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Stories for April 24, 2019

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    Watch Emmy award winning broadcaster; Ed Berliner in a revealing conversation with multiple GRAMMY award winner and nominee Dr. Ed Calle
     
    Posted At : April 24, 2019 12:35 PM

    Emmy Award winning broadcast Ed Berliner is joined by a man with some impressive hardware of his own: Multiple Grammy Award nominee and winner Dr. Ed Calle. It's an intimate and revealing conversation about humble beginnings, meeting and working with musical legends that would make anyone nervous, what he's doing to ensure the future of music in our schools, and a few "unplugged" moments that prove why he's been called one of the most versatile sax players on the planet. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #4d4d4d}

  • Sarah McKenzie visits with ZDF: mo:ma magazin
     
    Posted At : April 24, 2019 10:05 AM

    Sarah McKenzie has recently released; Secrets of My Heart, where she reunites with noted Australian composer, arranger, and events music director, Chong Lim, who produced her first two discs. The musician lineup for the album includes; French bassist Pierre Boussaguet and Brazilian percussionist Rogerio Bocattoalongside guitarist Dan Wilson, drummer Donald Edwards, vibraphonist Warren Wolf,tenor saxophonist Troy Roberts, and cellist Jody Redhage Ferber(all of whom based in the United States). McKenzie stopped by ZDF: mo:ma magazin for a live segment. WATCH THE SEGMENT

  • Ben Cooper is in 'Therapy' with popMATTERS
     
    Posted At : April 24, 2019 12:00 AM

    Ben Cooper's latest EP as Radical Face is Therapy. The collection, which arrives April 26 via Bear Machine, is both a continuation and departure from his eight-year, three-part Family Tree series. Through those releases, he explored his complex family life, ultimately realizing that the material proved difficult to perform and difficult to live with. Having relocated to Los Angeles after an intense court battle involving his family, Cooper soon began attending weekly therapy sessions. The process sparked his latest EP, resulting in a collection of songs that are thoughtful and which perfectly capture the precarious nature of opening one's soul and seeing what, if anything, is worth keeping and what must be cast away. At times cinematic but always honest and emotionally engaging, Therapy never overplays its emotional hand is all the more necessary for it. Cooper recently spoke with PopMatters Jedd Bueadoin about the record's origins and, yes, his journey through therapy.
    READ THE Q&A

  • Ilan Eshkeri on composing Nureyev's biopic with Ralph Fiennes / CutCommon
     
    Posted At : April 23, 2019 12:00 AM

    In 1961, Soviet ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev became the first artist during the Cold War to defect to the West. In The White Crow, we learn his story. This new biopic, which was directed by Ralph Fiennes (who also acts in the film as Alexander Pushkin), tracks the legendary Nureyev's childhood in poverty to his role as a young soloist in the Kirov Ballet, and eventually his defection. Naturally, a story so intertwined with personal, artistic, and political history requires a powerful musical score. Fiennes enlisted Ilan Eshkeri for the task. Eshkeri, who is well-known for his scores in Still Alice and The Young Victoria, created a bold and cinematic work of music. We talk with him about his score, the ethics of composing a person's true story, and what it was like to team up once again with Fiennes after their work on films Coriolanus and The Invisible Woman. READ THE CutCommon INTERVIEW

  • Morten Lauridsen chats with FM91 - Toledo about 'Light Eternal'
     
    Posted At : April 23, 2019 12:00 AM

    A National Medal of Arts recipient and former composer-in-residence of the Los Angeles Master Chorale (1994–2001), American choral composer Morten Lauridsen is the country's most-performed choral composer and with over 200 albums containing his work, one of the most recorded. Recognized the world over, on his 75th birthday this year, the Chamber Choir of Europe recorded Lauridsen's landmark compositions, including two world premiere recordings, in close collaboration with the composer himself. Lauridsen joins FM91WGTE: Toledo OH, classical host - Brad Cresswell to talk about the latest album made up entirely of his music: Light Eternal, from Deutsche Grammophone records. LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEW p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #4d4d4d} p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #4d4d4d} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #4d4d4d; min-height: 14.0px}

  • Four of America's most exciting young string quartets join Leon Fleisher for conclusion to Chamber Music Society of Detroit season / BroadwayWorld
     
    Posted At : April 23, 2019 12:00 AM

    p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Helvetica Neue'; color: #4d4d4d} In a fitting conclusion to an historic season, on Sunday, May 12 at 3 PM, the Chamber Music Society of Detroit returns to Orchestra Hall, its home for more than 20 of its 75 years. Four of America's most exciting young string quartets the Attacca, Catalyst, Dover and Harlem Quartets are joined by master pianist Leon Fleisher, who will perform Mozart's K. 414 Piano Concerto plus music of Bach. The program also includes a world premiere by Jessie Montgomery, plus the Mendelssohn Octet performed by members of all four quartets switching off for different movements in a game of musical chairs. PROGRAM:
    Mendelssohn: Octet for Strings in E-flat major, Op 20
    Jessie Montgomery: Trading Fours (world premiere)*
    J.S. Bach: Sheep May Safely Graze, from Cantata 208, arr. Egon Petri
    Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major, K. 414 READ THE FULL BroadwayWorld ARTICLE

  • 'White Crow' composer; Ilan Eshkeri discusses film and music with classical radio
     
    Posted At : April 23, 2019 12:00 AM

    Half-hearted concessions to freedom of expression were not enough to hold Rudolf Nureyev in the Soviet Union. The young dancer, a superstar soloist of the Kirov Ballet, caused an international sensation when he became the first Soviet artist to defect to the West during the Cold War. The White Crow, a new film directed by Ralph Fiennes, charts Nureyev's journey from childhood poverty in Siberia and meteoric rise as a principal dancer to the decisive moment of his defection in June 1961 at Le Bourget airport in Paris. The story's personal and political drama surges through Sir David Hare's screenplay and is intensified by the austere beauty of Ilan Eshkeri's original score. Deutsche Grammophon is set to release the soundtrack album on 22 March 2019 to coincide with the movie's international release. In conjunction with the film and soundtrack release, composer Ilan Eshkeri has made himself available today!! April 23, to discuss the movie and recording with classical radio stations throughout the US. Watch for our tweets.

Top 10 for Apr

  • Ludovico Einaudi :

    Seven Days Walking - Day 1

     Ludovico Einaudi has played piano on an Arctic glacier, performed at huge pop music festivals, and become the most-streamed classical artist in the world, but the composer and pianist's new album may be his most ambitious project yet.
  • Sistine Chapel Choir :

    O Crux Benedicta

     The fourth installment in the acclaimed collaboration between DG and the Sistine Chapel Choir, O CRUX BENEDICTA: Lent and Holy Week At The Sistine Chapel features world premiere recordings of works by Palestrina, Di Lasso, and more.
  • Max Richter :

    Never Look Away OST

     Max Richter's score for the 2018 drama Never Look Away is released on DG.
  • Sarah McKenzie :

    Secrets of My Heart

     After the great success of Sarah McKenzie's 2017 disc, Paris in the Rain(Impulse! Records), the 31-year-old pianist, singer, and composer returns with the poignant, Secrets of My Heart, reuniting with noted Australian composer, arranger, and events music director, Chong Lim, who produced her first two discs – Don't Tempt Me and Close Your Eyes.
  • Angelique Kidjo :

    Celia

     On April 19, Angélique Kidjo will release Celia (Verve/Universal Music France), an album that honors Celia Cruz, widely known as "the Queen of Salsa" and the most popular Latin artist of the 20thcentury.
  • The Comet Is Coming :

    Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery

     The Comet Is Comingreleases their Impulse! Debut - Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery US tour starts March 12.
  • Avi Avital :

    J.S. Bach

     Deutsche Grammophon presents the extended, limited edition of Avi Avital's "spellbinding" (Newark Star-Ledger) DG debut, Bach.
  • Ilan Eshkeri :

    The White Crow OMPS w/Lisa Batiashvili

     Half-hearted concessions to freedom of expression were not enough to hold Rudolf Nureyev in the Soviet Union.
  • Yo-Yo Ma :

    Salonen Cello Concerto w/Los Angeles Philharmonic

     On March 8, Sony Classical will release a recording of Esa-Pekka Salonen's cello concerto featuring Yo-Yo Ma and the Los Angeles Philharmonic under Salonen's baton.
  • Joep Beving :

    Henosis

     Dutch composer and pianist Joep Beving releases his third album, Henosis today on Deutsche Grammophon – the album marks the final volume in a trilogy of albums that comprises Beving's debut album Solipsism and his sophomore album Prehension.

Riccardo Chailly wTeatro Alla Scala - Messa per Rossini is the WFMT: Featured New Release

Posted: February 11, 2019 12:00 AM | By: Admin
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2018 marked 150 years since Gioachino Rossini's death in 1868. Messa per Rossini was composed in his memory by Verdi and 12 other notable Italian composers. Verdi himself composed the concluding Libera me, which he later used in his own Messa da Requiem. Conducted by Riccardo Chailly, this rare performance represents the work's triumphant return to the spiritual home of Verdi and Rossini: the Teatro alla Scala in Milan.

For February 11, 2019, Riccardo Chailly wTeatro Alla Scala - Messa per Rossini is the WFMT: Chicago 'Featured New Release'

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    Messa per Rossini w Teatro Alla Scala

    2018 marks 250 years since Gioachino Rossini's death in 1868. Messa per Rossini was composed in his memory by Verdi and 12 other notable Italian composers. Verdi himself composed the concluding Libera me, which he later used in his own Messa da Requiem. Conducted by Riccardo Chailly, this rare performance represents the work's triumphant return to the spiritual home of Verdi and Rossini: the Teatro alla Scala in Milan.

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    Brahms Serenades with Gewandhausorchester

    Riccardo Chailly and the Gewandhaus Orchestra take another significant step in an extraordinary musical journey with the release of the two Brahms Serenades. The Serenades have been unjustly neglected and are rarely heard in concert, making them perfect repertoire for Chailly's enquiring mind. Widely respected as a conductor with a "rare talent for transforming music ripe for rediscovery" (Gramophone), his reading of the Serenades fits with his philosophy that "all music must aspire to be ‘new music' again". The recording follows Chailly's multi-award-winning sets of the Brahms and Beethoven symphonies. The album is available now.

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    Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream | PC 1 & 2

    Italian conductor Riccardo Chailly leading the Gewandhausorchester pay tribute to celebrated composer Felix Mendelssohn on the new album, A Midsummer Night's Dream; Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, available now on Decca. The main work on the album is a suite from one of Mendelssohn's best known works, A Midsummer Night's Dream.  The suite includes the five instrumental pieces from the incidental music, with the world famous Wedding March closing the suite.  The album also includes the world premiere recording of Ruy Blas in Christopher Hogwood's critical edition.