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In today’s news, Ludovico Einaudi reached his highest ever chart position and Jubilee Opera presents the world premiere of ‘The Drummer Boy of Waterloo’. Also, the winners of BBC Radio 2’s Young Choristers of the year were named and the New York Philharmonic talks about moving to the auditorium at Hunter College
The Guardian
When the shock of the new feels old what can a composer do?
For his third piano sonata, Stephen Hough wondered if he could use the inflexible 12-tone composition technique to ask questions about the very technique itself
BBC Music Magazine
BBC Radio 2 Young Choristers of the Year
Young Chorister of the Year 2015 winners announced
Classic FM
Ludovico Einaudi is officially a pop chart legend, and why it’s a big deal
Pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi has reached his highest ever chart position, landing himself in the top 20 albums in front of new releases from Scouting For Girls and Fightstar
Telegraph
Zadok the Priest: a champion’s anthem
Handel has been dragged into a football feud after Manchester City fans are facing a fine from Uefa for booing one of the composer’s best known works at Champions League matches
Classical Source
Jubilee Opera presents the world premiere of The Drummer Boy of Waterloo
Novello & Co, part of the Music Sales Group of Companies, is delighted to announce the world premiere of ‘The Drummer Boy of Waterloo’ – a children’s opera written by Megg Nicol and David Stoll
Der Tagesspiegel
Vor genau 100 Jahren wurde sie in Berlin uraufgeführt: Darum spielen dort jetzt drei Top-Orchester an drei Tagen Strauss’ monumentale “Alpensinfonie”
Klassik Akzente
Konzert mit Seltenheitswert – Krystian Zimerman gastiert im November in der Berliner Philharmonie
Krystian Zimerman, der polnische Pianist und Chopin-Wettbewerb-Gewinner von 1975, muss heutzutage niemanden mehr von seinem außerordentlichen Rang unter den zeitgenössischen Klaviervirtuosen überzeugen. Einziges “Problem”: er gibt nur maximal 50 Konzerte pro Jahr
Pizzicato
Französin und Weißrusse gewinnen bei ‘Neue Stimmen’
Die französische Sopranistin Elsa Dreisig (*1991) und der Bass Anatoli Sivko aus Weißrussland (*1987) haben den Internationalen Gesangswettbewerb ‘Neue Stimmen’ gewonnen
The New York Times
New York Philharmonic Discusses Temporary Home at Hunter College
The New York Philharmonic could be getting an East Side address when the planned renovation of its Lincoln Center hall leaves it homeless for two seasons: The orchestra is in talks with Hunter College about moving into a 2,000-seat auditorium there
Scherzo
Alondra de la Parra, nueva titular de la Sinfónica de Queensland
La directora mexicana Alondra de la Parra (Nueva York, 1980) ha sido designada nueva directora titular de la Orquesta Sinfónica de Queensland, en Australia
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BBC Radio 3 @BBCRadio3 : Sally Beamish, Judith Weir, Amy Beach, Barbara Strozzi… Guides to 50+ female composers: http://bbc.in/1UqVidk
Ludovico Einaudi/Classic FM