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New Productions of Dvořák's Rusalka in Liège, Nice, and Berlin Use Bärenreiter's Critical Edition
Dec. 20, 2023In Antonín Dvořák's lyrical fairy tale Rusalka, music plays a major role: the water nymph gives up her beautiful voice to be able to love a human prince. The tragic …
World Premiere of Jay Schwartz's Theta in Stuttgart
Dec. 20, 2023The SWR Symphonieorchester, under the direction of Teodor Currentzis, performed the world premiere of Jay Schwartz's Theta on December 7 at the Liederhalle in Stuttgart. Additional performances followed on December 8, 15, …
Bath Festival Orchestra's "Sonic Odyssey" Features the Music of Gustav Mahler, Anna Meredith, and Arvo Pärt
Dec. 20, 2023On December 16, the Bath Festival Orchestra and Spitalfields Music presented a "sonic odyssey on Earth and beyond [where] mystic minimalism meets transcendental melody." Violinist Maren Bosma led an …
The Cleveland Orchestra Performs the US Premiere of Julian Anderson's Symphony No. 2 "Prague Panoramas"
Dec. 20, 2023The Cleveland Orchestra, under the baton of Semyon Bychkov, gave the US premiere performances of Julian Anderson's Symphony No. 2"Prague Panoramas" on December 7 and 9 at Severance Hall …
Dobrinka Tabakova's Lux Aeterna Premiered in Romania
Dec. 20, 2023On December 16, the Filarmonica Banatul Timişoara and conductor Gabriel Bebeșelea premiered a Requiem for Victims of Communism in Timişoara, Romania. The work, commissioned by Filarmonica Banatul Timişoara, is comprised of seven movements …
Toshio Hosokawa's O Magnum Mysterium Premiered in Hiroshima
Dec. 19, 2023On November 23, Toshio Hosokawa’s O Magnum Mysterium was premiered by the female chorus of Elisabeth University of Music nd conductor Nozomi Terasawa at the “75th Anniversary …
Sō Percussion Premieres Vijay Iyer's Dharma-Eye at Carnegie Hall
Dec. 19, 2023On December 2, Sō Percussion performed the world premiere of Vijay Iyer's Dharma-Eye at Carnegie Hall's Zankel Hall. Iyer joined the ensemble and Milena Casado (trumpet and flugelhorn) for …
World Premiere Recording of Cassandra Miller’s The City, Full of People Now Available
Dec. 19, 2023The world premiere recording of Cassandra Miller’s The City, Full of People is now available to download. The 16-minute piece for sixteen unaccompanied voices appears on Folks’ Music …
Theater an der Wien presents the Austrian Premiere of Oliver Knussen’s Where the Wild Things Are
Dec. 19, 2023On December 12, Oliver Knussen’s fantasy opera after Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are will receive its Austrian premiere at the Theater an der Wien in a new …
De Dutch Don’t Dance Division Presents Carl Davis’s Alice in Wonderland
Dec. 19, 2023On December 25, De Dutch Don’t Dance Division will open their latest production of Carl Davis’s ballet Alice in Wonderland, choreographed by Thom Stuart and Rinus Sprong for …