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Arts Journal – Slipped Disc 

Verbier Festival reports 10 percent downturn 

Attendances were down at this year’s Verbier Festival.

Yevgeny Nikitin: the last interview of my life

Nikitin gives his last ever interview to Der Spiegel.              

The developer laughed as he tore down George Gershwin’s house

The heritage home is torn down after protests yielded seven years ago.

Just in: farewell to a Golden Age violinist 

Ruggiero Ricci has died age 94.

Gramophone Blog 

Performing with Gustavo Dudamel for El Sistema 

Mezzo-soprano Justina Gringyte shares her experience of performing with Gustavo Dudamel and the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela.

Opera News 

2012 Opera News Awards Honorees Announced 

The editors of Opera News announce the honorees for the 2012 Opera News Awards.

Classic FM 

LSO and Vangelis top classical singles chart 

Vangelis’ “Chariot’s of Fire” tops the classical singles chart.

Philharmonia to premiere Holst work at Mela  

The Philharmonia Orchestra will appear at the Mela festival in London on the 19th August.

 

(Written on August 7, 2012 )

WildKatPR would like to wish everybody a very happy Easter! We’d like to celebrate by recommending upcoming dates for our clients including:

Johannes Pramsohler:

6th April: Osterspiele, Margarethenskirche, Sterzing

Die Passion auf vier Seiten

Click here for more information.

ACCENTUS Music:

6th April: St Thomas Church, Leipzig

St Matthew Passion – St Thomas Boys Choir

For more information please click here.

LA Phil Live: Symphony of a thousand

13th April: Electric Cinema, Portobello Road, London, 2pm.

Gustavo Dudamel, the LA Philharmonic and Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra – Mahler’s “Symphony of a thousand”

For more information please click here.

 

(Written on April 5, 2012 )

Gramophone

Jordi Savall Honoured By The York Early Music Festival

Viol player receives Lifetime Achievement Award.

Jessica Duchen’s Classical Music Blog

You Know Those TV Phone-In Votes?

Have you ever wondered what happens to the money from those expensive TV phone-in votes for BBC talent shows? It might be going on some pretty good causes.

Intermezzo

Herheim Rusalka Free Streaming

To add to this week’s free laptop viewing, La Monnaie are streaming a recently recorded performance of Rusalka on demand from Tuesday 27 March to Monday 16 April.

Arts Journal: Slipped Disc

Watch This: Serious Pianist, Canadian, Makes It Onto US Prime Time TV

Marc-Andre Hamelin is a pianist’s pianist, an artist for the keyboard connoissuer. So what was he doing on US prime time last night?

Readers ‘Often Know More Than I Do’: A Critic Redefines His Job For The Online Age

Anyone who is concerned with the formation of received opinion and artistic canon must read this.

Want To See Dudamel’s Record-Breaking Mahler 8?

Over 1,000 musicians, more than 20 countries and 1 symphony: Mahler’s Symphony No. 8, “Symphony of a Thousand” comes to cinema screens across Europe in April 2012

http://www.artsjournal.com/slippeddisc/2012/03/want-to-see-dudamels-record-breaking-mahler-8.html

 

 

(Written on March 22, 2012 )

ACCENTUS Music label launches with four world-class DVD recordings – and YOU can be in with a chance to win any one of the four DVDs!

Following 20 years experience at Euro Arts, Paul Smaczny and an expert team of directors, editors and producers have launched Accentus Music – the newest label producing outstanding quality DVDs and classical concert recordings. This winter, Accentus release four exceptional DVDs and are giving you an opportunity to win one. All you have to do is become a fan of Accentus Music on facebook, then write an interesting fact about any one of the featured musicians or composers from the DVDs (see below) on the fanpage’s wall by 5pm(GMT) on Friday 3rd December. The person who writes the best and most interesting fact will win a copy of the DVD!


The first ground-breaking DVD is a recording of the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela, led by Claudio Abbado. This is the only commercially available recording of this popular orchestra under Abbado’s direction, despite their ten-year relationship. The DVD was recorded at the 2010 Lucerne Festival at Easter, at a concert which itself received rave reviews. The concert features the outstanding young soloist Anna Prohaska performing Mozart’s Ach, ich fühl’s.


The release of Daniel Barenboim’s Warsaw Recital celebrates both the 60th anniversary of the world-renowned pianist’s stage debut, as well as the 200th anniversary of the Chopin’s birth. Recorded live at the National Philharmonic Hall in Warsaw on the eve of Chopin’s birthday, the program includes some of the composer’s best-known works.


The third DVD is a unique recording of Chopin’s Piano Concertos featuring the Russian star pianists Evgeny Kissin and Nikolai Demidenko. The concert provides a thrilling interpretation of Chopin’s masterpieces accompanied by the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Antoni Wit in dramatic high-definition.


The final release is a celebration of Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, the eldest son of the great JS, bringing his works back to the attention of the general public. The world-première recording of four of his cantatas marks the composer’s 300th anniversary. The concert was performed by Dorothee Mields, Gerhild Romberger, Georg Poplutz, Klaus Mertens, the Bachchor Mainz and L’arpa festante under the direction of Ralf Otto.

(Written on November 26, 2010 )