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Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny in Madrid
Oct. 06, 2010Madrid's Teatro Real is in the midst of a successful run of Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, Gérard Mortier's first production as artistic director.
Critical Edition of Kurt Weill’s Zaubernacht Premieres in Stuttgart
Sep. 15, 2010The Stuttgart Music Festival recently premiered the critical edition of Kurt Weill’s Zaubernacht (Magic Night)—the first performance of Weill’s original score since the composer’s parts and piano manuscript were miraculously rediscovered in 2006, after being lost for over 45 years.
Joseph Schwantner's The Poet's Hour..., for violin and string orchestra, premieres at the Seattle Symphony under Gerard Schwarz as part of Maestro Schwarz's farewell season commissioning project. Schwantner also completes his tenure as featured composer for the Ford Made in America program and his FMIA commissioned work Chasing Light..., played in all fifty states, becomes available for programming by orchestras worldwide.
The Cleveland Orchestra Performs Takemitsu’s Dream/Window
Sep. 07, 2010Franz Welser-Möst and The Cleveland Orchestra perform Takemitsu's Dream/Window on September 23 and 25 at Severance Hall.
Andrew Norman's The Great Swiftness Premieres at Grand Rapids Symphony
Sep. 07, 2010The Grand Rapids Symphony and conductor John Varineau present the world premiere of Andrew Norman's The Great Swiftness on September 23, 24 and 25. Norman has also been named the Composer for the City of Heidelberg for the 2010/11 season.
Howard Shore Feted at Hollywood in Vienna Gala in the Vienna Concert House
Sep. 07, 2010The music of Howard Shore takes center stage on September 16 at the Vienna Concert House during the special film music gala Hollywood in Vienna where selections from Shore’s celebrated film music catalogue are performed by the ORF Radio Symphonie-Orchester Wien conducted by John Axelrod.
Present Music Features Gabriel Prokofiev in Season Opener
Sep. 07, 2010Milwaukee's Present Music performs the US premiere of Gabriel Prokofiev's Concerto for Turntables and Orchestra on their season-opening concert, September 18.
The Toronto Symphony Orchestra Performs Schumann's Second Symphony in Mahler's Arrangement
Sep. 07, 2010The Toronto Symphony Orchestra begins their 2010/11 season with two programs celebrating Gustav Mahler, including a performance of Mahler's arrangement of Schumann's Symphony No. 2 conducted by Peter Oundjian on October 2.
Three New Kamran Ince CDs in Digital Release by Naxos
Sep. 07, 2010Naxos has released three new albums of the music of Kamran Ince exclusively online. Featured music of Ince on the albums includes Symphony No. 5, Hammers and Whistlers, Requiem Without Words and Music for a Lost Earth.
Argento Ensemble Celebrates Haas at 2010 Moving Sounds Festival
Sep. 07, 2010New York’s Argento Ensemble focused on the music of Austrian composer Georg Friedrich Haas during their 2010 Moving Sounds Festival earlier this month. Six performances throughout New York City at the Austrian Cultural Forum, the Bohemian National Hall, and Le Poisson Rouge included the world premiere of the instrumental version of Atthis for octet.