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Morton Subotnick's Then and Now and Forever in World Premiere at Martha's Vineyard Festival
The Martha's Vineyard Festival presents the world premiere of Morton Subotnick's Then and Now and Forever for clarinet, violin and piano on August 12 performed by pianist Delores Stevens, clarinetist Anthony McGill and violinist Nancy Wu from the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra.
Aug. 01, 2008Kurt Weill's and Bertolt Brecht's Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny in Tanglewood Production
Tanglewood presents three performances of Weill and Brecht's satirical opera Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny on August 9, 10 and 11 conducted by Erik Nielsen and directed by Douglas Fitch.
Aug. 01, 2008Alvin Singleton Featured in Chamber Music Magazine
The most recent issue of Chamber Music magazine features Alvin Singleton in an article by composer and music critic Kyle Gann.
Aug. 01, 2008Douglas J. Cuomo's Arjuna's Dilemma in Preview Performances at SUNY Purchase
The Music-Theater Group presents three preview performances of Douglas J. Cuomo's chamber opera Arjuna's Dilemma in Purchase, New York on August 22, 23 and 24. The production, conducted by Alan Johnson and directed by Robin Guarino, sees its New York City premiere at the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Next Wave Festival in November.
Aug. 01, 2008Jonny Greenwood's Popcorn Superhet Receiver Given West Coast Premiere at Wordless Music Series Season Finale
The Wordless Music Series presents the west coast premiere of Jonny Greenwood's Popcorn Superhet Receiver in San Francisco's Herbst Theatre on August 21. Benjamin Shwartz conducts the Magik*Magik Orchestra through the program that also features Arvo Pärt's Cantus in Memory ofBenjamin Britten.
Aug. 01, 2008Schott/EAM Now North American Agent for Faber Music
Jul. 02, 2008We are proud to announce that as of July 1, 2008, Schott/EAM is the sole North American agent for the classical music catalogue of Faber Music Ltd. One of the world's leading classical music publishing houses, Faber Music boasts a distinguished roster of composers including Thomas Adès, Oliver Knussen, Jonathan Harvey, George Benjamin and Benjamin Britten.
Carl Davis Conducts His Original Scores to Charlie Chaplin's Mutual Filmsat "Celebrate Brooklyn"
On August 1, Brooklyn-born Faber Music composer Carl Davis returns home and joins the "Celebrate Brooklyn" festival to lead the New York based chamber orchestra The Knights through his original scores to the Chaplin short films The Rink, The Immigrant and The Adventurer at the Prospect Park Band Shell.
Jun. 26, 2008Gershwin Under the Stars at Grant Park Music Festival
Chicago's Grant Park Music Festival presents two evenings of Gershwin's Greatest Hits on July 18 and 19 at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Chicago's Millennium Park as Kevin Stites leads the Grant Park Orchestra through an exciting program of Gershwin classics.
Jun. 26, 2008Bernd Alois Zimmermann's Die Soldaten at Lincoln Center Festival
The Lincoln Center Festival presents five performances this month of Bernd Alois Zimmermann's iconic opera Die Soldaten at New York's Park Avenue Armory in the North American premiere of the acclaimed staging from the German international arts festival RuhrTriennale. Steven Sloane conducts the Bochumer Symphoniker and David Pountney directs.
Jun. 26, 2008Morton Subotnick's The Other Piano at Greenwich Village's Le Poisson Rouge
Le Poisson Rouge, the recently opened venue founded by musicians on the former site of downtown Manhattan's historic Village Gate, presents Kathleen Supové and Morton Subotnick performing Subotnick's The Other Piano on July 22.
Jun. 26, 2008