News Heinrich Salomon

Primo Artists Management Launches Public Divisions Roster  

  Primo Artists has launched their inaugural Public Relations Division which includes on its roster, conductors Gemma New and James Gaffigan; and GRAMMY Award-winning composer Steven Mackey.  Additionally, the Vice President of the PR Division is Katy Salomon, who will assume the role, effective immediately.  “I’m thrilled to join the illustrious Primo Artists and look […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..

Classical Music News of the Week, May 14, 2022 

[…] on a limited budget the opportunity of hearing world-class concerts for half the cost of a movie. It has offered all of its concerts on both an in-person and virtual basis (including conversations with the artists) for its same affordable prices of as low as $8 per concert with no charge for children and students.Tickets for the May 21st concert are $17 and are available at the door starting at 6:30 p.m. and at https://www.pscny.org/--Frank Salomon PRSilkroad Ensemble to Embark on Tour of Phoenix RisingSilkroad presents a multi-city tour of Phoenix Rising in July 2022 throughout the United States East coast, marking the ensemble’s debut tour with Grammy Award-winning musician and vocalist Rhiannon Giddens since her appointment as Artistic Director in July 2020.A musical rebirth and celebration, Phoenix Rising takes a cross-section of Silkroad’s award-winning compositions and arrangements and re-imagines them for today. Keeping an eye on the past, members of […]

Classical Music News of the Week, April 23, 2022 

[…] No. 1, both of which draw inspiration from Bach’s musical innovations.To be held on Friday, May 6, 2022 at 7:30pm at the W83 Auditorium and Sunday, May 8, 2022 at 2:30pm at the Flushing Town Hall, the program also includes J.S. Bach’s beloved Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 and Concerto for Two Violins in D minor. NYCP Music Director Dongmin Kim conducts the concerts, which feature violinists Kristin Lee, Harriet Langley, and Brian Hong.For details, visit http://www.nycpmusic.org/--Katy Salomon, Morahan Arts and MediaNew Works by Kate Gentile, Fay Victor & Peter EvansOn Thursday, May 26, 2022 at 8:00PM at Roulette Intermedium, the International Contemporary Ensemble presents Fay Victor’s SIRENS AND SILENCES – marking the debut performance of Victor’s work in a concert with the Ensemble after joining as a new, permanent Ensemble member in the summer of 2021 – and the world premiere of Kate Gentile’s biome ii. Trumpet player and composer Peter […]

Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672) - David & Salomon; works from Psalmen Davids sampt etlichen Moteten und Concerten, Op. 2 (1619), Cantiones sacræ, Op. 4 (1625), and Symphoniæ sacræ I, Op. 6 (1629)Les Cris de Paris, Geoffroy Jourdain; HARMONIA MUNDIReviewed: 4 April 2022, (★★★★) We don't hear anything like enough Schütz, a large part of his richly imaginative output remains largely unexplored; I don't mean that it is unrecorded, just that there are simply not enough performances given the sheer quality and imagination of the music. This new disc from Geoffroy Jourdain and Les Cris de Paris on Harmonia Mundi, David et Salomon, brings together works from Psalmen Davids sampt etlichen Moteten und Concerten, Op. 2 (1619), Cantiones sacræ, Op. 4 (1625), and Symphoniæ sacræ I, Op. 6 (1629). Jourdain uses a vocal ensemble of 22 singers, who also provide the solo singers, plus 23 instrumentalists, a sort of proto-orchestra that includes harp, theorbo/guitar, harpsichord and organ. And Jourdain […]