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The Guardian
BBC’s Ten Pieces brings classical music to a new generation
Ten pieces of classical music – some short, some selected extracts of longer works – have been chosen to represent a range of western classical music and provide good entry points into it. Children will be introduced to the works through a specially made film that uses a mix of live action and animation that will be screened in UK cinemas in October 2014.
The Telegraph
Has the BBC picked the right pieces?
Ivan Hewett admires the canny selection of classical pieces for schoolchildren to listen to.
Classicfm.com
Placido Domingo and Lang Lang to perform before World Cup final
“I always think music and sport are the two great things many people can understand without any need to really speak the language,” he [Domingo] said.
Concerti
Interview Nikolaj Znaider: Ich kann mir verzeihen
Einst wollte Nikolaj Znaider unbedingt Weltmeister werden, heute philosophiert der Geiger und Dirigent lieber über den lebenslangen Tanz mit dem Repertoire
Tagesspiegel
Klassik-Festivals in Berlin und Brandenburg: Schwäne am Mittelmeer
Zwei frühsommerliche Klassik-Festivals in Berlin und Brandenburg haben ihren Auftakt gegeben: „Infektion!“ an der Staatsoper und die Potsdamer Musikfestspiele.
The New York TImes
‘Ring’ Cycle With Digital Orchestra Is Postponed
Professionals committed to a Wagner festival in Connecticut with digital samples of music pulled out, leading to postponement.
The New York Times
Met Opera Tax Filing Reveals Pay For Gelb
The Metropolitan Opera, in the middle of labor talks with its unions, reports that its general manager, Peter Gelb, earned a total of $1.8 million in pay and benefits in 2012, and has since taken a pay cut.
Chicago Business Journal
Chicago Symphony Orchestra receives its two largest gifts in its history
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra today said it received two contributions totaling $32 million. The two gifts are the largest in the 123-year history of what is considered one of the world’s greatest orchestras.
El Mundo
Mehta se va, el Palau se muere
El gigantismo acaba con el gran revulsivo de la ópera del Mediterráneo
BBC NOW: @BBCNOW A glimpse into our incredible #TenPieces film, made in an aircraft hanger near Cardiff @BBCWales #bbcmusic pic.twitter.com/CIR0XD7TFi
World Concert Hall: @wconcerthall Today, Davidsen, Nohr and Wilkman perform #Sibelius #Strauss and #Mahler in #Copenhagen http://ht.ly/y5wo4 #wch #classical
Holst Museum: @HolstMuseum Great to hear on @BBCNews that #Holst #Mars has made it into the #TenPieces project http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27868018 …
Mark Bowden: @markfbowden A new BBC initiative featuring piece by marvellous @AnnaHMeredith Discover #TenPieces http://bbc.in/1otD4bp
Royal College Music: @RCMLatest Director of the RCM Professor Colin Lawson & RCM alumnus @JLloydWebber offer their verdict on the BBC’s #TenPieces: http://bbc.in/1i4Ahm7
Drum Works performing the tenth piece, Anna Meredith’s Connect It for Body Percussion
Photo: Guy Levy /BBC