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New: La Scena Musicale Blog My recent book, The Life and Death of Classical Music, contains an analysis of the 20 worst classical records ever made. Colin Larkin (see press release below) has appended the 100 worst pop records to his outstanding and important Encyclopedia of Popular Music, which goes online from next week (see below once more).
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new £100 million office development with super-low carbon emissions and
an education outreach programme for poor folk in the council flats
opposite who, on a fine day, will get to watch the business classes
sunning it with Chablis in open-air bars on the redeveloped canal-side
banks.
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2008-05-09
Alice at the opera (Article, Corrie Perkin - The Australian) James Ceasar trained hundreds to play violin (Obituary, Annie Calovich - Wichita Eagle) Christopher Rouse gets resident post at Peabody (News, Baltimore Sun) Vivaldi's "Four Seasons" has a wild side, too (Article, Kyle MacMillan - Denver Post) Student, 21, heads Livingston Symphony Orchestra (Article, Amelia Skimin - Chicago Tribune) Columbus Symphony to go silent (News, Jeffrey Sheban - Columbus Dispatch) Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra/Bolton, Cadogan Hall, London (Review, Annette Morreau - The Independent) Canadan Broadcasting Corporation showing no regard for Radio Two listeners (Letters, R. Julian Cattaneo - Windsor Star) National Arts Centre Orchestra, vocal chorus create full, solid sound (Review, Richard Todd - Ottawa Citizen) Soprano Karina Gauvin has voice to swoon over (Review, John Terauds - Toronto Star) Rising star Jonathan Biss makes a memorable Toronto SymphonyOrchestra debut (Review, Ken Winters - Globe And Mail) BBCScottish Symphony Orchestra/Spano, Old Fruitmarket, City Halls, Glasgow (Review, Rowena Smith - Guardian Unlimited) Angela Hewitt, Royal Festival Hall, London (Review, Tim Ashley - Guardian Unlimited) In the grips of passion (Article, Mark Padmore - Guardian Unlimited) Berkeley Opera, with video (Review, Joshua Kosman - San Francisco Chronicle) Verdi versus Shakespeare: with ‘Macbeth’ it’s a draw (Review, Anthony Tommasini - New York Times) That congenial spot revisited, with a world-class orchestra playing along (Review, Anthony Tommasini - New York Times) From energetic players, a mix of modernism (Review, Allan Kozinn - New York Times) The Bronx Opera makes fun of itself in a Mozart adaptation (Article, Timothy Williams - New York Times) 2008-05-08
Gary Graffman: Left hand, right on (Blog, Arthur Kaptainis - Montreal Gazette) Les Troyens, Symphony Hall, Boston (Review, George Loomis - Financial Times) Lohengrin, Grand Théâtre, Geneva (Review, Francis Carlin - Financial Times) Mason Bates' premiere eclipsed by 'Carmina Burana' at California Symphony concert (Review, Richard Scheinin - San Jose Mercury News) Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (Review, Hugo Shirley - Musical Criticism) Summer sounds: the best of the opera festivals (Article, Rupert Christiansen - Telegraph.co.uk) Beloved 'La Traviata' concludes Michigan Opera Theatre season (Preview, Mark Stryker - Detroit Free Press) Chorus member fills in as cold sidelines lead in La Bohème (News, Lloyd Dykk - Vancouver Sun) Vancouver Recital Society: Young Masters take the stage (Preview, David Gordon Duke - Vancouver Sun) Richard Margison, Tracy Dahl in Manitoba Opera lineup (News, Winnepeg Free Press) Regina Symphony Orchestra closing in on a star (Preview, Edward Willett - Regina Leader-Post) Thoroughly Modern Millie: Still charming, spirited at 60 (Preview, Ted Shaw - Windsor Star) From Bach to Miles Davis for Ottawa's Thirteen Strings chamber orchestra (News, Steven Mazey - Ottawa Citizen) National Arts Centre Orchestra trumpeter celebrates debut CD, upcoming concert (Upcoming Events, Steven Mazey - Ottawa Citizen) How the tablas have turned for Zakir Hussain (Preview, John Terauds - Toronto Star) Hip Hopera breaks ground, gently (Review, Ben Rayner - Toronto Star) Tafelmusik Orchestra and Chamber Choir: Life, death and big bold music (Review, John Terauds - Toronto Star) Diary: Teiya Kasahara (Commentary, Teiya Kasahara - National Post) Pelléas et Mélisande: Cast is a gift - the set, an obstacle (Review, Ken Winters - Globe And Mail) Hallé/Elder, Bridgewater Hall, Manchester (Review, Alfred Hickling - Guardian Unlimited) Metropolitan Opera Season preview: Now hear this (Preview, Philipp Brieler - PlaybillArts) With divorce almost complete, a happy collaboration (with lots of help) (Review, Anthony Tommasini - New York Times) Pianist of Apollonian finesse fnds his inner dionysus (Review, Allan Kozinn - New York Times) Frances Yeend, Soprano at City Opera and the Met, dies at 95 (Obituary, Margalit Fox - New York Times) 2008-05-07
Ward Stare to become St. Louis Symphony resident conductor (News, Waterloo Record) Carnegie Hall presents: Bernard Haitink- Who’s keeping score? (Article, PlaybillArts) Bronfman and Friends, Carnegie Hall, New York (Review, Martin Bernheimer - Financial Times) Tamerlano, Washington National Opera (Review, George Loomis - Financial Times) San Francisco Contemporary Music Players (Review, Allan Ulrich - Financial Times) Mathematicians Make Three-Dimensional Images of Music (Article, Clara Moskowitz - Fox News) Colin Currie: Bells & whistles (Review, Nicola Christie - The Independent) Luna lights up Annapolis Symphony Orchestra stage in Rodrigo, Mahler pieces (Review, Phil Greenfield - Baltimore Sun) Budapest Festival Orchestra/Ivan Fischer (Review, Francis Shelton - Musical Criticism) Kids concert by orchestra is charming (Review, Elaine Guregian - Akron Beacon Journal) Pops Orchestra finishes season (Article, Karin Holton - Statesman Journal) Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra/Bolton at Cadogan Hall, SW1 (Review, Geoff Brown - Times Online) Remember Me—But, ah, Forget My Fate (Profile, David Varno - Brooklyn Rail) Virtuosi Festivale Europa: Austrian sights, sounds a triple treat (Review, Gwenda Nemerofsky - Winnepeg Free Press) Kaleid Choral Fest 'kaleidoscope of voices' (Preview, James Reaney - London Free Press [Canada]) Flutist Lyon wins National Arts Centre Orchestra Bursary (News, Ottawa Citizen) The rise and fall of Mendelssohn (Preview, Charles Enman - Ottawa Citizen) Pelléas et Mélisande: Opera stumbles in its wanderings (Review, John Terauds - Toronto Star) Diary: Teiya Kas Ahara (Commentary, Teiya Kas Ahara - National Post) Latest mash-up: Canadian Opera Company and hip hop (Preview, Joshua Ostroff - Globe And Mail) London Philharmonic Orchestra/Vänskä, Royal Festival Hall, London (Review, Martin Kettle - Guardian Unlimited) Simon Boccanegra, Royal Opera House, London (Review, Erica Jeal - Guardian Unlimited) Dohnányi and crew perform unevenly (Review, Joshua Kosman - San Francisco Chronicle) At the Philharmonic, musings about Muti (Article, Daniel J. Wakin - New York Times) Concerto in the key of G, for Grateful (News, Richard G. Jones - New York Times) The music revolution starts here (Article, Norman Lebrecht - La Scena Musicale Online) More... More News in French To submit an article,info@scena.org
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