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| JOERN UTZON's epistle of forgiveness to Davis Hughes's widow, almost 40 years on, shifts the whole Opera House story, replacing hurt genius with something between strategist and saint. Utzon's stubborn occupation of the moral high ground always was remarkable, matched only by the symbolic presence of the building itself.
And it is this, no doubt, that impelled Cardinal George Pell to use the building, drawn in outback ochres, as the World Youth Day logo. The flaming graphic may evoke more Ku Klux Klan than ecumenical harmony, but its selection does at least underline the Opera House's symbolic power. |
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| 10.11.2006 / Sydney Morning Herald |
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| NEW YORK -- Success in real estate, they say, depends on location, location, location. In New York the phrase also applies to an emerging breed of classical music series.
Spurred on by a growing number of offbeat performance venues and enterprising young classical musicians, New York is experiencing a boom in small, largely below-the-radar concert series... |
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| 10.11.2006 / Musical America |
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| At first, nothing much seemed to have changed. I switched the radio on, and there was a soothing voice explaining the whole history of the Philharmonia Hungarica orchestra. They were about, the voice said, to play a piece by a gentleman called Weiner - a name quite new to me, though possibly big in prewar Hungary.To read this article try: Login email: info@concert-hall.com. Password: proklassika |
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| 10.11.2006 / The Guardian |
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| The City of Tulsa has not had its own orchestra since the Tulsa Philharmonic went bankrupt in 2001.
The Tulsa Symphony Orchestra recently opened its first concert season ever with Beethoven’s “Fifth Symphony.” |
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| 10.11.2006 / The Tulsa Collegian |
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| Take your eye off the internet for any length of time and, like a hyperactive child, it grows up and makes whoopie. Scanning the classical music blogs, I was struck by how greatly they had matured from the early rants that looked as if they were typed on an old Remington and filed through a red letterbox. Today’s blogs are tastefully styled in designer fonts with picture inserts (not always legally obtained) and a tone that pretends at reasonableness and public interest.... |
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| 10.11.2006 / La Scena |
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| In this article the headline was somewhat at odds with the text. In that the controller of Radio 3, Roger Wright, confirmed that there would be "a bit less live as live", partly because of a change in the Performance on 3 slot to a slightly earlier time. The clearest expression of what is happening came, perhaps, in the following quote from the controller: "There will be more specially recorded music; there will not be fewer complete concerts; there will be more classical music, especially in the evenings ...". To read this article try: Login email: info@concert-hall.com. Password: proklassika |
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| 10.11.2006 / The Guardian |
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| The other day, I watched as Steve Reich walked away from Carnegie Hall, where celebrations of his seventieth birthday were under way, and out into his native city. Trim and brisk, he darted into West Fifty-sevent Street, fell back before oncoming traffic bopped impatiently in place, then darted forth again. He soon disappeared into the mass of people, his signature black cap floating above the crowd... |
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| 10.11.2006 / New Yorker |
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| For now, it's a vaguely unreal, computer-generated image: a vast sunshade shielding a big, wraparound glass facade, with a deep-red drum shape inside, crisscrossed by stairs. In physical reality, it's a giant hole next to the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, where a subterranean parking garage is under construction.
Three years hence, the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House is scheduled to open those airy glass lobbies to the public....To read this article try: Email login: info@concert-hall.com. Password: 118964. |
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| 10.11.2006 / Dallas News |
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| Soon after the Cleveland Orchestra announced two years ago that it was seeking to cultivate a residency in Florida, the rumors began to fly.
Was Cleveland about to share its esteemed orchestra with a distant city, as Cleveland Ballet did with San Jose, Calif.?
Was Cleveland going to lose the orchestra to another city, as occurred when Cleveland San Jose Ballet became Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley? |
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| 10.11.2006 / Cleveland Plain Dealer |
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| The classical music department at the Tower Records store near Lincoln Center is a funereal place these days. Longtime shoppers are making final pilgrimages and having weepy farewells with sales clerks, some of whom have worked there for years and been helpful guides to music lovers. No one can believe that Tower Records, the retail chain that has dominated the market for decades, is going out of business...To read this article try: ID Login: opus1classical; Password: proklassika |
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| 26.10.2006 / New York Times |
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