Posted by Arthur Ned Maxwell on Monday, January 24, 2011,
Music director James Levine will open the Boston Symphony Orchestra's 2009-10 season on Sept. 23 with the premiere of John Williams's "On Willows and Birches," written as a tribute to the BSO's retiring harpist Ann Hobson Pilot. He will also lead a complete cycle of Beethoven symphonies as well as premieres by Peter Lieberson, John Harbison, and Elliott Carter. Bernard Continue reading ...
From left, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann and Warren Haynes of the Dead at the Gramercy Theater in Manhattan last month. Courtesy of the NY Times
Posted by Arthur Ned on Sunday, March 22, 2009,
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LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA(Monday and Tuesday) Valery Gergiev, the great Russian conducting machine and all-purpose musical dynamo, leads the London Symphony in an all-Prokofievseries with installments at Avery Fisher Hall this week and next (March 29 and 30). The Monday evening installment includes the Symphony No. 1 and the Symphony No. 6, as well as the Piano Concerto No. 2, with Vladimir Feltsmanas the soloist. On Tuesday Mr. Gergiev leads the Symphony No. 2 and Symphony No. 7, and is joi... Continue reading ...
Composers and musicians Gradually the internet is taking over as our main source of news, entertainment, and our next major shopping medium.This is painfully evident, with the closing and downsizing of major newspaper companies. The foreclosures and the actual closing of established store chains. The end of an era. How can we use the internet, and not exploit the losses of others, yet at the same time, take real advantage of the full potentiels of this great marketing tool, the internet? I ... Continue reading ...
Hello and welcome to composer's corner. I am a composer, who writes classical and film score music. My latest endeavor into the pop market is my music 'Serenading Miss Texas'. It is a beautiful country western tune for guitars piano and full orchestra.