Friday, 5 January 2018

Where are Bach and Beethoven? Tracking down two stained-glass windows missing from Massey Hall

The most spectacular of the windows, unveiled at the Hall's opening in 1894, were portraits rendered in glass, enamel, silver and lead of 12 famous composers:

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No conductor, no CDs, no compromise: the European orchestra tearing up the rule book

Spira Mirabilis is the orchestra for which artistic truth is everything. Ben Lawrence pays it a visit at its north-Italian home. Amid the red-plush grandeur of La Scala, something is stirring.

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Thursday, 4 January 2018

Contract Negotiations Break Down, San Antonio Symphony To End Season

After a nearly four and a half hour meeting Wednesday evening between San Antonio Symphony management and the musicians' union, the Symphony Society of San Antonio will suspend the rest of the season after midnight Sunday.

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Royal Opera House tenor rejects 'in your face' sexual violence against women on stage

A Royal Opera House tenor has told how he has "resisted" demands to perform sexually violent scenes on stage, as he argues the treatment of women in productions should better reflect the modern world.

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Musician offers £200 reward for the return of violin stolen in Swiss Cottage burglary

His partner told him that his violin had been stolen during the raid. He said: “I was devastated, it's just the one thing I owned that is very special and personal to me. “As soon as I got the call, the first thing I thought of was my violin.

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Boulder Philharmonic names Katherine Lehman new executive director

The Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra named Katie Lehman its new executive director. She assumes her new position on Monday. (Not Provided / Courtesy Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra).

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Music let one-handed violinist Adrian Anantawan express himself.

One of Adrian Anantawan's earliest memories of wanting to play the violin is watching a segment on Sesame Street. In that clip, world-renowned musician Itzhak Perlman enters the scene in crutches

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