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The Passenger Premieres in Bregenz: "A masterpiece"
Mieczyslaw Weinberg's opera The Passenger receives its staged premiere in four performances during this year's Bregenzer Festspiele. David Pountney directs; Teodor Currentzis leads the Vienna Symphony. The festival will also present a number of Weinberg's orchestra and chamber works and a symposium on the composer's life and works.
More Information on Festival events and
Reviews.
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"Sure on this Shining Night" CD released
The Voce ensemble, based in Connecticut, has produced a striking CD of Morten Lauridsen's music. The composer worked closely with the ensemble and accompanies some of the choral works at the piano. The CD includes 4 premiere recordings. More Information.
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The Nashville Symphony After the Flood
Help the Nashville Symphony recover losses sustained in the recent flood by purchasing a digital download of Michael Daugherty's Metropolis Symphony, recorded on Naxos by the Symphony under the direction of Giancarlo Guerrero.
The recording, priced at $3.99, will be available through all major DSPs and online retailers, including iTunes, Amazon MP3, ArkivMusic.com, Classical Archives, and eMusic. Proceeds will go to the Symphony.
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Tania Leon Inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters
Tania Leon will be inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters at its Annual Ceremonial on May 19. Composed of 250 architects, artists, composers and writers, the Academy fosters and sustains interest in literature, music and the fine arts by identifying and encouraging individual artists. Election to the academy, based in New York, is considered the highest formal recognition of artistic merit in the United States.
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Mexico 2010: A Double Celebration
This year Mexico celebrates both the Bicentennial of its independence and the Centennial of the Mexican Revolution. Chicago, sister city of Mexico City, hosts an extensive celebration of Mexican culture and art, with classical music being presented by The Chicago Symphony, the Civic Orchestra, Chicago Sinfonietta, Grant Park Music Festival, Loyola University, and the Art Institute of Chicago.
Click here for a complete list of our works by Mexican composers.
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Miguel del Aguila: "Salon Buenos Aires" CD on Bridge Records
Five chamber works that explore a new terrain between contemporary classical chamber music and Latin popular and folk styles, in bravura performances by Camerata San Antonio.
Review on NewMusicBox.
Available on Amazon
and iTunes.
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On View: a video of recent John Musto CD releases
Here is a short, fast-paced video tour of 4 recent recordings of John Musto's music: 2 operas, songs for voice and piano, and chamber music. For more about the recordings, see this page and scroll down.
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September 3-16 - The Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas perform works recorded on their new SONY Classical CD during their 8-concert tour of Mexico.
Sept. 4 - World Premiere of Leyenda de Miliano by Arturo Marquez, on the Mexican tour by Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas (see above).
Sept. 11 - The Albany Symphony performs Derek Bermel's A Shout, a Whisper, and a Trace. David Alan Miller conducts.
Sept. 11 - Enrique Diemecke leads the National Symphony Orchestra in Danzon No. 2 by Marquez.
Sept. 15, 16 - Carlos Miguel Prieto conducts the Chicago Symphony in Galindo's Sones de Mariachi.
Sept. 16 - Jeri Lynne Johnson leads the Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra, Bryn Mawr, PA, in Revueltas’ Homenaje a Federico Garcia Lorca, Moncayo’s Huapango and Ponce’s Estampas Nocturnas.
Sept. 17 - The Calgary Philharmonic performs Ponce's Violin Concerto with Dalia Kuznecovaite as soloist, and Marquez's Danzon No. 2. Enrique Batiz conducts.
Sept.18, 23, 24 and Oct. 2 - Gustavo Dudamel conducts Tres Versiones Sinfonicas by Julian Orbon with the Vienna Philharmonic, in Lucerne, Vienna (2 perfs), and Carnegie Hall.
Sept. 22, 23, 25 - Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Lou Harrison's A Parade for M.T.T. with the San Francisco Symphony.
Sept. 25 - The Sarasota Orchestra performs Michael Daugherty's Oh, Lois! from Metropolis Symphony.
Sept. 28 - Derek Bermel's Three Rivers is performed at the University of Texas, Austin.
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Michael Daugherty:
Red Cape Tango for Symphonic Band
transcr. Mark Spede, in a newly engraved score
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parts available on rental
Arturo Marquez: Danzón No 2 transcr. Oliver Nickel
One of the most popular contemporary works for orchestra now available for symphonic band.
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