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topix.net | 05-Sep-2010 22:37
Audience etiquette matters if the purity of classical music is truly valued
Jonathan Harvey's ideas to enliven classical music are like inviting a football match crowd to join in on the pitch Don Giovanni at Glyndebourne, conducted by Vladimir Jurowski, who insists that unnecessary noise is a distraction.
topix.net | 05-Sep-2010 18:27
Calls for amplified classical music
Professor of music pushes 'blasphemous' idea of concerts where people can talk or walk out in middle of a movement Jonathan Harvey: "Nobody should be deprived of classical music, least of all by silly conventions." Photograph: Mykel Nicolaou/Rex One of Britain's leading composers is calling on fellow classical musicians to abandon the stuffy ...
topix.net | 05-Sep-2010 14:23
Critic's picks - classical music
The BSO has returned home, but this venerable chamber music series extends the Berkshires summer classical offerings into October.
topix.net | 05-Sep-2010 10:23
Police investigate fatal shooting in Norfolk
Norfolk police are on the hunt for whoever shot two people early Saturday morning, one of them died.
topix.net | 05-Sep-2010 06:13
New Music: Classical
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection" Any performance of Mahler's Second Symphony has a sense of event stamped all over it.
topix.net | 05-Sep-2010 02:04
It's classical and all that jazz
The vocal quintet Five by Design will return to perform March 12 with the Topeka Symphony Orchestra, this time bringing with them legendary jazz saxophonist Richie Cole for the debut performance of "Richie's House of Jazz" with a symphony orchestra.
topix.net | 04-Sep-2010 21:49
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould: movie review
Glenn Gould may not have been the first rock star of classical music a ' that designation should probably go to Franz Liszt a ' but he was certainly the most charismatic of modern pianists.
topix.net | 04-Sep-2010 17:45
Symphony Under the Sky off to a beautiful start
Violinist Karen Gomyo performs with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra during the first night of Symphony Under the Sky at Hawrelak Park in Edmonton, September 3, 2010.
topix.net | 04-Sep-2010 13:35
Herbert Howells drew glory from a well of grief
The Hymnus Paradis is the greatest piece of English choral music, argues Simon Heffer
telegraph.co.uk | 04-Sep-2010 13:04
We're Sending Our Stupid Teen Abstinence Preachers to China [Sex]
Here in the Greatest Country On Earth, our "abstinence plan" consists of your friends telling you not to go home with that dude when you're drunk.
topix.net | 04-Sep-2010 09:15
'Unique' soprano scoops opera prize
A "uniquely special" Scottish soprano has won a nationwide search to find an opera star.
topix.net | 04-Sep-2010 05:06
Beethoven at the Proms: Shocks, silence and explosions
To see 6,000 rapt faces focused on the sounds coming from the stage is as inspiring a backdrop as it's possible to imagine Photo: PA Cadenza the decorated cadence at the climax of a classical concerto movement; the dramatic penultimate pause which ruminates in freedom beyond the constraints of the classical form's skeleton.
topix.net | 04-Sep-2010 01:01
German court rules against YouTube over copyright
A German court ruled Friday that Google Inc.'s subsidiary YouTube LLC must pay compensation after users uploaded several videos of performances by singer Sarah Brightman in violation of copyright laws.
topix.net | 03-Sep-2010 21:02
Yunnan education dept. denies abstinence taught in textbook
Officials from Yunnan Education Department denied a report that Yunnan has written abstention from sex before marriage into students' textbooks and claimed that the abstinence education is totally different from education of adolescents on Sept.
topix.net | 03-Sep-2010 18:57
Wicked's Gilliland Is Part of Fire Island Merrily We Roll Along Starting Sept. 3
Gaelen Gilliland, who has appeared on Broadway in 9 to 5, Legally Blonde and Wicked , plays Gussie in the Fire Island Pines Arts Project's production of Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along .
topix.net | 03-Sep-2010 14:52
Xuerong Zhao crosses the world for piano
Pianist Xuerong Zhao likes to tell the story of a famous conductor who was once asked how many different types of music there are.
topix.net | 03-Sep-2010 10:43
Williams to switch on Illuminations
Robbie Williams is due to perform the switch-on of the world-famous Blackpool Illuminations.
topix.net | 03-Sep-2010 06:38
Williams to switch on Illuminations
Robbie Williams is due to perform the switch-on of the world-famous Blackpool Illuminations.
topix.net | 03-Sep-2010 06:38
An unexpected Prom date with Beyonce and her Single Ladies
Composer Mark-Anthony Turnage and members of the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the world premiere of Hammered Out at the Proms It began with a bang: skirling woodwind and dissonant brass fury.
topix.net | 03-Sep-2010 02:19
Antiques collectors' corner: Picasso pottery
If you wish to buy a painting by the most prolific and universally renowned artist of the 20th century, Pablo Picasso , you'll need very deep pockets.
topix.net | 02-Sep-2010 22:04
Prom 2010: Prom 62: Gustav Mahler, Jugendorchester/Blomstedt, review
A nimble orchestra and a baritone with a sense of complete emotional honesty. Rating: * * * *
telegraph.co.uk | 02-Sep-2010 19:11
Don Black, Diamonds are Forever songwriter, honoured
The lyricist, who has contributed to numerous film soundtracks as well as working with Andrew Lloyd Webber, will collect an award from rights body Broadcast Music International.
topix.net | 02-Sep-2010 18:59
Chopin: Polonaise-Fantaisie Op 61; 2 Nocturnes Op 62; Andante spianato and Grande Polonaise Op 22; 12 ?tudes Op 10
Nelson Goerner (piano). Rating * * * *
telegraph.co.uk | 02-Sep-2010 16:23
Korngold: String Quartets Doric String Quartet
Doric String Quartet. Rating * * * *
telegraph.co.uk | 02-Sep-2010 16:20
Marc-André Hamelin: 12 ?tudes in all the minor keys; Little Nocturne; Theme and Variations
Marc-André Hamelin. Rating * * *
telegraph.co.uk | 02-Sep-2010 16:18
Respighi: Concerto in modo misolidio; Fontane di Roma
Olli Mustonen (piano), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, cond Sakari Oramo. Rating * * * *
telegraph.co.uk | 02-Sep-2010 16:16
Suk: Ripening; Symphony No1 New London Chamber Choir
BBC Symphony Orchestra, cond Jir?í Be?lohlávek. Rating * * * *
telegraph.co.uk | 02-Sep-2010 16:09
Jason Freeman brings punk rock's boundary-busting ideas to classical music
One of the animating forces behind the early punk scenes in San Francisco and Washington, D.C., was the fact that many of the musicians made almost no distinction between themselves and their audiences.
topix.net | 02-Sep-2010 14:54
Pamlico Musical Society gears up for another season
Last season, the Pamlico Musical Society had a near-sellout season, and it is geared for another successful year, beginning in late September.
topix.net | 02-Sep-2010 10:50
Giant Steps: Ted Rosenthal, Danilo P ©rez, and Vijay Iyer
SWING IT! For the Rosenthal Trio, Chopin's "standards" are as useful as Gershwin's or Porter's. The sound was maddeningly familiar.
topix.net | 02-Sep-2010 06:40
Richland's Evancho wows 'America's Got Talent' again
By Jason Cato and Kyle Lawson, PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW Wednesday, September 1, 2010 Last updated: 3:22 pm Three weeks after ascending to a pedestal-like perch as the world's latest singing sensation, Jackie Evancho stood atop one last night on "America's Got Talent" and delivered another breathtaking performance.
topix.net | 02-Sep-2010 02:31
Do Anti-Bullying Programs Push Gay Agenda?
Gay-rights groups' push for anti-bullying legislation and school programs is an effort to "promote homosexuality to kids," according to a conservative Christian activist organization.
topix.net | 01-Sep-2010 22:32
Birthday anniversary concert
This year marks the 200th birthday anniversary of two great and beloved romantic composers in music history, Frederic Chopin and Robert Schumann.
topix.net | 01-Sep-2010 18:27
Fall Arts: Classical music and operas to see this fall
Wednesday, Sept. 22; Thursday, Sept. 23; Saturday, Sept. 25 The San Francisco Symphony inaugurates its fall season with Michael Tilson Thomas doing one of the things he does best - conducting Aaron Copland .
topix.net | 01-Sep-2010 14:22
Bartók: Piano Concertos
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, BBC Philharmonic, cond Gianandrea Noseda. Rating * * * * *
telegraph.co.uk | 01-Sep-2010 13:25
Bartók: Piano Concertos
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, BBC Philharmonic, cond Gianandrea Noseda. Rating * * * * *
telegraph.co.uk | 01-Sep-2010 13:25
Pierné: Sonata da camera; Loeffler: 2 Rhapsodies, 5 Songs; Duruflé: Prélude, Récitatif et Variations
London Conchord Ensemble, William Dazeley (baritone). Rating * * * *
telegraph.co.uk | 01-Sep-2010 13:25
Pierné: Sonata da camera; Loeffler: 2 Rhapsodies, 5 Songs; Duruflé: Prélude, Récitatif et Variations
London Conchord Ensemble, William Dazeley (baritone). Rating * * * *
telegraph.co.uk | 01-Sep-2010 13:25
Schumann: Spanische Liebeslieder Op138
Marlis Petersen (soprano), Anke Vondung (mezzo-soprano), Werner Güra (tenor), Konrad Jarnot (bass-baritone), Christoph Berner and Camillo Radicke (piano). Rating * * * *
telegraph.co.uk | 01-Sep-2010 13:25
Schumann: Spanische Liebeslieder Op138
Marlis Petersen (soprano), Anke Vondung (mezzo-soprano), Werner Güra (tenor), Konrad Jarnot (bass-baritone), Christoph Berner and Camillo Radicke (piano). Rating * * * *
telegraph.co.uk | 01-Sep-2010 13:25
reVisions
Steven Isserlis (cello), Tapiola Sinfonietta, cond Gábor Takács-Nagy. Rating * * * *
telegraph.co.uk | 01-Sep-2010 13:25
reVisions
Steven Isserlis (cello), Tapiola Sinfonietta, cond Gábor Takács-Nagy. Rating * * * *
telegraph.co.uk | 01-Sep-2010 13:25
Bach: Suites Nos 1, 4 and 5
Maxim Rysanov (viola). Rating * * * *
telegraph.co.uk | 01-Sep-2010 13:24
Bach: Suites Nos 1, 4 and 5
Maxim Rysanov (viola). Rating * * * *
telegraph.co.uk | 01-Sep-2010 13:24
Classical music
The European press continues to heap accolades upon the Minnesota Orchestra for its four-concert weekend festival hop.
topix.net | 01-Sep-2010 10:07