Announcing The Delius Songbook Project - Volume One
Ashford, CT (Top40 Charts/ 217 Records) - Filmmaker, actor, and record producer Michael Maglaras has announced that 217 Records will be participating in a major classical music release: Volume One of a planned two-volume set of all 61 surviving songs for solo voice and piano by the English composer ...
| Classical Part Of World Routes Summer Festivals At Harbourfront Centre
New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Harbourfront Centre) - Returning to Harbourfront Centre this summer for its second incarnation, What is Classical? examines the definition of "classical music" from a broad range of cultural perspectives. It explores the boundaries of the genre around the world and here ...
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Cellist Attacked On Stage During Rehearsal
Santa Barbara, CA (Top40 Charts/ Nebbadoon Press) - Author John Sant'Ambrogio, with 37 years in the Saint Louis Symphony and 9 in the BSO, tells of the attack and more than 50 other similar hilarious stories of life behind the scenes in a symphony orchestra in his book ""The Day I Almost Destroyed ...
| Rene'e Fleming Captivates A New Generation Of Artists
New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - Three-time Grammy winner Rene'e Fleming is beloved by classical and opera fans around the world, but the superstar soprano has also earned the admiration of a new generation of singers and songwriters. That Fleming chose to cover one of his songs on her ...
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Greek Composer And Pianist Michalis Terzis' Song 'The Sea'
New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Sunset Classics) - Greek composer and pianist Michalis Terzis is about to launch his new album this August. His style can be described as new age music with a strong classical undertone. His music pretty often breaks the scheme to roll onto undiscovered places of ethereal ...
| Ambroise Thomas's Hamlet Returns To The Metropolitan Opera - After 113 Years Since Its Last Staging - In A New Production Premiering On Thirteen's Great Performances At The Met On Pbs
Boston, MA (Top40 Charts/ WNET Organization) - Baritone Simon Keenlyside, whose performance as Hamlet received rave reviews when this production by Patrice Caurier and Moshe Leiser was introduced at the Metropolitan Opera, commands the stage in the opera's premiere on THIRTEEN's Great Performances at ...
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Watch: Renee Fleming's 'Dark Hope' Is A Family Affair
New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - Renee Fleming recently told ABC's Sandy Kenyon that the concept for hew new album 'Dark Hope' - on which the superstar soprano explores works by Arcade Fire, Muse, The Mars Volta and others - initially faced some tough critics in the form of her two teenage ...
| Watertower Music To Release New 'Bugs Bunny At The Symphony' CD, Recorded Live At The Sydney Opera House
Los Angeles, CA (Top40 Charts/ WaterTower Music) - On July 13, WaterTower Music will release the new live concert recording of Bugs Bunny at the Symphony, the eagerly-anticipated sequel to Bugs Bunny on Broadway, the record-setting orchestra-and-film concert that reinvented a new genre of symphony orchestra ...
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'Amazing' (Wall Street Journal) New Fred Hersch Trio Album 'Whirl' (Palmetto, June 22) Garners Unanimous Praise
New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media Classics) - Fred Hersch, "one of the greatest contemporary pianists" (New Yorker), has released his first album since recovering from a nearly fatal coma caused by the AIDS virus. The consensus is 'Whirl' is an utter triumph for Hersch, a testament to his ...
| The Rhion-Antirrion Bridge Is The Latest Michalis Terzis Masterpiece Full Length CD Being Released At Sunset Classics On August 3, 2010
New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Sunset Classics) - The Rhion-Antirrion Bridge is the latest Michalis Terzis masterpiece full length CD being released at Sunset Classics on August 3rd. Michalis Terzis is ready to release his latest full length CD masterpiece, The Rhion-Antirrion Bridge, on August 3rd with ...
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Wcpe Celebrates Mahler
Wake Forest, N.C. (Top40 Charts/ WCPE FM Official Website) - WCPE Music Director William Woltz announces a celebration of the 150th anniversary of Gustav Mahler's birth. The three day event starts with Symphony no. 1 (Titan) on July 5 on Monday Night at the Symphony and continues with Symphony no. 5 ...
| On July 1, 2010 Naxos Welcomes Newton Classics And Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (rpo) To Its Family Of Distributed Labels
Franklin, TN (Top40 Charts/ Naxos Records) - Beginning July 1, 2010, Naxos welcomes two new labels to its roster of distributed labels: Newton Classics (www.newtonclassics.com) and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) (www.rpo.co.uk). Founded in 2009 by the former Vice President of A&R and international ...
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Sting With The Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra Come To The 1-800-ask-gary Amphitheatre In Tampa On July 3, 2010
Sarasota, FL (Top40 Charts/ 1-800-ASK-GARY) - Grammy-award winning artist Sting will perform in Tampa with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra during his 'Symphonicity' World Tour at 8 p.m. Sat., July 3 in the 1-800-ASK-GARY Amphitheatre at the Florida State Fairgrounds. Sting will play his biggest ...
| Lakecomo Festival 2010 Names Michael Glenn Williams As Composer-in-residence
Thousand Oaks, CA (Top40 Charts/ LakeComo Festival) - The magical setting of Lago di Como Italy, home to the International Piano Academy and the Rockefeller Bellagio Center, has been a peaceful retreat and muse for artists... American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow came to write there, as did composer ...
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Tenor Anthony Kearns This August Will Team Up With The Irish Tenors!
Los Angeles, CA (Top40 Charts/ Kirsten Fedewa & Assoc.) - World-renowned tenor Anthony Kearns will sing at two major venues in Southern California, less than a week after his triumphant debut as Don Jose in the opera Carmen: at the opening concert of The Redlands Bowl's 87th Summer Music Festival tonight ...
| All Things Considered Hails Fred Hersch's 'Unflinching' New Album 'Whirl'
New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - Fred Hersch's new Fred Hersch Trio record 'Whirl' (Palmetto Records, June 22) is the focus of the brilliant NPR "All Things Considered" segment that aired on release date. Hersch and host Robert Siegel discuss the evolution of Hersch's magnificent career, ...
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Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra Chorus To Perform At New York's Avery Fisher Hall
Dayton, OH (Top40 Charts/ Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra) - Distinguished Concerts International of New York City (DCINY) has announced that the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra Chorus and its director, Dr. Hank Dahlman, will participate in a performance of Leonard Bernstein's Chichester Psalms on June ...
| Boston Landmarks Orchestra And Red Sox Finalize Fenway Park Concert Details
Cambridge, MA (Top40 Charts/ Boston Landmarks Orchestra) - On July 7, 2010 Fenway Park will be seeing a different kind of lineup starring Beethoven, Bernstein, Anderson, and Copland. The Boston Landmarks Orchestra, Boston Red Sox, and the City of Boston have finalized event details for the Orchestra's ...
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International Music Festival To Feature Opera, Chamber Music
Blacksburg, VA (Top40 Charts/ Virginia Tech) - Chamber music lovers and opera buffs, take note. The concert schedule of Viva Virginia, a two-week opera and chamber music festival starting June 21, includes a clarinet quintet and romantic pieces for violin and piano. Other powerhouse pieces to be performed ...
| Works By Mozart, Verdi, Puccini To Highlight International Music Festival At Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA (Top40 Charts/ Virginia Tech) - Chamber music lovers and opera fans, take note. The concert schedule of Viva Virginia - a two-week opera and chamber music festival starting June 21 - includes a clarinet quintet and romantic pieces for violin and piano. Other powerhouse pieces to be performed ...
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