Saturday, May 06, 2006

Mozart Symphonies - Russian Themed Beethovenfest Features Starry Soloist and Orchestral Lineup (Playbill Arts)



Russian Themed Beethovenfest Features Starry Soloist and Orchestral Lineup (Playbill Arts)
The 2006 Beethovenfest, which runs from August 31 to October 1 in Bonn, will feature a starry lineup of Russian performers and a broad range of Russian repertoire.
SPCO will score fans with 'Cosi fan tutte'
Pioneer Press - Mozart was a versatile composer creating symphonies, concertos, chamber and church music but his top priority was opera. So, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra's four-week Mozart festival couldn't pass without an opera. And the orchestra's ...
Symphonies & sonatas (The Buffalo News)
The Baird Trio, UB's intrepid artists in residence, are known for offering music with a twist. Tonight, the group is presenting a fresh look at Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, this year's anniversary composer.

Wednesday, May 03, 2006

Mozart Symphonies - Abbado reunites with the SPCO


Abbado reunites with the SPCO
Minneapolis Star Tribune - T he St. Paul Chamber Orchestra's newest artistic partner, Roberto Abbado, was born into a family of prominent Italian musicians -- his father is director of the Milan Conservatory, his uncle is the famed conductor Claudio Abbado. Roberto once

Classical music review: St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Roberto Abbado
Minneapolis Star Tribune - As with the Borg of "Star Trek," so with the semiquincentennial (250th anniversary) of Mozart's birth: Resistance is futile. Even without the pretext of a round-numbered birthday, the boy-man from Salzburg is too much with us. In recent years his

Classical music review: St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Roberto Abbado
Minneapolis Star Tribune - As with the Borg of "Star Trek," so with the semiquincentennial (250th anniversary) of Mozart's birth: Resistance is futile. Even without the pretext of a round-numbered birthday, the boy-man from Salzburg is too much with us. In recent years his

April Highlights
University of Chicago Chronicle - Mandel Hall, 1131 E. 57th St. http://chicagopresents.uchicago.edu . The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra will treat the audience to a banquet of Mozart symphonies what many believe were his greatest achievement in the form. Led by SPCO Artistic