Monday, March 13, 2006

Mozart Symphonies - Symphony Center has star power for new season (Chicago Sun-Times)



Symphony Center has star power for new season (Chicago Sun-Times)
Next season at Symphony Center will be rich in visiting orchestras, continuing Mozart and Shostakovich birthday celebrations and variations on Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road project.
Shulgold: Ex-fullback takes operatic turn - Rocky Mountain News

Shulgold: Ex-fullback takes operatic turn
Rocky Mountain News, CO - Mar 10, 2006
... cardboard sleeve, redeemable at concert's end, for a freshly burned CD of the program's first half - in this case, performances of two Mozart symphonies led by ...

Conductor holds back Polish Chamber Orchestra
Palm Beach Daily News - There is little doubt that W.A. Mozart's oeuvre ranks among the highest in quality in Western music. Not many other composers throughout the centuries achieved such a perfect balance between form and content, and the sheer beauty of his music is ...
REVIEW / S.F. Symphony Chorus delivers power and grace (San Francisco Chronicle)
Anniversary year or no, you can't do a true Mozart tribute without bringing Haydn into the picture as well. The two of them are just too intimately bound up with each other. Wednesday night's San Francisco Symphony concert in Davies Symphony Hall, led...
Mozart on the festival menu - Tonight

Mozart on the festival menu
Tonight, South Africa - 3 hours ago
... The programme will include Mozart's first and last symphonies, No 1 K 16 and No 41 in CK 551 (The Jupiter) and the Concerto in C major K487 with Catherine ...

Sunday, March 12, 2006

Mozart Symphonies - Pocketbook Symphonies (Washington City Paper)



Pocketbook Symphonies (Washington City Paper)
Can compositions about motherhood, the PTA, and suburban sexuality help revive the classical-music industry? Jessica Krash thinks so.
Syrian National Symphonic Orchestra Performs in Turkey - SANA - Syrian Arab News Agency

Syrian National Symphonic Orchestra Performs in Turkey
SANA - Syrian Arab News Agency, Syria - Mar 11, 2006
... Saturday. The orchestrate is to play pieces of music of Mozart's symphonies and some of the simple Arabic tunes and Turkish songs.

Teen orchestra soloists find meaning ...
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Two high school seniors who have played the violin since age 5 will be featured soloists Sunday in a concert of the most proficient orchestra of the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies. The two won the organization's 2006 concerto competition. Nate ...
REVIEW / S.F. Symphony Chorus delivers power and grace (San Francisco Chronicle)
Anniversary year or no, you can't do a true Mozart tribute without bringing Haydn into the picture as well. The two of them are just too intimately bound up with each other. Wednesday night's San Francisco Symphony concert in Davies Symphony Hall, led...