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2020-12-11 08:38:20
Òrain Ghàidhlig Beethoven - on the trail of the Scottish Gaelic origins of Beethoven's folk-song arrangements
[…] answer, of course, is a concert, and he arranges a concert at the Celtic Connections Festival which puts the original Gaelic songs and Beethoven's arrangements side by side. When the programme is broadcast on BBC ALBA on 16 December 2020 it will be followed by a similar concert with Mairi MacInnes, Michael Klevenhaus. Allan MacDonald and German piper Thomas Zöllner, classical singers Lorna Anderson (soprano) and Jamie MacDougall (tenor), with classical instrumentalists Verena Stourzh, Franz Ortner, Clemens Zeilinger of the Trio Van Beethoven. For all the programme's emphasis on Beethoven there were other illuminating side-lights. One was a glimpse of the way Gaelic musical culture exists today as a developing and living performance culture, the other of course is the terrible treatment inflicted on Gaelic culture by the English-speaking world. Òrain Ghàidhlig Beethoven is broadcast on BBC ALBA on 16 December 2020, see the TV schedule for details. […]
2019-10-22 21:31:14
Former President of the Boston Conservatory, Mr Richard Ortner has passed away following a battle with cancer – aged 71. Mr Ortner led the music school from 1998 until 2017, and served a leading role in the school’s merger between the Boston Conservatory and the Berklee College of Music. “The energy and vision he brought […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
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2019-10-18 22:20:25
Death of Boston fixer
The former Tanglewood administrator Richard Ortner has died of cancer at 71. As the last head of the Boston Conservatory,...
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Faces of classical music
2018-12-23 18:00:00
Christmas with the Faces of Classical Music
[…] world. Watch now an exciting musical encounter when the Staatskapelle's Principal Conductor Christian Thielemann and his musicians are joined on stage by the Chinese star pianist as well as the singers Rinat Shaham and Lucas Meachem to interpret works by Edward Grieg, George Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein, Cole Porter and Herman Hupfeld... View full post Christmas in Vienna 2015 – Valentina Naforniţa, Angelika Kirchschlager, Piotr Beczala, Artur Ruciński, ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Erwin Ortner (HD 1080p) A classic Christmassy repertoire and popular Christmas music from around the world also determine in the program this year this wonderful Christmas concert, which is transmitted by the ORF. The Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Erwin Ortner, the Vienna Boys Choir and the Vienna Singing Academy are left in the festively decorated Vienna Konzerthaus, together with the four unique soloists (Valentina Naforniţa, Angelika Kirchschlager, Piotr Beczala, Artur Ruciński) […]
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