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Bernd Alois Zimmermann's Music Featured in New Ballet at Grand Canadian Ballet
Oct. 06, 2010The music of Bernd Alois Zimmermann is heard on the stage of the Grand Canadian Ballet in Montreal this month in the company's production of Leonce and Lena with choreography by Christian Spuck.
Mátyás Seiber's Ulysses in New York Premiere at Carnegie Hall
Oct. 06, 2010The American Symphony Orchestra honored the 50th anniversary of the passing of Hungarian composer Mátyás Seiber with the New York premiere of his cantata Ulysses on October 6 at Carnegie Hall.
Canadian Opera Company Stages Benjamin Britten’s Death in Venice
Oct. 06, 2010The Canadian Opera Company brings the work of Benjamin Britten to the stage in Toronto this fall with eight performances of Death in Venice from October 16 through November 6.
Music of Henri Dutilleux Heard in Philadelphia and Montreal
Oct. 06, 2010Kent Nagano and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra began their three-part concert series, The Dutilleux Cycle, with a performance of his Sur le même accord with Anne-Sophie Mutter on October 5. Semyon Bychkov and violinist Renaud Capuçon perform the composer's L’Arbre des songes on October 21 with The Philadelphia Orchestra.
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.