Mozart Symphonies

The strange brew of pop and classical (International Herald Tribune)
David Miller, a 32-year-old American tenor on the brink of making his Metropolitan Opera debut, received a call to audition a few years ago. The project involved, he had heard, "opera singers not singing opera."
Best bets: Jan. 5th - 11th - Pioneer Press

Best bets: Jan. 5th - 11th Pioneer Press, MN - 13 hours ago ... Even when the concerts conclude with symphonies (the Second Thursday and Friday ... Thursday-Sunday: This year marks the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth, so ...

What's ahead in 2006
Times Online - The year gets off to an interesting start with Sam Mendes s Jarhead . This is the story of a young American soldier, Tony Swofford (Jake Gyllenhaal), waiting for the (first) Gulf war to begin. It s a Catch-22 for our time. War used to be hell; now ...
Leader: In praise of ... Shostakovich (Guardian Unlimited)
Leader: There's a great musical anniversary to be celebrated this year, a real centenary: the birth in September 1906 of Shostakovich.