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In today’s news, Max Richter explains his eight-hour composition ‘Sleep’ – the longest continuous piece of music broadcasted by the BBC – and Pergolesi’s Opera Settecento is finally premiered after nearly 300 years. Also, Christie’s exhibits its $60m Stradivarius and Guarneri collection and Classic FM reports on the Game Music Connect 2015.
The Guardian
Adriano in Siria – why Pergolesi’s overlooked masterpiece deserves a UK premiere at last
Pergolesi’s opera has lain unloved for nearly 300 years, but, with its cascade of showstopping arias, Opera Settecento are finally bringing it to a UK public
The Independent
Max Richter’s ‘Sleep’: The longest continuous piece of music broadcast by the BBC
As Max Richter prepares to premiere his eight-hour ‘lullaby for a frenetic world’, before a live, if slumbering, audience, he tells Jessica Duchen why he dreamt up the experiment
Classic FM
Game Music Connect 2015: what we’ve learned about videogame music
Classic FM is at London’s Southbank Centre for the annual videogame music conference, where we’ve heard insider knowledge from a Sony bigwig and why London’s musicians are the best.
The Strad
Christie’s exhibits $60m Stradivarius and Guarneri collection in Shanghai and Hong Kong
‘The Art of Music’ sale features seven violins and one cello from a private European collection
Journal Sentinel
Milwaukee Symphony names Yaniv Dinur its new assistant conductor
Jerusalem native Yaniv Dinur is joining the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra as assistant conductor. He will conduct youth, family and outreach concerts.
Süddeutsche Zeitung
Eine boshafte Anekdote behauptet, dass Johannes Brahms sieben Jahre an seinem berühmten Wiegenlied komponiert habe, weil er dabei am Piano immer wieder einnickte
Neue Musikzeitung
Levy Sekgapane gewinnt den Montserrat-Caballé-Gesangswettbewerb
Der Südafrikaner Levy Sekgapane aus dem Jungen Ensemble der Dresdner Semperoper hat den Internationalen Montserrat-Caballé-Gesangswettbewerb in Spanien gewonnen
Klassik.com
Tenor Levy Sekgapane gewinnt den Montserrat Caballé Gesangswettbewerb
Der südafrikanische Tenor Levy Sekgapane hat den Hauptpreis beim 14. Internationalen Gesangswettbewerb Montserrat Caballé in Saragossa gewonnen. Levy Sekgapane überzeugte die Jury mit einer Arie aus Rossinis “L’italiana in Algeri”
France Musique
Un quatuor joue du Pachelbel sur une autoroute anglaise
Alors que de nombreux automobilistes stationnent à l’arrêt durant un embouteillage sur l’autoroute M5 en Angleterre, un quatuor à corde sort de son véhicule et interprète le Canon de Pachelbel
Carmen: ‘Our relationship goals are not compatible’. Famous Operas Made Significantly Shorter Through Feminism: http://bit.ly/1FfifJx
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BBC Proms Team @bbcproms
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