Classical

Opera Gala Premieres World Class Singers At The Majestic

John Clare — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:56:17 +0000

The Little Metronome That Wouldn't

Robert Krulwich — Mon, 20 May 2013 18:04:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1TMZASCR-I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWToUATLGzs

Chichester And Fern Hill On Horizon For Choral Society

John Clare — Fri, 17 May 2013 20:08:28 +0000

"Beyond the Horizon" is the season finale for the San Antonio Choral Society. The concert this Sunday afternoon at 3pm will be led by Jennifer Seighman.

Seighman will lead Chichester Psalms by Leonard Bernstein, as well as music by living composers like John Corigliano. "I've based the program on poetry," Jennifer states. "What lies behind us, what lies before us, what lies beyond us - are tiny matters compared to what is within us. It comes from a Ralph Waldo Emerson quote."

French Master Shows Romantic Side With Mozart Gem

John Clare — Fri, 17 May 2013 02:43:34 +0000

Two works share the San Antonio Symphony program this weekend with conductor Sebastian Lang Lessing: Shostakovich's Symphony No.8 and Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 22 with soloist Michel Dalberto.

Music Of The Sun Lights Up Carver Center Friday

John Clare — Wed, 15 May 2013 16:14:32 +0000

For over 15 years, Ethel has been on the edge of chamber music - performing with rockers, on soundtracks, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and in the Grand Canyon.

Friday evening is a chance to hear the string quartet live and in person, along with Native American flutist Robert Mirabal.

Soothing Sounds From Pine's New Violin Lullabies

John Clare — Mon, 13 May 2013 16:32:39 +0000

London saw the printing of "Mother Goose-Melody" around 1765 - you might remember it from childhood, and perhaps even sung it to your child. Violinist Rachel Barton Pine has been singing to her daughter Sylvia, and decided to make an entire album of lullabies.

Moms In Opera: Women On The Edge

Tom Huizenga — Fri, 10 May 2013 11:58:36 +0000

We love mothers for all the Hallmark reasons: for their compassion and patience, not to mention giving birth. But some moms aren't exactly greeting card friendly — and none less so than those who live in the opera house.

This is opera, after all, so we expect the outrageous. But operatic moms seem to be disproportionately portrayed as murderers, harpies or generally women on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Your Normas, Medeas, Butterflies, Queens of the Night and Clytemnestras.

But dads are found in all kinds of touching musical moments.

Wagner's Anniversary And The End Of The World In 'Gotterdammerung'

Ron Moore — Wed, 08 May 2013 19:23:53 +0000

The 2012-13 opera season has come and almost gone. For whatever wonders summer may hold, the Met Opera season of broadcasts closes this weekend with the living end, Richard Wagner's "Götterdämmerung."

In a staggering marathon of recapitulations, developments, plot changes and reversals, and a grand procession of leitmotivs that ignite a conflagration that ends the opera, the gods and the world are reborn in the cleansing fires of the overflowing Rhine.

But how does it all happen?

Do You Have To Nearly Kill Yourself To Become A Classical Musician?

editor — Wed, 08 May 2013 04:59:13 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXa_iycbnQM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9dEgXR1iWE

St. Luke's Episcopal Choir Premieres Phillips Canticles

John Clare — Tue, 07 May 2013 17:02:14 +0000