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In today’s news, Classical Music Magazine counts down the days to Christmas with 25 of the best Christmas carols and Andrew Clements discusses his top 10 classical CDs of 2015 for The Guardian. Also, Bizet’s Les Pêcheurs de Perles, which was last performed at the Metropolitan Opera in 1916, opens on New Year’s Eve
Classical Music Magazine
This Christmas we count down the days with an advent calendar of the 25 best Christmas carols ever written, as voted for by 50 top choral experts from the across the UK and US
International Arts Manager
Bizet’s pearl fishers come to the surface for the first time in a century
A new staging of Bizet’s Les Pêcheurs de Perles (The Pearl Fishers), which was last performed at New York’s Metropolitan Opera in 1916, opens on New Year’s Eve
The Guardian
Andrew Clements’ top 10 classical CDs of 2015
The best of this year’s releases, from Simon Rattle conducting Lutosławski’s Piano Concerto to Steve Reich’s minimal masterpiece Music for 18 Musicians
The Telegraph
The Christmas music that tells us who we are
Because we live in an increasingly secular society the culture of Christmas has, within living memory, changed dramatically
Klassik.com
O du fröhliche bereits 200 Jahre alt?
Das berühmte Weihnachtslied “O du fröhliche” ist nach Recherchen des Weimarer Johannes Falk-Vereins älter als bislang angenommen
Musik heute
Mit Beethovens Ode “An die Freude” gegen Pegida
Einige tausend Menschen haben in Dresden am Montag friedlich gegen eine Kundgebung des islam- und fremdenfeindlichen Pegida-Bündnisses demonstriert
Klassik heute
Eugen Jochum Preis an Andreas Pascal Heinemann
Am vergangenen Sonntag, 20.12.2015, wurde zum dritten Mal der Eugen-Jochum-Preis durch dessen Tochter Veronica Jochum von Moltke vergeben
New York Times
Aix Festival Director to Step Down
Bernard Foccroulle, the general director of the Aix-en-Provence Festival, plans to step down from his position at the end of 2017, the festival announced on Friday
Le Figaro
Après Paris, Londres veut sa Philharmonie
Un rapport confirme le besoin d’une nouvelle salle qui pourrait voir le jour en 2023.
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Les Pêcheurs de Perles/ International Arts Manager