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Stage Works by Kurt Weill in Productions Across Europe
Dec. 03, 2013This month and into the New Year, several major productions of Weill stage works continue throughout Europe.
The Theater Bremen opens its production of Weill’s Rise and Fall of the …
Bernard Rands at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and New CD on Bridge Records
Dec. 02, 2013On December 19, Christoph Eschenbach and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra join in the celebrations of Bernard Rands's 80th birthday year season with a performance of …where the murmurs die.. …

Premiere of Alban Berg's 4 Pieces, op. 5 in New Version for Clarinet and Chamber Orchestra
Nov. 27, 2013On December 9, the world premiere of Alban Berg’s 4 Pieces, op. 5 in a new arrangement for clarinet and chamber orchestra by Klaus Simon takes place at the Konzerthaus …

Ensemble Insomnio Performs Works from Frank Zappa's The Yellow Shark
Nov. 27, 2013Ensemble Insomnio of The Netherlands performs music from Frank Zappa’s The Yellow Shark, the 1993 album featuring compositions commissioned and performed by the Ensemble Moderne. Zappa described this collaboration as …

Five World Premieres at Annual Zen-On Concert Series
Nov. 27, 2013On December 6, Zen-On hosts its annual chamber music concert series, “Groupe des quatre et ses ami(e)s”, which features the world premieres of five new works by Shin-ichiro Ikebe, Tokuhide …

Akira Miyoshi's Toi Ho (Distant Sail) with the Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra
Nov. 27, 2013On December 7 and 8, Masahiro Sato leads the Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra with the Opera “Toi Ho” Choir and NHK Sendai Children’s Chorus in a production of Akira Miyoshi’s opera, …

Richard Ayres's Peter Pan Premieres at Oper Stuttgart
Nov. 26, 2013Richard Ayres’s operatic rendition of the beloved children’s tale, Peter Pan, receives its world premiere on December 19 at Oper Stuttgart in Germany. In collaboration with librettist Lavinia Greenlaw …

US Premiere of Wolfgang Rihm's Astralis at Northwestern University
Nov. 26, 2013To close out the year, several major performances of works by Wolfgang Rihm take place throughout the US, including the American premiere of Rihm’s Astralis at Northwestern University in Chicago, …

Lee Hoiby's The Italian Lesson at East Harlem Opera
Nov. 26, 2013This month, East Harlem Opera produces Lee Hoiby’s delightful musical monologue, The Italian Lesson. The production, a double-bill with Hugo Weisgall’s The Stronger, opens on December 6 at …

Celebrating the Life and Work of Paul Hindemith
Nov. 26, 2013In the coming weeks, the music world will be turning their thoughts to Paul Hindemith in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the composer's death on December 28. Hindemith, who …
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