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2021-10-15 14:34:05
A new violin concerto by the American composer Joseph Schwantner will receive its premiere this week. Both performances will be led by Leonard Slatkin, and the second performance will be live-streamed on the Detroit Symphony's website. Performing the concerto is Yevgeny Kutik, who has worked extensively with Schwantner before. The first movement of the […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
2021-04-30 23:55:00
WKAR.org: Mondays, May 3-31 at 7pm ET on 90.5 FM & Streaming: Garrett McQueen on contributions of Afro-Americans to classical music
[…] Club. May 24We have a focus on performers this week as pianist/composer Stewart Goodyear records all 32 of Beethoven’s piano sonatas, we learn more about the Detroit based Sphinx Organization and its efforts to bolster inclusivity in classical music and we listen to conductor Paul Freeman’s 9-album survey of Black symphonic composers. May 31 A string quartet revisits the reimagined version of Nina Simone’s Feelin’ Good, plus Joseph Schwantner uses speeches by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to celebrate the civil rights icon in New Morning for the World (“Daybreak of Freedom”). WKAR RADIOThe Capital Region’s source for classical music, local news and NPR. The station operates 24 hours per day and is available online at wkar.org.
2019-09-28 05:24:00
Classical Music News of the Week, September 28, 2019
[…] soprano Nell Snaidas, who also serves as the program's curator; soprano and SFGC alumna Jennifer Ellis Kampani; and Richard Savino's Grammy-nominated chamber ensemble, El Mundo. For more information, visit http://www.sfgirlschorus.org --Brenden Guy PRPrinceton University Orchestra Launches Season The Princeton University Orchestra launches its 2019-2020 season--the ensemble's 122nd season--on Friday and Saturday October 18-19 at 7:30PM in Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall, Princeton, NJ. The program features sophomore percussion extraordinaire Elijah Shina performing Pulitzer prize-winning composer Joseph Schwantner's Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra in a tour de force showcase of percussive virtuosity, paired with Johannes Brahms' iconic Fourth Symphony. The program is conducted by the ensemble's director, Michael Pratt. Tickets to the concert, performed by one of the most celebrated university orchestras in the nation, are only $15 General/$5 Student available by calling 609-258-9220 or at music.princeton.edu. --Dasha Koltunyuk, Princeton University ConcertsBehzod Abduraimov Returns to Carnegie Hall Following the enormous success of […]
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2019-09-15 13:23:00
The Conductors Guild and the Eastman School of Music are jointly presenting the 8th Eastman School of Music – Frederick Fennel Memorial Wind Ensemble Conducting Workshop!
When: Friday, November 1, 2019 through Sunday, November 3, 2019. Where: Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY Who: Dr. Mark Scatterday and Dr. Don Hunsberger How Much: Application form = $85 Tuition – discount for Conductors Guild Members! $800 – Non Members = $850; CG Member: $475, Non-Member: $500 What Rep: Hindemith: Symphony in Bb, Schwantner: […]
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