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Lifting Every Voice
The Music of Budapest, Prague and Vienna |
A Moment in History
02 Feb 2012 -- For his first season as music director of The
Philadelphia Orchestra—beginning in October 2012—
Yannick Nézet-Séguin promises a breathtaking range of
music.
The Music Director, Uncensored
24 Jan 2012 -- New York Philharmonic Music Director Alan Gilbert is a man of many ideas and interests, and he has candidly shared his musings on his blog, aptly titled Curiously Random.
20 (PLUS) QUESTIONS WITH: Conductor Pablo Heras-Casado
22 Jan 2012 -- One of the hottest young conductors today, and known for his “astonishing flexibility and range as a conductor” (Wall Street Journal), Pablo Heras-Casado is the newly-appointed Principal Conductor of the Orchestra of St. Luke’s.
Of Epic Proportions: The Carmina Burana Choral Project
11 Jan 2012 -- It is nothing short of spectacular: 400 student singers,
the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, a trio of esteemed vocalists,
three world premieres, newly commissioned projections, and Carl Orff's seminal Carmina Burana—all in one concert.
Winter Festival 2012: Immortal Investments
05 Jan 2012 -- Profiling Immortal Investments, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Winter Festival, celebrating the enduring results of artistic patronage.
Enter the Year of the Dragon
03 Jan 2012 -- This month the New York Philharmonic joins the Chinese
American community in celebrating the Chinese New
Year. Ken Smith reveals the history and hopes behind
this first-ever Philharmonic celebration.
How You Get to Carnegie Hall
22 Dec 2011 -- Practice doesn’t make perfect; it makes music. Members of the St. Louis Symphony orchestra reveal their personal practice rituals.
Performing Beethoven
20 Dec 2011 -- Artists weigh tradition and innovation when interpreting Beethoven. How then does a conductor or a performer in
the 21st century interpret a work of such storied
significance without becoming mired in tradition?
Lincoln Center American Songbook 2012
15 Dec 2011 -- Back in the day, “The Great American Songbook” one very specific
thing: the Broadway-centric spectrum of music written primarily for shows and movies from
the 1920s to the 1960s. But in the 21st century, the term means many different things to
many different people.
Aix-en-Provence Plans Easter-Time Festival
29 Nov 2011 -- An ambitious second music festival is now on the calendar for sun-splashed Aix-en-Provence. Few details have been announced so far, but the fest is slated for March 26-April 7, 2013.
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