Weekend Events Sep 11, 2009
The Sunday Morning Music Program, 10 a.m., at the Luther Memorial Church, 225 West 10th St., will feature Molly Dugan, soprano, accompanied by organist Erik Meyer, performing selections from Handel, Mahler, Bach and Schubert. Cost: Free. (Erie Times-News, PA)
You can own a 'Wild Salmon on Parade' piece Sep 6, 2009
Rebecca Goodrich, of the Alaska Writers Guild, who made us aware of this victory, wrote, "The Masquerade is the second most highly attended event, held immediately after the prestigious Hugo awards ceremony. Contestants are given 60 seconds to show off their creations, whether science fiction or period. Newell won for her Jane Austen-era outfit and performance (entrees are judged both on presentation and workmanship. "During her 60 seconds, Newell removed the outer layers of her costume,... (Anchorage Daily News)
Senior Subjects: A fitting tribute for Kennedy Sep 2, 2009
Divine music was provided by members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra with mezzo-soprano Susan Graham for the Schubert Ave Maria; Cellist Yo-Yo Ma and tenor Placido Domingo performed Cesar Franck s stirringly beautiful Panis Angelicus, and Glenn Goda, organist of the Mission Church, was at the console of the 1898 Hutchings organ its magnificent voice accompanying the choirs and resonating through the vast recesses of the Basilica. As the announcer for the radio programs produced by the Boston... (Lincoln Journal, MA)
David Fray to perform with the BSO at Tanglewood Aug 21, 2009
His next recording, slated for the fall, will be of music by Schubert. Neither are composers in which Gould excelled - he recorded virtually no Schubert and gave a famous lecture called How Mozart Became a Bad Composer. (Boston Globe)
Free and cheap in San Francisco Aug 1, 2009
The Golden Gate Park Band plays concerts at 1 p.m. Sundays in the park through Oct. 12 (except Sept. 13), from classic band music to Schubert. The Stern Grove Festival brings top performers to an outdoor amphitheater Sunday afternoons through Aug. 23. (AZCentral -- Travel)
• With season of free concerts, Sun Valley marks symphony's quarter-century Jul 31, 2009
It featured singer-songwriter Carole King singing the Schubert Mass in G. It enticed more than 2,000 people to ride the chairlifts to the top of Baldy to hear the sound of alpenhorns during a horns concert. And it became the talk of the town when Olympian Debbie Mc-Donald and her horse Brentina pranced in time to the symphony music during a lavish benefit. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Entertainment briefs Jul 24, 2009
The first pre-concert will be 2 p.m. Sunday called "Classics of Musical Theater," which will include favorites from "Oklahoma!," "South Pacific," "Show Boat," "The Music Man," and "Cabaret." The second pre-concert will be at 2 p.m. Aug. 2 called "The German Romantics" and will include string and vocal music by Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, Strauss and Mahler. The first Lakes Area Chamber Music Festival concert will be at 2 p.m. Aug. 9 at Lord of Life Lutheran Church in Baxter where Lykins will... (Brainerd Daily Dispatch)
Holding back Jul 22, 2009
Take Schubert's bleak song cycle Winterreise ... "[Leave] a few seconds to let the music die away and a moment to recognise what Schubert has achieved in setting out this existential bleakness. And then applaud the performer." ... " The premiere of Stravinsky's Rites of Spring saw a riot, but not over clapping In concert halls outside London, it also might be common to see some people dressed formally, says Ms Browne. But for all the controversy about clapping and the confusion that some novices... (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Where were you? Jul 19, 2009
Cindy (Mitgaard) Schubert of Britt was touring with a singing group in Austria ... I think it was probably the most patriotic moment of my life, Schubert said, because probably 90 percent of the audience was Austrian. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
'Tis the season to be naughty Jul 17, 2009
The funny, sexy, slightly twisted and shambolic chanteuse has just finished some serious shows of Schubert and Schumann songs in Melbourne and is itching for something more light-hearted. "This little Christmas show is really madness and joy with a kind of punky edge, as I must," she says. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Cellist Haimovitz is free-spirited about mixing classical, modern Jun 26, 2009
He will play Max s Moon by Luna Pearl Woolf, his wife, and an arrangement of Schubert s Arpeggione sonata ... There is the Schubert, a repertoire staple, being served in a new guise. (Boston Globe)
Yehudi Wyner recalls his expansive career Jun 21, 2009
My feeling is that as long as there is classical music, and any aspiration for singing art songs like those of Schubert, Brahms, and Wolf, there will be a place for this music. Wyner grew up in New York, and his musical gifts were spotted early and encouraged at Juilliard. (Boston Globe)
Resurrecting the band Jun 17, 2009
Schubert doesn't get time to finish his symphony. 4. (San Francisco Chronicle)
S.F. Symphony's reconnects Schubert, Berg Jun 5, 2009
The Symphony is in the midst of Dawn to Twilight, a June festival in which Thomas has set the music of Schubert and Berg side by side to explore the links between them ... But listening to the range of music presented in Davies Symphony Hall - from the extravagant yet concise expressiveness of Schubert's "Shepherd on the Rock" to the fragrant explosions of Berg's "Lulu" Suite - made everything clear ... She was also joined by clarinetist Carey Bell and Thomas at the piano for a gorgeous account... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Gone to Franz: Cooper's travels Jun 1, 2009
Imogen Cooper Schubert recital ... Fresh from winning the 2008 instrumentalist of the year award presented by London's Royal Philharmonic Society, the British pianist presents a solo all-Schubert concert for the Sydney Symphony tonight ... The recital will be based on a series she began in London last year, presenting the last six years of Schubert's solo works. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Review: S.F. Symphony tie in Schubert, Berg May 30, 2009
Sweet as the San Francisco Symphony strings sounded in Schubert's "Rosamunde" Overture, a faint pungency lurked in the phrasing and accents ... Wednesday's concert opened Dawn to Twilight, a San Francisco Symphony Schubert/Berg festival that continues through June 13 ... Viennese Romanticism is the shared artistic DNA, with Schubert a 19th century "pioneer," in Thomas' view, and Berg a late-period, Schoenberg-tutored precursor of modernism. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Young Stars to Shine on Crystal European Cruises May 20, 2009
Anna Schubert, Soprano. September 14, Crystal Serenity - Istanbul to Venice. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
An odd yet delightful musical pairing May 12, 2009
Some time ago, a concert program called Schubert and Tango might have seemed like a strange union ... But first, the Schubert ... Together, the Amici players made these single-movement works into a study in contrast, embracing two aspects of Schubert's musical character. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Boston Baroque gives younger Haydn his due May 5, 2009
Known in his day as one of the great church composers, the younger Haydn was respected by Mozart and revered by Schubert, fell into obscurity in the 19th century, and will disappear again, after a partial revival of interest since World War II, during the bicentennial celebrations of his brother's death, which begin on May 31. (Did anyone notice Michael Haydn's bicentennial in 2006. (Boston Globe)
Outgoing director has led Winona Symphony Orchestra and its audience through tremendous growth Apr 30, 2009
Franz Schubert s Unfinished Symphony. Antonin Dvorak s Romance for Violin and Orchestra, featuring a violin solo by Natalie Filipovich, Vance s wife. (Winona Daily News, MN)
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)
Atlanta woman recalls Holocaust, playing piano for Nazis Apr 28, 2009
The 15-year-old piano prodigy played Chopin, Brahms, and Schubert, all from memory. When she was done, the men in the audience rose to their feet and shouted Noch einmal. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Why the West is Boyle'd Apr 28, 2009
Singer Susan Boyle, our latest instant celebrity, reminds me of any number of singers I conducted in amateur renditions of the easier Schubert or Haydn masses, or the sort of matron who sings "Katti-Shaw" or "Buttercup" in the local Gilbert and Sullivan production. Musical talent springs up like grass, and engaging voices are a dollar a dozen. (Asia Times Online)
Name that tune Apr 18, 2009
Broadway show tunes and classical music are kissing cousins, and you can feel the love at American Classics' "Recognize the Tune - Popular Songs From Classical Hits." The concerts are devoted to "elegant plagiarisms," a collection of Broadway and popular songs influenced by classical composers including Schubert, Tchaikovsky, and Chopin. Billy Joel wrote "And So It Goes" from Hubert H. Parry's "Jerusalem." "Kismet" mined musical themes from Alexander Borodin for "Stranger in Paradise" and "And... (Boston Globe)
Top funeral songs Apr 17, 2009
For classical music fans, Schubert's 'Ave Maria', Puccini's 'Nessun Dorma' and Bach's 'Air On A G String' are among the most chosen pieces to comfort their loved ones as they pay final farewells ... Ave Maria' - Schubert 4. (iAfrica.com)
ACDC blazes into funeral charts Apr 17, 2009
For classical music fans, Schubert's Ave Maria, Puccini's Nessun Dorma and Bach's Air On A G String are among the most chosen pieces to comfort their loved ones as they pay final farewells ... Ave Maria - Schubert. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Variations on a thread Apr 16, 2009
Not surprisingly, there's a logic behind Sunday's concert program, which include solo piano works by Anton Webern, Robert Schumann, Franz Schubert and Johann Sebastian Bach. Dinnerstein will play the pieces chronologically backwards, which she said gives the show a unique shape that would not be the same were the works placed in a different order. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Voice Recital at UMHB Apr 15, 2009
The recital is free and open to the public and will feature songs and arias by Bellini, Chaminade, Dvok, Hndel, Lekberg, Puccini, Schubert, and Rossini. Mrs. Atwood is a 1976 graduate of Skyview High School in Smithfield, UT. She is the recipient of an Associates Degree in Arts ces from Brigham Young University/Idaho. (KWTX.com, TX)
At 95, violist Raphael Hillyer is still sharp in mind and music Apr 10, 2009
"We came with a feeling that tremendous energy is there in the score," Hillyer says, "and we want to release that. We don't want to play in a sweet way all the time. Certainly there was this kind of power in the new music, Bartok and Schoenberg, but we felt it was there in Beethoven and Schubert, too.". Not everyone was enamored of their repertoire choices. (Boston Globe)
Dance review: Ballet's Program 6 Apr 7, 2009
Frank Schubert is big winner for Prop. 8 ad featuring Newsom. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Eva Evdokimova; partnered with Nureyev Apr 7, 2009
Those somewhat disparate qualities were evident in Henning Ruebsam's "Litanei und Fruehlingsglaube," a solo set to two Schubert songs, created for Ms. Evdokimova in 2002 and danced by her in New York in one of her last performances. The delicate inflections of her quick shifts between sadness and joy were impressive, enhanced possibly by having studied acting in New York and by her several acting roles in Off Broadway productions. (Boston Globe)
Voice of the Century Apr 6, 2009
She presented, as she had done countless times before, a mixture of classical selections O mio Fernando, from Donizetti s La Favorita, and Schubert s Ave Maria and African-American spirituals. Perhaps there was a hint of defiance in her rendition of My Country, Tis of Thee ; perhaps a message of solidarity when she changed the line Of thee I sing to Of thee we sing. (New Yorker)
Tenor Bostridge offers a master class in Schubert Apr 6, 2009
After the final notes of Schubert's "Im Walde," he seemed rapt, and the audience held its breath, and applause, until he finally gave the signal that life could resume ... Much the same could be said as well of Schubert, of course, especially in his last years, when he was ill and finding his only comfort in writing music ... At the same time, his range is ideal for Schubert and he has made his voice work beautifully, with a lovely mezza voce, or half voice, for intimate moments. (Boston Globe)
Tenor Bostridge balances the cerebral and the emotional Apr 3, 2009
Ian Bostridge, who has a voice of almost otherworldly purity, performs an all-Schubert recital tonight at Jordan Hall ... Yet perhaps because of his bookish appearance, Bostridge - who sings an all-Schubert recital tonight at Jordan Hall - is still thought of by some in professorial terms, as if beneath his artistry lurked the soul of a clinical, disinterested mind ... "If Bostridge is prone to being tagged as cerebral, something of the opposite is true of Schubert, still thought of in some... (Boston Globe)
Polymnia brings many Ave Marias to St. Marys Church Apr 2, 2009
They returned near the program s end in the complicated arrangement by Mr. Kidd of Schubert s Ave Maria. An interesting project for all of his performers, it was probably best as arranged by the composer himself. (Melrose Free Press, MA)
Two weekends of Beethoven's music Mar 27, 2009
Featured artists include violinist Robert McDuffie from Mercer University in Georgia, who performs on the 1735 Guarneri del Gesu violin known as the "Ladenburg"; the Israeli-American cellist Yehuda Hanani, who studied with the legendary Leonard Rose and Pablo Casals, and now teaches at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music; violinist Ignace ("Iggy") Jang, concertmaster for the Honolulu Symphony and on the faculty at the University of Hawai'i-Manoa; and Irish pianist John O'Conor, who studied with... (Honolulu Advertiser)
Anne Brown, 96; her voice led Gershwin to transform Bess Mar 20, 2009
She brought music by Brahms, Schubert, and other classical composers, which Gershwin played as she sang, she recalled in numerous interviews. When he asked her to sing a Negro spiritual, she balked. (Boston Globe)
Country profile: Austria Mar 16, 2009
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart occupies a place of his own as composer of some of the best loved European classical music while the works of Franz Schubert enjoy great popularity too. In the world of philosophy and ideas, Sigmund Freud still provokes controversy while Ludwig Wittgenstein was one of the major influences in 20th century thinking. (BBC News -- Europe)
Zander marks two milestones with Mahler Mar 8, 2009
She credits him with, among other things, introducing her to Schubert songs, "so that at 13 I was listening to that instead of rock music."He had an incredible influence on me - more than anyone else. " In fact, she adds, "it's really because of him that I went into music. (Boston Globe)
Westwood Jubilation Mar 6, 2009
The North High School Choir and Orchestra will present a concert of the Schubert Mass in G and other works at 7 p.m., March 12 in the school's auditorium. The Mass is a five-movement work that will be performed with full orchestra and 130 voice chorus. (Sioux City Journal)
Orpheum ready for Iowa Piano Competition Mar 4, 2009
He has also appeared on radio and television in Russia, Europe and the US, including Russian National Television and Radio, and Minnesota Public Radio, performing works by Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Schubert, Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev. Denis Evstuhin is a laureate of numerous international piano competitions. (Sioux City Journal)
Complete S.F. Symphony 2009-10 schedule Mar 4, 2009
Schubert/Webern: "German Dances"; Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4; Webern: Symphony; Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 ... Schubert: Mass No. 2; Ives (orch. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Snicket is back with a kids' mystery, CD Mar 2, 2009
The detective bows down to history, listing all the great composers who are dead: "Beethoven dead! Schubert unfinished, but dead! Schoenberg incomprehensible, but dead!". Handler sees the story and music as a "gateway drug for kids and parents. After they listen to Nathaniel, they'll move on to Beethoven and Bach and (John) Cage. It could be the beginning of a dangerous lifestyle, and I'm proud to be a part of it.". (USA Today -- Life)
Cartagena: The real risk is not wanting to leave Mar 1, 2009
Schubert and carriages. At an evening performance, the tones of Schubert resonated through five balconies filled with decked-out patrons sitting in the opulent box seats of the old Heredia Theater. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Music for Organ and Trombone Feb 23, 2009
Wauchope has played in the house orchestras of the Wang, Schubert, Colonial, and the Melody Tent theatres. He taught at the South Shore Conservatory in Hingham and Duxbury for 25 years and has been frequently called upon to do master classes for music educators in the New England area. (Westerly Sun, RI)
Looking back on BSO conductor James Levine's first five seasons Feb 22, 2009
After his first seasons with the BSO, he concluded that the ensemble would benefit more from a sustained re-immersion in the core classical and early Romantic repertoire: Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert. This literature after all contains the symphonic master grid - the fundamentals of orchestral communication on which everything else rests. (Boston Globe)
For Antony, nothing's worthwhile without tears Feb 19, 2009
Imagine those words sung in a tremulous, androgynous alto voice, above a rippling piano and string accompaniment, in a terraced lyrical song that Schubert might have written had he grown up in the eighties and been free to chase peacocks as much as he liked. When I listen to Hegarty on records (his own, not those he has made with Rufus Wainwright, Lou Reed or Hercules and Love Affair), I always feel as if I've come into a scene of recent devastation, where only he can see heaven's shadow. (Globe and Mail)
90-year-old pianist Feb 13, 2009
Music man finds long-lost Schubert piece ... For a concert in February, Burke discovered a piece of music by Franz Schubert that may have never before been played in the United States ... When he stumbled upon a piece by Franz Schubert that has likely never been played in the United States, he was eager to make it the centerpiece of his February concert at Trinity Episcopal Church. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
