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Dame Sarah Connolly, Will Liverman, Roderick Williams, & Lucy Crowe Among Performers in Oxford International Song Festival 2024

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(Photo credits: Crowley, Cadisch, & Simpson) The Oxford International Song Festival has announced its 2024 season lineup. Baritone Roderick Williams and pianist Natalie Burch open the Festival with Schubert’s “Schwanengesang.” Performance Date: October 11, 2024 Soprano Carolyn Sampson and pianist Joseph Middleton present a works by Robert and Clara Schumann. Performance Date: October 12, 2024 Dame Sarah Connolly and Joseph Middleton {…}

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Les Arts Florissants to Tour North America

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(Photo credit: ©Julien Gazeau) This summer, Les Arts Florissants tours its semi-stage production of Purcell’s “The Fairy Queen” throughout North America. William Christie leads Les Arts Florissants and Le Jardin des Voix on the tour. Soloists include soprano Paulina Francisco, mezzo-sopranos Georgia Burashko, Rebecca Leggett, and Juliette Mey, tenor Ilja Aksionov and Rodrigo Carreto, baritone Hugo Herman-Wilson, and bass-baritone Benjamin {…}

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Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association Receives Historic Gift

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The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association Board of Trustees has announced that the locally-based Negaunee Foundation has made a $21 million gift to the CSOA. The gift represents one of the largest commitments in the CSOA’s history and builds on a multi-decade history of giving by The Negaunee Foundation that is focused on education and community programs and strengthens the organization’s {…}

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Trinity Church Wall Street Announces 2024 Spring Season

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Trinity Church Wall Street has announced its 2024 spring season. This article only features vocal works. Downtown Voices presented by Distinguished Concerts International New York (DCINY) presents Carol Barnett’s “The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass,” along with Benedict Sheehan’s “In the Wondrous Blending of Sounds” from “Akathist,” Arnold Schönberg’s “Friede auf Erden,” Op. 13, and Sergei Rachmaninoff’s “Bogoroditse Devo” from {…}

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The Juilliard School Launches New On-Demand Platform

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The Juilliard School has announced the launch of its new on-demand digital platform, Juilliard LIVE. The school’s new digital platform that includes a curated selection of programming from Juilliard’s music, dance, drama, and preparatory divisions. Highlights offered in the music section include the 2021 historical performance of Handel’s ‘Teseo,” excerpts from Henry Purcell’s “King Arthur,” John Holiday’s masterclass, and more. {…}

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Boston Baroque to Stream ‘Iphigénie en Tauride’

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Boston Baroque is set to conclude its 50th season with two programs in March and April. The first program will be a concert of Mozart’s Symphony No. 41 and the Sinfonia concertante featuring soloists violinist Christina Day Martinson and violist Jason Fisher. The concert will be held on March 25 and 26 at GBH’s Calderwood Studio, and NEC’s Jordan Hall. {…}