Maestro, please stop preaching at us
Beware orchestras with the word ‘Peace’ in their name, says Jessica Duchen – their misguided idealism devalues the term.
Posts Tagged ‘orchestra’ :
Bright Sheng: Never Far Away, for Harp and Orchestra
Bright Sheng, the Artistic Director of The Intimacy of Creativity.
Burning bright
Orchestras don’t come any hotter than the Berlin Philharmonic but maestro Simon Rattle knows how to tend the fire.
Plamena Mangova – Mozart: Piano Concerto No.9 KV271, 1st movement
A performance by our “Artist of the Month” Plamena Mangova at the 2007 Queen Elisabeth Competition.
A Social Media Symphony
YouTube brings together musicians from around the world for an online symphonic masterpiece.
Riccardo Chailly and Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra – Schumann: Symphony no. 4
Artists to perform at the Hong Kong Arts Festival.
Hallé Orchestra – Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture
One of the groups to perform at the Hong Kong Arts Festival.
Maasaki Suzuki and Bach Collegium Japan – Bach: St. John Passion, BWV245
Artists to perform at the Hong Kong Arts Festival.
A prize that celebrates the unsung heroes of the orchestra
Could be quite a good idea, this: the Salomon prize, a new gong launched by the Royal Philharmonic Society and the Association of British Orchestras, to be awarded for the first time next year. Just another pointless classical music prize that no one will take any notice of?
Florent Schmitt: Psaume XLVII, Part II
Music Written by our “Composer of the Month” Florent Schmitt.
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