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Cricket ‘choir’ sounds like human voices
A ‘choir of crickets’ that sounds like humans singing has divided the critics after a Soundcloud clip has surfaced online
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain announces 2014 players
Following two rounds of auditions over eight weeks in Edinburgh, Manchester, Bristol and London, 165 new players have been admitted to the National Youth Orchestra 2014
Gramilano
Riccardo Muti’s Ernani cancelled amid chaos at Rome Opera
Massive job losses are expected at Rome Opera after it was announced that the theatre would go into receivership after debts of 29 million euros ($39m) at the end of 2011. As the recent Bray Law states that if a theatre goes into receivership, 50% of administrative and technical posts must be axed, the unions are on the side of theatre director Catello De Martino for maybe the first time
The Guardian
Antony Gormley: sculpting a new South Bank
Built in 1951, the Southbank Centre is an architectural landmark that attracts 25m visitors a year. But will it survive another 50 years? Sculptor Antony Gormley on why bulldozing the site would be better than the planned revamp
WQXR
Top Five Expressions of Thanks in Classical Music
There are compositional conventions for strong emotions and passions, such as love, anger, glee, and sorrow. Giving thanks, though, requires a bit more nuance—a challenge for any skilled composer. Luckily, as we prepare for Thanksgiving, there have been plenty of composers up to the task, especially in the five pieces that follow
Arts Journal
A respected Italian maestro has died
Angelo Campori, an associate of Leonard Bernstein who conducted at the Met and the Vienna Opera, has died aged 79
Winter woes: Conductor tosses lozenges at coughing Chicago audience
On Saturday night, Michael Tilson Thomas … went offstage and emerged with two large handfuls of loose cough lozenges, which he tossed underhanded into the main floor audience seats
Alberto Vilar is being held in a cell with no heating, books or music
The convicted fraudster and former opera philanthropist is being held while a judge hears his appeal against having his bail revoked, suddenly and without good reason
Die Welt
Klavier und Kitsch sind ziemlich beste Freunde
Früher hatte der Komponist Ludovico Einaudi den Respekt der Avantgarde. Bis er anfing, sentimentale Stücke und Soundtracks zu schreiben. Nun lieben ihn nur noch die Massen. Ein Besuch in Mailand
The Guardian