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The Best of Opera Scholarship Comes to Life-Experience Baerenreiter Critical Editions on Stage this Summer!
Jul. 08, 2010Click here for a brief guide to Baerenreiter's critical editions and classic master works in performances at festivals across the US this summer.
Jörg Widmann Featured at Montreal’s Orford Festival
Jul. 07, 2010Jörg Widmann is a featured artist at Montreal’s Orford Festival with performances of several of his works during the festival’s Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal Week from July 31 through August 8. Kent Nagano leads a performance of Widmann's Armonica on August 4.
Joseph Schwantner’s Chasing Light… and Morning’s Embrace in Performance at Nashville Symphony
Jun. 09, 2010Giancarlo Guerrero led the Nashville Symphony through performances of Joseph Schwantner's Chasing Light..., and Morning's Embrace earlier this month. Following the performances, the orchestra held recording sessions for these two pieces and Schwantner's Percussion Concerto for an all-Schwantner CD to be released on Naxos.
2010 Summer Festival Roundup
Jun. 09, 2010School is out, and that means it's time to get outside and enjoy music under the sun or the stars during this year's summer festival season. Read on for a guide to Schott/EAM performances happening this summer all over the US.
Munich Film Festival Honors Howard Shore
Jun. 09, 2010Howard Shore will be honored with the Munich Film Festival’s first ever "Film Music Prize" on June 24. The ceremony includes a performance of Shore's The Aviator Suite, The Fly Suite, and Symphonic Suite for theFellowship of the Ring conducted by Ulf Schirmer.
Bernard Rands’ Le Tambourin Suite 2 in Performance by Buffalo Philharmonic Under JoAnn Falletta
Jun. 09, 2010JoAnn Falletta and The Buffalo Philharmonic performed Bernard Rands' Le Tambourin, Suite 2 at the June in Buffalo Festival on June 6 in Slee Hall of the University at Buffalo.
Ojai Music Festival Features Music of Frank Zappa Performed by Ensemble Modern
Jun. 09, 2010On June 11 the Ojai Music Festival presents a full day of the music of Frank Zappa, including both an afternoon symposium session and an evening-length concert of his music with the Ensemble Modern conducted by Brad Lubman.
New Works by Douglas J. Cuomo Heard Across New York City and on PBS
Jun. 08, 2010On June 8 Mary Rowell and Geoffrey Burleson performed the New York Premiere of Douglas J. Cuomo's A Far Playground at Merkin Concert Hall as part of the Tribeca New Music Festival. Later this month Shem Guibbory and Rex Benincasa debut Cuomo's Slowly She Turned at Joe's Pub in downtown Manhattan.
Mode Records Releases Chaya Czernowin's Maim
Jun. 08, 2010Chaya Czernowin’s Maim [water] is now available on Mode Records. Written for orchestra, a quintet of soloists including prominent tubax, and electronics, the title piece is performed on the recording by Konzerthausorchester Berlin under the direction of Johannes Kalitzke with live electronics by ExperimentalStudio des SWR.
Repertoire in Focus: David Fanshawe’s African Sanctus
Jun. 08, 2010British composer David Fanshawe's African Sanctus is an unorthodox setting of the Latin Mass harmonized with traditional African music recorded by the composer on his extraordinary journeys along the Nile river. In this repertoire focus, we'd like to tell you more about this work's fascinating history.