BACKIn today’s news: Euphonium player mixes it with a sax mouthpiece, and Spotify and Apple Music jumped by more than 69% subscribers in the US during first half of the year. Moritzburg Festival close to Dresden starts today, and Unesco chair for musicology Weimar/Jena inaugurated. How historic bassoons bring together generations, and Federal Minister of Natural Resources Jim Carr shows his oboe skills in public.
Choir and Organ
Psallite Women’s Choir: Sing a Song of Joy
The premiere of a new work by Janet Wheeler was given on 29 June by the female voice choir Psallite at The Old Church, Stoke Newington, in London.
Cmuse
Euphonium Player Mixes it with a Sax Mouthpiece
Brian Wilson, renowned euphonium player introduced us to the most unconventional musical instrument recently when he merged a euphonium with a baritone saxophone mouthpiece.
Music Business World
YouTube loses ground on US subscription music streaming in first six months of 2017
The volume of subscription streams on the likes of Spotify and Apple Music jumped by more than 69% in the US during the first half of this year to 141.3bn – dramatically outperforming the number of online music video streams in the same period.
Classic FM
This is why fast food restaurants play classical music at night
Playing classical music in the late hours of the day appears to be part of the mass fast-food chain effort to combat rowdy behaviour in their branches.
Frankfurter Allgemeine
Das Leben, das Leben, das Leben
Die Berliner Volksbühne verabschiedet sich von Intendant Frank Castorf – und sagt mit Feiern und einer späten Christoph-Schlingensief-Filmpremiere adieu.
Concerti
Am Rande des idyllischen Dresden liegt ein noch idyllischeres Schloss. Dort hob der Cellist Jan Vogler 1993 das Moritzburg Festival aus der Taufe.
Pizzicato
Alexandre Bloch verlängert bei Düsseldorfer Symphonikern
Der französische Dirigent hat seinen Vertrag als Erster Gastdirigent der Düsseldorfer Symphoniker um weitere drei Jahre verlängert.
Kulturradio
Unesco-Lehrstuhl für Musikwissenschaft eingeweiht
Mit einem Lehrstuhl an den Hochschulstandorten Weimar und Jena will die deutsche Unesco-Kommission die Erforschung von Musiktraditionen fördern.
KQED
Historic Bassoon Brings Two Generations of Musicians Together for a Special Concert in Palo Alto
Much like a Stradivarius is to the violin world, a Heckel is considered one of the gold standards in bassoons.
CTV News
Oboe-playing minister trades cabinet duties for centre-stage with WSO
Federal Minister of Natural Resources Jim Carr has hit many high notes in his career. Before he entered politics, he was a journalist, a CEO — and a professional oboe player.
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Schloss Moritzburg © Oliver Killig