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CD Review: Musica Solis’ ‘Turning into Song’

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No doubt Musica Solis’ newest release is a labor of love initiated in 2010 by writer and musical scholar Lucy Miller Murray whose well curated selection of 15 of her own poems lies at the very heart of “Turning into Song.” Thematically, they are inspired by the likes of Paul Verlaine and French writers from the Symbolist orbit. Miller Murray {…}

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Bryn Terfel, Asmik Grigorian & Mark S. Doss Lead New CD/DVD Releases

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This week audiences cannot miss debut albums, a world premiere recording, and two acclaim DVD releases A Phoenix Rising  Navona Records releases tenor Brian Smith Walters’ first album. The CD is a cross-section of chansons and Lieder spanning five centuries, and Walters navigates them with stunning bravado. Audiences will hear selections from Purcell, Copland, Schubert, Saint Saens, Tchaikovsky, Barber, Wagner, {…}

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Winners Announced in 2020 Young Concert Artists International Auditions

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Three First Prize Winners have been named in this year’s Young Concert Artists International Auditions. The winners include pianist Zhu Wang, bass-baritone William Socolof, and mezzo-soprano Megan Moore. The trio will receive management services for a minimum of three years, as well as career guidance, publicity, and concert engagements in New York and Washington, D.C. The Winners Concert at Cary Hall at {…}

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Uma Thurman Joins Renée Fleming In André Previn’s ‘Penelope’ World Premeire

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(Photo Courtesy of BSO) Uma Thurman will appear in André Previn and Tom Stoppard’s “Penelope.” The unfinished work will be presented at Tanglewood on July 24, 2019 and will also feature soprano Renée Fleming, the Emerson String Quartet, and pianist Simone Dinnerstein. Thurman will take on a newly-created part of the Narrator. The work, which was originally dedicated to Fleming, {…}