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| The recent inaugural production of Opera Cleveland at the State Theatre typified the impossibility of total fulfillment where this most complex of art forms is concerned. The new company, which merges the former Cleveland Opera and Lyric Opera Cleveland, opened its doors with nothing less than Richard Strauss' "Salome," a shocker full of extraordinary musical and dramatic challenges... |
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| 18.05.2007 / Cleveland Plain Dealer |
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| One of Britain's leading composers has recently denounced the British government's attitude to the arts as "utterly philistine", claiming the prime minister's musical tastes did not stray beyond rock and pop. Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, the master of the Queen's music, also berated Tony Blair for his "platitudinous" remarks to the arts world's great and good at Tate Modern in London. To read this article try: Login email: info@concert-hall.com. Password: proklassika |
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| 17.04.2007 / The Guardian |
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| BBC Music Magazine has announced its 2007 recordings awards, as voted upon by readers and the general public and nominated by a panel of contributors and classical music specialists. The 2007 awards represent the magazine’s second annual go-round, and the magazine says it received over 40,000 votes. The three nominations in each category were available to audition (four minutes’ worth) on the magazine’s website. |
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| 17.04.2007 / Musical America |
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| AMERICAN orchestras have historically been hidebound institutions afraid of alienating mainstream subscribers. Boards tend to hire the most renowned maestros they can attract and afford: sure bets, in other words, safe investments. And many orchestras are weighted down with the burden of having to be the public face of a city’s higher cultural aspirations. To read this article try: ID Login: opus1classical Password: proklassika |
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| 17.04.2007 / New York Times |
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| "There are times in the opera house when the tedium reaches such a peak that I am hit by a vertiginous urge to leap out of my seat, strip off my clothes and run on to the stage screaming like a banshee." To read this review try: Login email: info@concert-hall.com: Password: proklassika |
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| 17.04.2007 / Daily Telegraph |
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| The new conductor in town has the city buzzing, write Joyce Morgan and Paul Bibby.
VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY brings international star power built on firm musical footing to his newly created role with the Sydney Symphony.
As its principal conductor and artistic adviser, Ashkenazy's association with the orchestra is expected to put the orchestra into a higher league. |
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| 17.04.2007 / Sydney Morning Herald |
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| HAMBURG, Germany -- The city of Brahms and Mendelssohn is enhancing its cultural charm with a new concert hall that will soar above the Elbe River like a ghostly glass-sailed schooner.
The futuristic concert hall, designed by Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron, will tower 360 feet above the city's harbor. City officials hope it will rival the shell-shaped Sydney Opera House in Australia as a landmark recognized around the globe. To read this article try: Email Login: info@concert-hall.com Password: proklassika |
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| 17.04.2007 / Washington Post |
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| Gene Weingarten followed up his piece about Joshua Bell busking in the Washington Metro with an online chat in which he remarked that this story got "the largest and most global response of anything I have ever written" (thanks in part to the classical music blogosphere). He received more than 1,000 e-mails, many from people who declared themselves in tears at the end of the article, and even I got a few missives from readers who got there via The Rest is Noise. |
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| 17.04.2007 / The Rest is Noise |
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| THE eminent Russian-born conductor and pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy will take up the baton at the Sydney Symphony. His appointment as successor to the orchestra's chief conductor, Gianluigi Gelmetti, was announced on April 11th. |
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| 17.04.2007 / Sydney Morning Herald |
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| FOR decades, Edwin Paling has harboured an immense irritation with his organisation, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. He has never spoken about it publicly until now, though around 20 years ago, during a tour of Japan, he dropped a heavy hint to this writer. In the course of an informal conversation on a plane, he said: "This orchestra is like a ship without a captain." |
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| 17.04.2007 / The Herald |
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