Today's Classical Music News – May 6, 2008
Michael Vincent
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Editor's Choice
Loud pieces put orchestra musicians' hearing at risk, (St. Louis Post-
Dispatch)
UBS Virtual Maestro allows Severance visitors to 'conduct' orchestra,
(The Plain Dealer (Cleveland))
Who killed the composer?, (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Classical music's twentieth-century tragedy, (Times Online)
With 'Casual Fridays,' Los Angeles Philharmonic lets down its hair,
(Los Angeles Times)
Plus More...
2008-05-06
Classical DVDs (CD/DVD New Releases, Bradley Bambarger - Star-Ledger)
Alumni join New World Symphony for 20th anniversary (Review, David
Fleshler - Sun Sentinel)
Pops to play in China (Article, Janelle Gelfand - Cincinnati Enquirer)
Cleveland Orchestra Youth Orchestra performs season finale (Review,
Donald Rosenberg - The Plain Dealer (Cleveland))
Van Cliburn winner Olga Kern looks and sounds gorgeous with Moscow
orchestra at Benaroya (Review, Melinda Bargreen - Seattle Times)
Saxophone nice change of pace for chamber orchestra (Review, Gwenda
Nemerofsky - Winnepeg Free Press)
Classical music is artist's gift to the city (Profile, Linda Olsen -
Calgary Herald)
Concert to improve China and Vatican's relationship (News, Philip
Pullella - Calgary Herald)
Resorting to cheap shots puts fine orchestra at risk (Letters,
Kathleen Lohrenz Gable - Star Phoenix)
Vatican open to Chinese orchestra performance (News, Windsor Star)
Conductor RiccardoMuti to lead Chicago Symphony (News, Windsor Star)
University of Western Ontario graduate Rudin Lengo: Rose Bowl win
tickles pianist (News, James Reaney - London Free Press [Canada])
Orchestra London's Shawn Spicer sorts through Gyorgy Ligeti's
Mysteries of th Macabre (Preview, James Reaney - London Free Press
[Canada])
Violinist pleads guilty to fraud (News, Geoff Nixon - Ottawa Citizen)
CD Reviews: Iceland Symphony Orchestra; Scottish National Orchestra
(CD Review, John Terauds - Toronto Star)
Diary: Teiya Kas Ahara (Commentary, Teiya Kas Ahara - National Post)
Isabel Bayrakdarian: Has child, will travel - a lot (Profile, Colin
Eatock - Globe And Mail)
Renée Fleming leads stellar cast for Ochestra Métropolitain/Concordia
University benefit (Review, Arthur Kaptainis - Montreal Gazette)
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Grand Theatre, Leeds (Review, Alfred
Hickling - Guardian Unlimited)
The composers can't get a word in edgewise when Paul Lewis plays
(Review, Joshua Kosman - San Francisco Chronicle)
And the brass ring goes to Chicago Symphony: Riccardo Muti says yes
(News, Daniel J. Wakin - New York Times)
'70s Quartet reunites to celebrate Messiaen (Review, Anthony Tommasini
- New York Times)
Tully Hall to reopen in 2009 with Eclectic Music Festival (Upcoming
Events, Ben Sisario - New York Times)
Championing luminaries of chamber music's past, and visionaries of its
future (Review, Allan Kozinn - New York Times)
Moving out of the Ivy Halls to perform at Carnegie (Review, Bernard
Holland - New York Times)
LSM Blog:
Today's Birthdays in Music: May 6 (Ridout, Dimitrova)
Today's Birthdays in Music: May 5 (Böhme, Caniglia)
Today's Birthdays in Music: May 4 (Cristofori, Peters)
Today's Birthdays in Music: May 3 (Simoneau, D'Oyly Carte)
Today's Birthday in Music: May 2 (A. Scarlatti)
Today's Birthday in Music: May 1 (Dussek)
Today's Birthdays in Music: April 30 (Lehár, Homer)
Today's Birthdays in Music: April 29 (Beecham, Mehta)
Today's Birthdays in Music: April 28 (LeFanu, Tate)
Met Opera in HD: La fille du Regiment
Today's Birthdays in Music: April 27 (Prokofiev, Oistrakh)
Today's Birthdays in Music: April 26 (Podleś, Lipp)
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