and 1500 concerts have rendered him not only sick and tired of sitting in concert halls alongside the old, affluent, uninformed or plain stupid (those who like their Mozart sweet and their Tchaikovsky loud) but the cumulative effect has filled him with hatred for any living composer who hasn't had enough time yet to acquire the Bach mystique or the Beethoven magic. Those who tried embracing history or simple rhythms are dismissed as facile, eclectic or even infantile, while the... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Be a part of New Britain's growing arts scene Jul 21, 2008
In the upcoming season the Virtuosi will present "Evgeni Onegin" by Tchaikovsky, two operas by Britten and the justly famous "Traviata" by Verdi. There also will be three orchestral concerts titled "Tradition," "Ballroom Body Language" and "Freedom Calls.". (New Britain Herald, CT)
Life, the universe and Kensington Jul 18, 2008
The rest of the romantics are out in force: Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique, Mendelssohn's Symphony No 4, plenty of Brahms, Bruch's Violin Concerto No 1, two Dvor;k and three Tchaikovsky symphonies, as well as the overwrought Russian's complete Sleeping Beauty ... Sibelius, who began by emulating Tchaikovsky, went on to invent his own symphonic language, and ended in a resonant 30-year silence, can be sampled in the shape of his first and second symphonies. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Edinburgh 2008 forward planning: The best classical and opera Jul 15, 2008
Knussen's own Scriabin Settings and the premiere of David Matthews's orchestrations of Janacek's On an Overgrown Path preface the ballet The Fairy's Kiss, Stravinsky's fond homage to Tchaikovsky. August 29 0131-473 2000. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Joe Queenan: New classical music is torture Jul 13, 2008
But they do this only because these works tend to be short and not terribly atonal; because they know this is the last time in their lives they'll have to listen to them; and because the orchestra has signed a contract in blood guaranteeing that if everyone holds their nose and eats their vegetables, they'll be rewarded with a great dollop of Tchaikovsky and Mendelssohn. I started listening to classical music when I entered college, aged 17. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
For infants, musical exposure is simple and complex Jul 13, 2008
Would the child grow up finally able to realize Schoenberg's dream of having his music treated as no more exotic or challenging than that of Tchaikovsky. Would this young native speaker of atonality be inclined, as Schoenberg hoped, to casually whistle 12-tone music as he walked down the street. (Boston Globe)
The Fly doesn't fly Jul 8, 2008
Staged at the famous Theatre du Chatelet, where Paris's cultural elite have since the mid-19th century enjoyed appearances by classical music legends like Tchaikovsky and Richard Strauss, the modern opera is being warmly received by the public but sneered at by reviewers. "At intermission, after the first hour of the two-hour show, we were so bored we strongly suspected the parasitic presence of the tsetse fly," wrote Le Figaro reviewer Christian Merlin, referring to the bloodsucking African... (Vancouver Sun)
Will The Fly live up to its buzz? Jun 28, 2008
telet, which sits on the right bank of the Seine across from Notre Dame, is a historic theatre: Nijinsky danced on its stage, and Tchaikovsky and Mahler conducted its orchestra. A jail existed for centuries on this site; under the theatre's floor are catacombs filled with forgotten bones. (Globe and Mail)
Mann brings back orchestra under stars Jun 26, 2008
Mendelssohn, Mozart, Brahms, Beethoven, Berlioz, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, Copland -- works by all these and others are included ... The remaining programs include an All-Tchaikovsky concert on July 22. (The Delaware County Times, PA)
Guest vocalist and fireworks highlight Symphony orchestra’s Salute to the Fourth celebration concert Jun 24, 2008
The orchestra also will perform some classical pieces Wagner s Overture to Rienzi, Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 5 and Tchaikovsky s 1812 Overture. These are lighter, shorter pieces perfect for a warm, summer evening, Mills said. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
* Many a golden melody played on an old fiddle Jun 22, 2008
The prolific pianist won third prize at the third Tchaikovsky International Music Competition in St Petersburg, Russia, at the age of 13, after which Yen, now 25, studied under the great maestro Vladimir Krainev and honed an international reputation. PHOTO: TAIPEI TIMES. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Sound Associates Makes Free 'Concerts in the Park' Intimate Concert Hall Experience, for 50,000 to 150,000 Jun 19, 2008
Sound Associates, Inc. built a completely different front end sound system for the for the New York Philharmonic free "Concerts in the Parks" tour to all five boroughs, East Islip, Long Island and Holmdel, NJ. The first concert, in Central Park on June 24, will feature music by Shostakovich, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky and Sousa. All concerts are followed by fireworks, no tickets are required. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Lend an ear to these tony Tony-nominated musicals Jun 14, 2008
"In the Heights" (Ghostlight Records): Years ago, as a teenager in New York, I would step out of ballet classes set to the music of Tchaikovsky and Chopin and secretly thrill to the liberating sounds of Latin music that often poured out of storefronts on my way to the subway. Listening to the double CD of 23 tracks for composer (and star) Lin-Manuel Miranda's salsa, Latin pop and hip-hop-infused score for "In the Heights" -- a show about young Latin Americans living, working (and dancing) in the... (Chicago Sun-Times)
Mainly Mozart takes a detour into Richard Strauss Land Jun 9, 2008
Also on the roster are pieces by composers ranging from Haydn to Tchaikovsky, Liszt to Lutoslawski. And Beethoven reigns supreme on opening night, when pianist John Lill joins Atherton and the Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra in performing all five of Beethoven's piano concertos at the Balboa. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
More of this story Jun 7, 2008
" Two, a competing studio is close to finishing a similar script, sending Baum - who believes there's only room in Hollywood for one so-called Jew movie a year - into something of a frenzy. Written by Daniel Goldfarb, directed by Paul Mazursky (director of the 1986 film Down and Out in Beverly Hills, among many others) and featuring actors you might recognize from TV, the tale of jaded Hollywood runs through July 20 at the Hayworth Theatre. Hayworth Theatre, 2509 Wilshire Blvd., (213) 389-9860... (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
In good hands: John Lill lets Beethoven's concertos carry the day Jun 6, 2008
By 14, he had learned most of Beethoven's sonatas and piano concertos, laying the groundwork for career that included winning Moscow's prestigious International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1970. Though Lill's repertoire is diverse he'll perform works by Mozart, Haydn, Schumann and Liszt during his Balboa Theatre recital on June 13 Beethoven holds a special place. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Contest a key to success Jun 2, 2008
Judging by her performance of the Tchaikovsky B-flat minor Concerto with the Orchestre M;tropolitain du Grand Montr;al in the competition's final round, I shouldn't have thought so. While there was much musicality and pianistic talent on display, her playing was also patchy, full of technical slips and an imperfect interaction with the hard working but minimally rehearsed orchestra under Jean-Marie Zeitouni's direction. (Toronto Star)
Myth Of Choice May 29, 2008
Yet with its throbbing Tchaikovsky score - some of the most emotional ballet music ever composed - and its eloquent, adroitly varied choreography, the results can be magical. How magical depends on the ensemble, but largely on the leads, Siegfried and Odette/Odile, for the double role is given by the same ballerina. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
The Air This Week May 27, 2008
3 p.m. Mstislav Rostropovich/Pittsburgh Symphony: Prokofiev Symphony No. 1, Shostakovich Symphony No. 9, Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5, Kabalevsky "Colas Breugnon" Overture, Glinka "Kamarinskaya" (WGBH). 6 p.m. Christopher O'Riley/From the Top (WGBH). (Boston Globe)
Sunny delights May 26, 2008
This eerie fairytale, inspired by Tchaikovsky, contains some of the composer's most haunting narrative music. Also in the programme is Card Game, John Cranko's response to the 1936 score, Jeu de Cartes. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Eugene Onegin at Glyndebourne May 23, 2008
Is it true to Tchaikovsky. Not in my book. (Times Online)
Flagler concert a preview for teens' Carnegie performance May 20, 2008
Carnegie Hall's opening night concert on May 5, 1891, was conducted by Damrosch and composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The National Historic Landmark consists of three distinct, separate concert halls: the Main Hall, the Recital Hall and the Chamber Music Hall. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
Deft performances wrap up lively Masterworks season May 20, 2008
From the moment pianist Horacio Gutierrez plunged into Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1, you knew he would give it the respect it deserves ... In addition to the Tchaikovsky and Dvorak's beloved Symphony No. 9 ( From the New World ), the lineup featured music by a living composer, Bright Sheng. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Events listings May 18, 2008
Nicholas Palmer conducts pops program including Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 with Shijun Wang ... Nicholas Palmer conducts pops program including Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 with Shijun Wang ... Works by Beethoven, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, Paganini. (Boston Globe)
Riverdance farewell tour says bye at the Fox May 16, 2008
But there's also the feeling that Whelan is destined for greater artistic accomplishments that he could become essentially the first Irish composer to incorporate folk music into classical music as successfully as Tchaikovsky or Edvard Grieg, said Jim Flannery, director of the W.B. Yeats Foundation at Emory, who has known Whelan since they both worked with the Yeats International Theatre Festival in Ireland in the early 1990s. "The dancing and the showbiz elements of 'Riverdance' have... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Your opinion? May 12, 2008
Tchaikovsky s 1812 Overture capped the evening. With the ASO joined by the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra and Milton and Alpharetta high schools marching bands, it made a tremendous and joyful noise. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
* [ EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT ] May 9, 2008
Passionate Strings X NSO Tchaikovsky Cycle 9 (NSOo{9 X xb) sees Taiwans National Symphony Orchestra (aT) performing under the baton of guest conductor Alexander Vedernikov. The program features solo violinist Ilya Grubert and includes Tchaikovskys Coronation March, Op ... With E1002 X Night of Tchaikovsky (E1002yi), percussion group E1002 presents its interpretation of Tchaikovskys Childrens Album as arranged by Anatoly Ivanov. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Symphony fans have extra reasons to smile May 9, 2008
Scott Gregg conducts a program of Tchaikovsky, Wagner, Mozart and Shostakovich. Tickets are $8. (Florida Times-Union)
Backstage panic? You'd never know it May 6, 2008
Heather Ogden and Nehemiah Kish got the evening going with an exciting performance of Balanchine's Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux. This being Balanchine, it was flat-out dancing with intricate footwork and lifts, and no preparation time, and the couple made every move count. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Magic far across the wide sea May 5, 2008
The first half of the concert concentrated on older examples of courtly music, including motets from Schutz's Geistliche Chormusik and three hymns written for the Imperial Chapel Court in St Petersburg by Tchaikovsky. The pitch at the opening of the Schutz wavered, but was anchored in place by the fine adult male voices, showing off the technical facility and sophistication of these young musicians. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Public Radio Highlights May 4, 2008
Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A-Minor, Op. 50; Schumann: Forest Scenes, Op. (Montana Standard, MT)
Overheard, out and about, Mrs. Grundy sees all, tells all May 3, 2008
May birthdays include those of Joseph Addison (whose classic style of writing inspired new writers for a hundred years), Robert Browning (English poet), J. Brahms (composer), P. Tchaikovsky (Russian composer), James M. Barrie (who wrote the story of Peter Pan), Arthur Sullivan (composer of "The Lost Chord," "Onward, Christian Soldiers," and operettas with W. S. Gilbert), Alexander Pope (most quoted English poet next to Shakespeare), Arthur Conan Doyle (creator of Sherlock Holmes), South Carolina... (Andalusia Star News, AL)
Cardenes tackles recording project Apr 22, 2008
Concertos by Saint Saens, Bruch, Elgar, Glazunov and Tchaikovsky are likely. As if that were not enough, Cardenes also plans to record the 10 Beethoven violin sonatas with pianist Ian Hobson, along with violin works by Respighi, Franck, Faure. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
The master songwriter turns maestro Apr 21, 2008
From teenage love to Tchaikovsky, Neil Sedaka is mixing the hits with the classical in a new tour, writes Ian Munro ... On the road in the 1990s he drew on that classical training to put his own lyrics to the work of composers such as Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Debussy and Chopin ... " He wrote the songs while touring, scribbling them on napkins in restaurants and during flights, relying on memories of the music he learned as a young piano student. "It was not until I got to a piano months later... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Entertainment on the Tens Apr 19, 2008
Cavani String Quartet gives a faculty recital of music by Arensky, Schubert and Tchaikovsky, with pianist Elizabeth DeMio and guest cellist Umberto Clerici. Hear the sounds at 8 p.m. at the Cleveland Institute of Music, 11021 East Blvd., Cleveland. (Cleveland.com)
Letter from Germany Apr 19, 2008
He was born in what was then called Leningrad and won the Tchaikovsky Competition in 1966, at 16. Emil Gilels headed the jury. (International Herald Tribune)
Singing the Delta blues Apr 17, 2008
I flew to New York on the day spring arrived and all along 90th Street a lovely blue flower called Pushkinia blossomed which is named for the poet who, according to Russians, cannot be translated into English, but Tchaikovsky made a gorgeous opera of "Eugene Onegin," which is some consolation, and then there is the flower. I flew on Northwest Airlines, which now, like Pushkin, will vanish into the earth, devoured by Delta, and this makes me a little sad. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Berry still true to his legendary tunes Apr 16, 2008
After some fiddling and fussing, Berry took another stab at telling "Tchaikovsky the news." A bluesy reading of Little Walter's "Mean Old World" followed a spry "Sweet Little Sixteen," and a crisp "Carol" still swung eternally. But in fact, while his voice remained the wiry tenor that had jumped out of a million jukeboxes, Berry didn't play a lot of guitar, or finish a lot of songs, during his choppy 45-minute set, which leaned heavily on his own legendary personage and Daryl Davis's boogie... (Boston Globe)
CBC Radio's classic mistake Apr 13, 2008
Certain composers are obviously gay Barber, Copland, Tchaikovsky; possibly Ravel, Handel and Schubert and some folks will tell you that gays gravitate to certain kinds of music. Opera, maybe, or the high-romantic schmaltz of Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff. (Toronto Star)
At the ballet Apr 10, 2008
The local Aboriginal radio station on Monday night played some of Tchaikovskys music for The Swan Lake ... These may be the present fashions; but for all that it was a great orchestral performance under conductor Nicolette Fraillon, a ravishing reading of Tchaikovskys score ... Tchaikovsky, who was one the four best musicians of the known European tradition, was a symphonic writer. (Webdiary)
* [ CLASSICAL DVD AND CD REVIEWS ] Apr 9, 2008
There are scenes of abandoned villages as well as of frozen landscapes and the arrival of spring, and extracts from operas and orchestral pieces illustrate how folk themes were incorporated into their works by the likes of Glinka and Tchaikovsky. MASCAGNI, LEONCAVALLO. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Grace and power tell the eternal story Apr 8, 2008
The Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, conducted by Nicolette Fraillon - led by Aubrey Murphy, who is also featured as a soloist in this amalgam of music by Tchaikovsky - made a notable contribution. And it is one that can be shared, free, tomorrow night by those who can get ABC2, where that night's performance of Swan Lake will be televised along with satellite screenings in Federation Square, Melbourne, and seven regional centres. (Sydney Morning Herald)
No orchestra, no costumes, no point Apr 8, 2008
Some of the arias are tuneful and some of the small ensembles and choruses are worth performing alone, but the cogent musical connective tissue that is the lifeblood of Russian opera, from Mussorgsky and Tchaikovsky to (Rimsky's pupils) Prokofiev and Stravinsky, just isn't there. At least, it's not there in the piano reduction (or practice score, our orchestra Sunday), which is unlovely and just barely coherent except during some of the arias. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
San Diego Symphony's hit parade Apr 7, 2008
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 ... In addition to an array of contemporary works by such prominent composers as Thomas Ades and Kaija Saariaho, next season's lineup includes Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1, Beethoven's Symphony No. 6 ( Pastoral ) and Brahms' Violin Concerto ... SAN DIEGO SYMPHONY: MOST PERFORMED WORKS BY TCHAIKOVSKY. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Hong turns ebony and ivory into the `ultimate special effect' Apr 6, 2008
Even in movies such as `Star Wars' and `Lord of the Rings,' all of their composers are imitating Tchaikovsky, Beethoven and Wagner,'' he said. (Oscar-winning `Lord of the Rings' composer) Howard Shore basically just took Wagner's opera `The Ring,' which most kids have no idea about, and borrowed its motifs. (Kalamazoo Gazette, MI)
Singers, orchestra rise above flawed concept of Onegin Apr 4, 2008
The Canadian Opera Company's production of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, which opened on Wednesday, is extremely well sung ... ra national du Rhin by Switzerland's Marco Arturo Marelli and seen onto the stage here by Italy's Enrico De Feo, flouts enough of Tchaikovsky's opera to be seriously exasperating ... Nor do Marelli's interferences with Tchaikovsky end there. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Gergiev Behind The Wheel Of A Winner Apr 2, 2008
April 2, 2008 -- GAMBLING has fascinated Russian opera composers, from Tchaikovsky ("The Queen of Spades") to Shostakovich ("The Gamblers"). In between we have Sergei Prokofiev's "The Gambler," based, for a darker change, on Dostoevsky. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
The magic and madness of an eternal swan Apr 1, 2008
The ballet was born in Moscow in 1877 when Julius Reisinger choreographed the work to a score of Tchaikovsky who admired the work of Wagner, especially Lohengrin, the story of an heroic swan prince. In 1895, after the composer's death, Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov presented their more successful version in St Petersburg. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
URI Concert Choir steps back in time for April 5 performance Mar 29, 2008
Tchaikovsky s 1812 overture premiered and Wagner s opera "Parsifal" was produced, while Gilbert and Sullivan s "Iolanthe" introduced a dozen new songs into popular music. The program will include choral excerpts and solos from "Iolanthe," Anton Bruckner s "Ave Maria," Antonin Dvorak "Songs of Nature," Dudley Buck s "Annie Laurie" and Johannes Brahms "Four Quartets, Op. 92." The Brahms pieces will be performed with full choir, the usual practice. (Westerly Sun, RI)
Britt announces 2008 summer season Mar 28, 2008
Highlights of opening weekend include pianist Ingrid Fliter performing Chopin, excerpts from Prokofiev s ballet Romeo t, British trumpeter Alison Balsom, Tchaikovsky s Serenade for Strings, the Britt horn section playing Schumann s Concertstck, and a chance to hear the percussion players in an exotic piece based on Haitian rhythms. For the middle weekend Maestro Bay has planned a tribute to The Golden Age of the Silver Screen. (Yreka Siskiyou Daily News, CA)
