(Credit: Grant Leighton) The Seattle Symphony has announced a program change for its June 15 and 17 concerts. The company announced that its originally intended “Bernstein’s Songfest” would no longer take place and would instead be replaced with “Star-crossd’ at the Symphony.” As a result, the program will now feature Bernstein’s “Symphonic Dances,” Tchaikovsky’s “Romeo and Juliet,” and Prokofiev’s “Suite {…}
The Cincinnati May Festival has announced the program for its 150th anniversary season. The festival will run from May 19 to 27, 2023, with four performances over two weekends at Music Hall. Bach’s Magnificat Principal Conductor Juanjo Mena will lead sopranos Berit Norbakken and Robin Johannsen, mezzo Marianne Beate Kielland, tenor Toby Spence, and bass Christian Immler. The piece first {…}
Marin Alsop is taking aim at the Golden Globe-nominated film “Tár” in a new interview with Time U.K. The conductor told the British news source, “I was offended: I was offended as a woman, I was offended as a conductor, I was offended as a lesbian.” Alsop noted that a lot of the movie had parallels with her life but {…}
The Aspen Institute Arts Program has announced that Marin Alsop will serve as its 2021-22 Harman/Eisner Artist in Residence. In the role, Alsop will participate in programming and additional activities in Aspen, New York, Washington DC, and elsewhere. In a statement, she said, “I am thrilled and honored to have this year-long opportunity to join thought leaders to discuss issues {…}
(Credit: Robert Torres) The Handel and Haydn Society’s Beethoven Symphony No. 9 concert brought an attendance of more than 10,000 audience members to welcome back concert. The August 27 concert marked a record number for the organization according to the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR)officials. The evening, which took place at the (DCR) Hatch Memorial Shell, saw the {…}
(Credit: Grant Leighton) On August 27, The Handel and Haydn Society will celebrate the return of the Boston arts scene with a free concert at the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreations Memorial Hatch Shell. The concert will showcase Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 and will feature four vocal soloists along with the H+H Chorus and members of the H+H Youth {…}
Great Performances is set to present Leonard Bernstein’s Mass on May 15 at 9 p.m. EDT on PBS. The performance from the 2019 Ravinia Festival features 200 artists, including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, baritone Paulo Szot, and conductor Marin Alsop. The choral ensemble Vocality, the Chicago Children’s Choir, and the Highland Park High School Marching Band also perform. Szot is {…}
The Saratoga Performing Arts Center has announced its 2020 Classical Season. While there will be a number of chamber concerts and movie screenings, for the purposes of this article we will only announce the vocal performances. Yannick Nézet-Séguin will conduct the Philadelphia Orchestra, Albany Pro Musica and the Pro Musica International Festival Chorus in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9. The concert {…}
(Credit: Grant Leighton) Conductor Marin Alsop is set to launch a year-long cycle of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony around the world as part of her celebration of the 250th anniversary of the famed composer’s birth. She opens her international tour with a performance of the Ninth Symphony at Sao Paolo on Dec. 12-15, 2019, with a new Brazilian-Portugese adaptation. This series {…}
Musikverein Wien has announced its 2019-20 season. For the purposes of this article, we will focus on vocal performances. Martin Haselböck will lead the Orchester Wiener Akademie in a performance of various works by Franz Schubert as well as Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 4 in D Minor. Baritone Thomas Hampson will be featured. Performance Date: Oct. 13, 2019 Bass Günther Groissböck and {…}
