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Alvin Singleton’s Almost A Boogie Debuts in Performance by Walden Chamber Players
Mar. 02, 2010Ensembles nationwide continue the celebration of Alvin Singleton's 70th birthday and this month the Walden Chamber Players premiere his new work Almost a Boogie on March 7th at Saint Paul’s Church in Brookline, Massachusetts.
Peter Eötvös In Focus at Los Angeles Philharmonic's Green Umbrella Series
Mar. 02, 2010On March 9th, the Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group performs Peter Eötvös's Snatches of a Conversation and Sonata per Sei as well as Vykintas Baltakas' (co)ro(na). Part of the LA Philharmonic's contemporary music series Green Umbrella, the concert features Brandon Ridenour on trumpet, tenor Timur Bekbosunov, and the Calder Quartet.
Thomas Adès in Three Performances at Carnegie Hall
Mar. 02, 2010This month Thomas Adès visits New York for a special series of concerts in which he performs and conducts his own works and a host of others at Carnegie Hall. Included in the performances is the US premiere of his new work for piano and 'cello Lieux retrouvés on March 19.
Matthias Pintscher Begins Season of Premieres with Study IV for Treatise on the Veil at Merkin Concert Hall
Mar. 02, 2010On March 3rd, the JACK Quartet performs the New York premiere of Matthias Pintscher’s string quartet Study IV for Treatise on the Veil at Merkin Concert Hall. On March 18, the New York Philharmonic and Christoph Eschenbach perform the US premiere of Pintscher's towards Osiris.
European Premiere of Bernard Rands'apókryphos by Staatskapelle Berlin and Daniel Barenboim
Mar. 01, 2010On Sunday, March 14 Daniel Barenboim leads renowned soprano Angela Denoke and the Staatskapelle Berlin through the European premiere of Bernard Rands' choral symphony apókryphos.
Ernst Krenek's Kehraus um St. Stephan in Production at Volksoper Vienna
Mar. 01, 2010Ernst Krenek's beloved opera Kehraus um St. Stephan continues its celebrated revival with another production beginning this month at the Volksoper Vienna directed by Michael and Nora Scheidl and conducted by Gerrit Priessnitz.
New York City Opera Presents Emmanuel Chabrier's L'Etoile
Feb. 28, 2010This month New York City Opera presents Emmanuel Chabrier's beloved opéra bouffe L'Etoile in its new Baerenreiter critical edition conducted by Emmanuel Plasson and directed by Mark Lamos.
Los Angeles Piano Quartet Performs World Premiere of Kamran Ince's Far Variations
Feb. 26, 2010The Los Angeles Piano Quartet performs the world premiere of Kamran Ince’s Far Variations on March 31 at the Leo Rich Theater in Tucson, Arizona.
UK Premiere of Peter Eötvös' Angels In America
Feb. 26, 2010Peter Eötvös' opera Angels in America, based on the Pulitzer-Prize winning play by Tony Kushner with a libretto by Mari Mezei, receives its UK premiere in a concert performance on March 26 at London’s Barbican Centre performed by David Robertson and the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
Friedrich Gulda–The Early Recordings Wins MIDEM Classical Award
Feb. 26, 2010Friedrich Gulda–The Early Recordings won Best Historical Recording at the recent MIDEM Classical Awards. A collection of previously unreleased recordings by Friedrich Gulda, the album is available on Audite.