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Music of Nicholas Maw at The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
This spring the Nash Ensemble performs Nicholas Maw's Ghost Dances, "Imaginary Ballet for 5 Players" at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C.
Mar. 02, 2009Naxos Features Lee Hoiby and Joseph Schwantner on New Recordings
Mar. 02, 2009Songs of Lee Hoiby and Recoil for wind ensemble by Joseph Schwantner are featured on two newly released Naxos recordings.
Chaya Czernowin's Winter Songs in North American Premiere in Toronto
Chaya Czernowin sees the North American premiere of the first version of her piece Winter Songs at the University of Toronto presented by the organization New Music Concerts and conducted by Robert Aitken on March 29.
Mar. 02, 2009Frank Zappa's Peaches En Regalia Wins Grammy Award; The Music of Frank Zappa Sees Concerts In Germany, Barcelona
Mar. 02, 2009Dweezil Zappa's band Zappa Plays Zappa took home the Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance for their performance of Peaches En Regalia. This spring the music of Frank Zappa sees concerts in Germany and Barcelona.
Praise for Joseph Haydn's L'isola disabitata At Gotham Chamber Opera
Last month Gotham Chamber Opera of New York presented Haydn's L'isola disabitata, garnering outstanding reviews.
Mar. 02, 2009- The Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Mariss Jansons perform the US premieres of Jörg Widmann's Con Brio and Rodion Shchedrin's Beethoven's Heiligenstädter Testament at Carnegie Hall.
- The Choir of the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola performs the US Premiere of Gavin Bryars' On Photography on February 11 under the direction of St. Ignatius Music Director Kent Tritle.
Robert Beaser's Guitar Concerto In World Premiere By Eliot Fisk and Albany Symphony Orchestra
David Alan Miller leads the Albany Symphony Orchestra and guitarist Eliot Fisk through the world premiere of Robert Beaser's Guitar Concerto on Thursday, February 26.
Feb. 02, 2009Harvey Milk, On Silver Screen and Opera Stage
The 2008 feature film MILK is amassing Academy Award nominations and bringing much renewed and warranted attention to the martyred gay civil rights activist Harvey Milk. The opera Harvey Milk by Stewart Wallace, which premiered at the Houston Grand Opera in 1995, also chronicles the life and times of this historical figure.
Feb. 02, 2009Philipp Maintz's Fluchtlinie Given US Premiere by Tactus at Manhattan School of Music
The contemporary music ensemble of the Manhattan School of Music, Tactus, performs the US premiere of young German composer Philipp Maintz's Fluchtlinie on Tuesday, February 10. The performance features Jeffrey Milarsky leading Tactus with baritone Jeffrey Gavett.
Feb. 02, 2009