Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Best of Mozart - Mozart, alive and well at 250, revisits his European haunts (International Herald Tribune)



Mozart, alive and well at 250, revisits his European haunts (International Herald Tribune)
Two hundred and fifty years old and still considered a wunderkind: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, probably the most beloved classical composer in the Western world, is the birthday boy of 2006, and he will be honored around the globe.
Don't you dare knock Mozart - Independent

Don't you dare knock Mozart
Independent, UK - 8 hours ago
... As for his Oliver Award nominations, they are for Outstanding Achievement in Opera and Best New Opera Production, both for Mozart's La Clemenza di Tito at ...

Local concerts celebrate
Richmond Times-Dispatch - Charles Gounod knew a good tune when he heard it - his adaptation of Bach's "Ave Maria" may be Christianity's
An uplifting Mozart spectacle (San Jose Mercury News)
British conductor John Eliot Gardiner has been at it for a long time. But still, you have to ask: How does he do it? How, in the first place, does he manage to tour with his own personal orchestra and choir? With the backing of a billionaire? And more importantly, how does he offer up performances that become spectacles -- and, at their best, are reminders of just how uplifting music can be?

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