Music listings Nov 19, 2009
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The BSO s conductor emeritus Bernard Haitink returns to lead Brahms s First Symphony, Debussy s Nocturnes, and Ibert s Flute Concerto with James Galway as soloist. Nov. 19, 20, and 21. (Boston Globe)
A Muse of Fire Oct 31, 2009
A glorious sunset mistaken for dawn, Debussy said of this art (although his words no longer resemble the reproach that they appeared to be during modernist ideology s heroic youth). What a clever rattlesnake. (The American Conservative)
Daily guide to television and radio Oct 3, 2009
Beethoven: Symphony No. 4, music by Carter, Debussy and Williams with Ms. Hobson Pilot, and Ravel: La Valse. MOVIES Benji: Off the Leash. (Boston Globe)
Scene & Herd: A writing experiment pays off Oct 1, 2009
On Oct. 9 Mary Jane Rupert, piano, and Cynthia Forbes, cello will play Bach, Beethoven, Ysaye and Debussy. The Lexington Historical Society will host its first-ever Golf Classic event at the Lexington Golf Club with Patriot Partners, lead sponsor, and MKS Instruments providing generous support. (Lexington Minuteman, MA)
From Eastern and Western traditions, one true sound Sep 25, 2009
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From birdsong to whale song, a nod to the natural world Sep 16, 2009
Some of that improvisatory spirit was also present in Debussy s cello sonata, much of which has as much to do with exploring unusual sounds as with melodic development. It also provided the afternoon s most satisfying playing: Kim and Brubaker s performance was tightly coordinated and rhythmically adept. (Boston Globe)
Orchestrating a symphony bounce-back Sep 14, 2009
For instance, on Oct. 3 and 4, the symphony offers something family-friendly with pop appeal: "The Story of Babar," with music from Debussy, Poulenc and Tchaikovsky and narration by actor Michael Emerson of ABC's "Lost.". On the Honolulu Symphony Pops side, even the kids might be excited about the "40th Anniversary of the Beatles' 'Abbey Road' " concerts in November after having a couple months of playing Beatles songs on the latest Rock Band video game release. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Classical music events this fall Sep 13, 2009
GARDNER MUSEUM Fall concerts at the Gardner kick off today with Paula Robison (flute), Yeesun Kim (cello), and Bruce Brubaker (piano) playing works by Saint-Saens, Messiaen, Chopin, Debussy, and George Crumb ... BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Opening night on Sept. 23 will feature music by Berlioz, Chopin (with pianist Evgeny Kissin), and Debussy, and the premiere of a work by John Williams written as a tribute to Ann Hobson Pilot, who just retired as the orchestra s principal harpist ... NEW ENGLAND... (Boston Globe)
Classical music pick Aug 30, 2009
BOSTON LANDMARKS ORCHESTRA The series of free performances on the Esplanade continues on Wednesday with Charles Ansbacher leading a program of nature-themed works by Debussy, Mendelssohn, Mussorgsky, and Leopold Mozart among others. Also on the bill will be the orchestra s newly commissioned work, The Story of Frederick Law Olmsted by Thomas Oboe Lee. (Boston Globe)
• Events calendar Aug 28, 2009
" Festival passes are 80 (include all films and related events), at , and at Chapter One Bookstore in Ketchum, 726-5425. Individual tickets are sold at the door at 8 per movie and 15 per special event. 726-2777 or .Auditions/Twin FallsThe Eugene Ballet's "The Nutcracker" auditions for children 5 and older, SEPT. 19 in Room 236 at the College of Southern Idaho gym. Audition times: noon for Baby Mice (ages 5-7, no height requirement, one year ballet preferred); 12:30 p.m. for Angels (ages 7-9,... (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Two Alaska sopranos to perform coming-out recital Aug 23, 2009
Some Lute Songs by John Dowland, three early Debussy pieces, an aria from Bellini's "I Capuletti e i Montecchi" as Giulietta, a set by the composer Dominick Argento and, my favorite, some Richard Strauss. Plans for the future. (Anchorage Daily News)
Music: the week ahead Aug 20, 2009
Works by Haydn and Brahms frame each program, and this week also features Debussy s Cello Sonata with Ronald Thomas (cello) and Mihae Lee (piano). Aug. 22 at 8 p.m., Longy School, 27 Garden St. in Cambridge. (Boston Globe)
Classical music: Historical feast Aug 20, 2009
In fact, the author s numerous bee-infested bonnets are a delight, as is the way his enthusiasms inform, for example, an extended discussion of Debussy or the radically Russophile conception of early 20th-century works. After all, however objective we may aim to be in historical discussion of the arts, the truth is that we are interested in art because we like it. (The Economist)
Teens and Classical Music Aug 13, 2009
When popular video game music composer, Jason Hayes of World of Warcraft, was asked, "What music inspires you?" he said, "That's a tough question, because there's a lot of wonderful music! To name just a few composers, I love the music of Rachmaninoff, Brahms, and Debussy." The classically inspired pieces of Jason Hayes, Yasunori Mitsuda, Nobuo Uematsu, Martin O'Donnell and many other musical masterminds are incorporated into a plethora of video games such as Bioshock, World of Warcraft, The... (IGN PS2)
After the flood, flute power and Beethoven at Tanglewood Aug 5, 2009
On the first half, Leonard Slatkin led the orchestra in Debussy s Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun and in Copland s complete Appalachian Spring. The conductor seemed to have more to say with the Copland, music that is at the core of a populist American canon he has labored through the years to support and expand. (Boston Globe)
Daily TV guide Aug 1, 2009
5) Leonard Slatkin conducts Debussy, Copland: Appalachian Spring, a world premiere and Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 2, with flutist Sir James Galway. MOVIES. (Boston Globe)
Met Opera Chief Peter Gelb Gives Keynote at MidemNet 2010 Jul 13, 2009
MidemNet will this year offer a conference programme bringing together some of the top industry leaders in the music and digital sectors on 23 and 24 January in the Debussy Auditorium, and will continue throughout MIDEM in a new dedicated space located at the heart of the market. Download a photo of Peter Gelb from the site. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Original modern dance in Portsmouth June 19-21 Jun 16, 2009
Endangered Species is a 90-minute performance in two acts, set to classical music by Rachmaninoff, Mahler, Chopin, Debussy and Poulenc. With occasional narration, McCulloughs dances titled Mystic Butterflies, Lost to the World, Wings and Endangered Species interpret a range of emotion. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Mother, daughter share the stage at Opera House on Mother's Day May 11, 2009
The first piece was the haunting "Syrinx," by Claude Debussy, a late 19th century French composer. "Syrinx" is a piece of music for solo flute which Debussy wrote in 1913 for the uncompleted play "Psych/" by Gabriel Mourey. (Hudson Register Star, NY)
Spoleto festival offers edgy fare May 9, 2009
Written in 1900, its music foreshadowed Debussy. Because the plot is similar, it s sometimes called the French La Boheme, and is probably a great choice for anyone who has seen Boheme a few times and would like to venture further into verismo opera. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Dawn Upshaw resumes her artistic journey May 3, 2009
This afternoon, Upshaw's communicative gifts will be on display as she and her longtime close collaborator, the pianist Gilbert Kalish, perform an eclectic Celebrity Series recital in Jordan Hall, with music by Debussy, Faur. Messiaen, Ives, Bolcom, Golijov, and the local premiere of a new work by Michael Ward-Bergeman. (Boston Globe)
Seiji Ozawa and International Music Academy-Switzerland Announce Fifth Anniversary Concert in Paris Apr 29, 2009
The program includes pieces by Beethoven, Mozart, Debussy, Schubert, Bartok, Brahms, Schoenberg and Tchaikovsky. The International Music Academy-Switzerland is an exclusive annual project created by Seiji Ozawa, who, following in the tradition of his late great mentor Hideo Saito, believes that chamber music is one of the key pillars of classical music training. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Lake Wales Chorale spring concert this Friday Apr 28, 2009
The concert will feature music by great French composers including Gabriel Faur;, Claude Debussy, and will feature Maurice Durufle's Requiem with the choir, orchestra and guest organist Boyd Jones. Dr. Jones is a highly sought after organist and teaches at Stetson University. (Lake Wales News, FL)
Music review: MTT, YouTube Symphony Orchestra Apr 18, 2009
It was good to see more modern and eclectic fare programmed, in addition to music by more often spotted masters, namely Bach, Brahms, Debussy, Dvork, Gabrieli, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, Villa-Lobos and Wagner ... Debussy's "Nuages" from Nocturnes gave the concert an unadorned moment of tranquility, with soothing and commendable treatment by the orchestra. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Lullaby and good night: Native pianist Darden delivers fine final performance in Carolinas Apr 6, 2009
Of Sunday's program, Darden said the selection of Chopin and Debussy were in memoriam to his late manager, close friend and confidante Martha Munro. The two were to make a trip to Prague in the fall of 2008. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Tenor Bostridge balances the cerebral and the emotional Apr 3, 2009
"Among projects he hopes to undertake in the future, Pell?as in Debussy's "Pell. as et M. (Boston Globe)
New releases Apr 1, 2009
The rest of Opium, however, belongs unequivocally to the late 19th and early 20th centuries and to the sensuous, dreamy, decadent aesthetic of the French mlodie and such composers as Faur, Chausson and Debussy. But where other countertenors venture at their peril (neither David Daniels nor Andreas Scholl have ever convinced me in post-18th-century repertoire), Jaroussky bewitches with his exotic, caressing, translucent sound, his spare vibrato and seductive delivery. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Alex Ross: The Ebène Quartet, at Weill Recital Hall. Mar 30, 2009
A recent Virgin Classics CD of the Ravel, Debussy, and Faur. quartets shows similar virtues. (New Yorker)
* New worlds, new rites Mar 27, 2009
The orchestra, under the baton of American conductor Brad Lubman, will open with Claude Debussys Prelude a lApres-midi dun Faune (Afternoon of a Faun) and La Mer. Lubman, who will be making his NSO debut, said the combination of Debussy and Stravinsky made sense, because Debussy was the start of modern classical music ... Debussy was himself at the Rite of Spring premiere and reportedly said afterwards that his time had passed. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Willamette Valley Concert Band visits’ France Mar 6, 2009
Albany Democrat Herald: Entertainer Columnists - Local Knowledge. Last modified: Thursday, March 5, 2009 3:37 PM PST. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Complete S.F. Symphony 2009-10 schedule Mar 4, 2009
George Benjamin: "Jubilation"; Debussy (arr. Jarell): Three Etudes; George Benjamin: Dance Figures; Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3, "Scottish.". (San Francisco Chronicle)
Critic's picks: classical music Feb 27, 2009
LANG LANG The formidable and flamboyant piano virtuoso performs a Celebrity Series recital with works by Schubert, Bartok, Debussy, and Chopin. March 1 at 3 p.m., $38-$72, Symphony Hall, 617-482-6661 or. (Boston Globe)
BSO releases CDs, announces Levine's new programs Feb 20, 2009
23) will spotlight longtime BSO harpist Ann Hobson Pilot, due to retire in August 2009, as the soloist in a new work by John Williams called "On Willows and Birches." Evgeny Kissin will be the soloist in Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2 and the orchestra will perform additional works by Berlioz and Debussy. Another fall program (Sept. (Boston Globe)
Entertainment Briefing Feb 19, 2009
Field will perform Chansons de Bilitis by Claude Debussy, and Sh;h;razade and Chansons mad;casses by Maurice Ravel. Luther faculty members Jessica Paul, piano, Carol Hester, flute, and Eric Kutz, cello, will accompany Field. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
Alex Ross: The affordable art of concertgoing. Feb 8, 2009
On a Thursday morning at the Philharmonic, I saw the young French conductor Ludovic Morlot lead Debussy s La Mer, Tristan Murail s 1980 work Gondwana, Mozart s Piano Concerto No. 11, and Messiaen s Oiseaux Exotiques, the last two with Olli Mustonen as the soloist. The Murail a richly layered pandemonium of a score, in which the orchestra is regularly subdivided into a hundred separate strands was strong stuff for 10 A.M., and the audience seemed a little nonplussed. (New Yorker)
Great Composers, Lousy Reviews Feb 8, 2009
In 1885, the Evening Transcript reported, "It must be admitted that to the larger part of our public, Brahms is still an incomprehensible terror." Another critic suggested that egresses in the new Boston Symphony Hall should be labeled "Exit In Case of Brahms." By 1905, Boston seemed to be resigned to him, maybe because now they had Debussy to kick around: "Poor Debussy, sandwiched in between Brahms and Beethoven, seemed weaker than usual. We cannot feel that all this extreme ecstasy is natural;... (Slate)
Jarman, Reed featured in Lipscomb’sFaculty & Friends Concert Feb. 10 Feb 7, 2009
The program, titled When They Were Young and Twenty will feature songs by Rachmaninoff, Ives, Berg and Debussy written when they were in their 20s. Jarman, professor of voice at the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University, received her performance diploma from the Royal College of Music in London. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
