Mozart's Birthday

Concert review: Haydn upstages Mozart in Davies Hall (Contra Costa Times)
Mozart is receiving another fine tribute by the San Francisco Symphony this week -- although Haydn stole a considerable amount of the thunder from Wednesday's opening night performance at Davies Hall. The main event on the program, which has repeats Friday and Saturday nights, is Mozart's beautiful Mass in C Major, "Coronation."
The 21st Century Consort, Getting In on the Mozart Birthday Fun - Washington Post

The 21st Century Consort, Getting In on the Mozart Birthday Fun Washington Post, United States - Feb 12, 2006 It's Mozart's 250th birthday (actually, Jan. 27 was the precise date) and everyone, including the 21st Century Consort, wants to join in the celebration. ...

Concert review: Haydn upstages Mozart in Davies Hall
Contra Costa Times - Mozart is receiving another fine tribute by the San Francisco Symphony this week -- although Haydn stole a considerable amount of the thunder from Wednesday's opening night performance at Davies Hall. The main event on the program, which has repeats ...
Choral music society celebrates Mozart (Star Beacon)
ASHTABULA - The Ashtabula County Choral Music Society will present Its All Mozart! Concert, A 250th Birthday Celebration Sunday at Bethany Lutheran Church, 933 Mich Ave. at 4 p.m.
An Amadeus upgrade - SouthFlorida.com

An Amadeus upgrade SouthFlorida.com, FL - Mar 5, 2006 ... Sarasota Opera has been a dedicated Mozart company in non-birthday years, even if its Amadeus outings have been mixed at best. But ...

Music Critics Picks/Classical Music
Georgia Straight - Ah, spring: season of renewal, rebirth, and yummy chocolate eggs. There s plenty of music to choose from in the coming months to reawaken the senses much of it as heavy as those disgustingly sweet Cadbury Creme Eggs. But if the weighty romantic ...

Of husbands betrayed
Al-Ahram Weekly - Cavalleria Rusticana and I Pagliacci, Cairo Opera Company, director Asmaa El-Bakri, with Cairo Opera Orchestra, conductor Nader Abbassi and Cairo Opera Choir, director Aldo Magnato. Main Hall, Cairo Opera House, 13 to 17 February, 8 pm According to

THE LEADING MEN: What Euan's Doin'
Playbill - Here are three "Leading Men" who March to the sound of their own drummers and accompanists: Euan Morton ("NewClear"), Jarrod Emick ( Ring of Fire ) and Colm Reilly ( Bein' Green ). Euan Morton was so incredibly charismatic and convincing as the

What's happening Sunday, February 26
WWMT - The Kalamazoo Singers will celebrate Mozart's 250th birthday with a performance at 3 p.m. at the Dalton Center at WMU. Also at Western, the Blind Athletes Midwest Regional Goalball Tournament heads to the semi-final and final rounds from 8 a.m. to

Are you musical?
Daily Mail - Happy Birthday Mozart! The classical composer was born in Austria 250 years ago and his music has wowed audiences across the world ever since. But how much do you know about the music master? Try our quiz to find out

Trials of a prodigy
Salt Lake Tribune - Will Hagen, 13, above, performs in front of college-aged students at the Colburn School, a music conservatory in Los Angeles. (J. Emilio Flores ) Will Hagen strides onto the stage at Abravanel Hall, every bit as confident and cool as the professional

Music Critics Picks/New Music
Georgia Straight - Vancouver s diverse population is reflected in an appropriately eclectic spring season, as local devotees of new music get to sample everything from Estonian choirs to that underappreciated Korean zither, the kayagum not to mention three nights

Guest's bow, baton make memorable Mozart (The Columbus Dispatch)
Mozart and his able interpreters reigned supreme last night as the composer s 250 th birthday party continued in the Ohio Theatre.
'Tree' a kinder, gentler work by 'Atomic's' John Adams - Contra Costa Times

'Tree' a kinder, gentler work by 'Atomic's' John Adams Contra Costa Times, CA - 11 hours ago ... whose previous operas are "Nixon in China" and "The Death of Klinghoffer," said "A Flowering Tree" is his contribution to the 250th Mozart birthday celebration ...

EVENT CALENDAR
San Jose Mercury News - International Women's Day Celebration. Workshops, films, lectures. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. March 11. India Community Center, 555 Los Coches St., Milpitas. $15-$20. www.indiacc.org or (408) 934-1130. Central County Occupational Center Open House. 8 a.m.-8 p.m ...
Mozart, Magic, Muses (The State)
5 QUESTIONS ON RICHLAND 1 ARTS FESTIVAL 5 questions about Richland 1 s Arts Festival 2006 Mozart. Rap. Jazz. Dance. Theater.
Concert: Happy birthday,Amadeus - Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription)

Concert: Happy birthday,Amadeus Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (subscription), AR - Mar 3, 2006 ... the throng of musicians worldwide celebrating the 250th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in a Happy Birthday Amadeus! concert tonight ...

Restaurant Roundup
Marco Island Sun Times - The Hilton Marco Island Beach Resort has three restaurants, which cover all of the bases, from casual to fine dining and from seaside to elegant oriental cuisine. As you enter the Old Marco Pub and Restaurant from the hustle of Bald Eagle Drive, you ...

Mozart, Magic, Muses
The State - Mozart. Rap. Jazz. Dance. Theater. In what is billed as Richland 1 s gift to the public, students from 44 schools perform tonight in a potpourri of fine arts. Richland 1 visual and performing arts coordinator Nancy Pope talked Tuesday about the

Spotlight: pianist Milica Jelaca Jovanovic
Bellingham Herald - Performing in the first of several "Schumann Madness" events at 8 p.m. Monday, March 6, at Western Washington University's Performing Arts Center Concert Hall Growing up in Yugoslavia: "My mother "had" to play (on my request) Chopin's "Nocturne in E

Despite illness, pianist delivers moving finale
Kansas City Star - Lars Vogt seemed to be having a rough night. The young German pianist s recital Friday at the Folly was more erratic and unkempt than what we re used to hearing on the Friends of Chamber Music s prestigious Master Pianists series. I was

Unashamedly, totally big-C Classical
Memphis Commercial Appeal - These days, when an orchestra takes up Classical music (make note of the capital C), it generally performs a nice work of Mozart or one of his contemporaries, something to complement later composers: the Romantics, the Modernists, the Beethovens and

Classical Music
New York Observer - The classical-music world loves nothing more than a great composer s anniversary. This year, the honors go to Mozart (his 250th) and Shostakovich, who d be turning 100 had he survived his tormenters in the former Soviet Union. In the yearlong

Choral music society celebrates Mozart
Ashtabula Star-Beacon - ASHTABULA - The Ashtabula County Choral Music Society will present Its All Mozart! Concert, A 250th Birthday Celebration Sunday at Bethany Lutheran Church, 933 Mich Ave. at 4 p.m. It will include performances of choral, instrumental, and keyboard

Music Critics Picks/New Music
Georgia Straight - Vancouver s diverse population is reflected in an appropriately eclectic spring season, as local devotees of new music get to sample everything from Estonian choirs to that underappreciated Korean zither, the kayagum not to mention three nights

Today: 3/7/2006
Palm Beach Daily News - Yes, it's different in Florida. Leslie Aldridge Westoff of Palm Beach writes, 'One of the glorious things about living in Florida is the way we can get close to nature, or nature can get close to us. I have been adopted by a charming baby opossum who

Music Critics Picks/Classical Music
Georgia Straight - Ah, spring: season of renewal, rebirth, and yummy chocolate eggs. There s plenty of music to choose from in the coming months to reawaken the senses much of it as heavy as those disgustingly sweet Cadbury Creme Eggs. But if the weighty romantic

Hooray for Mozart
Star-Banner - In honor of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the Central Florida Symphony Orchestra has planned a special concert for Saturday and Sunday. The third of the subscription concerts will feature "Almost Amadeus," a tribute

Company BBC really knows how to swing
Georgia Straight - An audience whooping for a dancer is not a sound often heard in the world of contemporary ballet. But that s just what the Queen E. patrons were doing for Chengxin Wei, as he put extra jump into jump-and-jive and boogie-woogied his butt off in Paul

Feting vetta
Georgia Straight - This weekend, Vetta Chamber Music celebrates 20 years of presenting intimate concerts of classical works. The birthday party kicks off Friday (February 24) at West Point Grey United Church with A Jubilee of Music and Artists, featuring founding

Philharmonia Baroque delivers Mozart with flair (Contra Costa Times)
The Mozart birthday year continues, and with the program unveiled by the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra over the weekend, the celebration got a little brighter -- and a lot more dramatic.
Concerto of creative confections for Mozart's birthday - San Jose Mercury News

Concerto of creative confections for Mozart's birthday San Jose Mercury News, USA - Feb 21, 2006 ... The confectioner's creations of Mozart motifs are part of the yearlong 250th birthday celebrations for Austria's musical son. But ...

Spotlight: pianist Milica Jelaca Jovanovic
Bellingham Herald - Performing in the first of several "Schumann Madness" events at 8 p.m. Monday, March 6, at Western Washington University's Performing Arts Center Concert Hall Growing up in Yugoslavia: "My mother "had" to play (on my request) Chopin's "Nocturne in E ...
Mozart, Magic, Muses (The State)
5 QUESTIONS ON RICHLAND 1 ARTS FESTIVAL 5 questions about Richland 1 s Arts Festival 2006 Mozart. Rap. Jazz. Dance. Theater.
MOZART EVENTS CONTINUE THIS MONTH - Asbury Park Press

MOZART EVENTS CONTINUE THIS MONTH Asbury Park Press, NJ - Mar 5, 2006 ... month, the orchestra features three different tributes in honor of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. While the birthday itself was ...

Music Critics Picks/New Music
Georgia Straight - Vancouver s diverse population is reflected in an appropriately eclectic spring season, as local devotees of new music get to sample everything from Estonian choirs to that underappreciated Korean zither, the kayagum not to mention three nights ...

Choral music society celebrates Mozart
Ashtabula Star-Beacon - ASHTABULA - The Ashtabula County Choral Music Society will present Its All Mozart! Concert, A 250th Birthday Celebration Sunday at Bethany Lutheran Church, 933 Mich Ave. at 4 p.m. It will include performances of choral, instrumental, and keyboard

Hooray for Mozart
Star-Banner - In honor of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the Central Florida Symphony Orchestra has planned a special concert for Saturday and Sunday. The third of the subscription concerts will feature "Almost Amadeus," a tribute

Feting vetta
Georgia Straight - This weekend, Vetta Chamber Music celebrates 20 years of presenting intimate concerts of classical works. The birthday party kicks off Friday (February 24) at West Point Grey United Church with A Jubilee of Music and Artists, featuring founding

Crystal Ball, concerts keep party people busy
Jackson Sun - Partygoers danced to the rhythm of the night as Papa Sol kept the beat going at the Sixth Annual Crystal Ball. The Atlanta band was back by popular demand after their performance at previous Jackson Symphony balls. The January evening at the Jackson

In concert (Akron Beacon Journal)
Happy Birthday, Mozart! -- 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. today, Severance Hall, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland. Cleveland Orchestra Family Concerts. Featuring the Cleveland Orchestra with James Gaffigan and Andrew Grams, conductors; Matthew McDonald, bassoon; members of Cleveland Opera on Tour and Suzuki violinists. $25-$48. 800-686-1141.
The 21st Century Consort, Getting In on the Mozart Birthday Fun - Washington Post

The 21st Century Consort, Getting In on the Mozart Birthday Fun Washington Post, United States - Feb 12, 2006 It's Mozart's 250th birthday (actually, Jan. 27 was the precise date) and everyone, including the 21st Century Consort, wants to join in the celebration. ...

Spin Control
Chicago Sun-Times - Neko Case, "Fox Confessor Brings the Flood" (Anti) *** 1/2 "Better times collide with now / And better times... better times... are coming still," former child of the Pacific Northwest, part-time Chicagoan, sometimes New Pornographer and full-time ...
Viennese gold coin cake displayed in Tokyo's Ginza (Kyodo News)
Some 3,000 Viennese gold coins arranged in the shape of a cake are shown at Tanaka Kikinzoku Jewelry K.K.'s store in Tokyo's Ginza district on Feb. 28. The 250-million-yen Viennese gold coin cake was made to commemorate the 250th anniversary of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's birthday.

Amsterdam Celebrates Rembrandt Birthday, Aims to Lure Tourists (Bloomberg.com)
March 6 (Bloomberg) -- Rembrandt's ``The Night Watch'' is the Netherlands' best-known painting. It's also part of a campaign to draw as much as 125 million euros ($149 million) of extra tourist money into Amsterdam this year.
Happy Birthday Wolfgang! Le Royan Helps Celebrate Mozart's ... - LeRoy Pennysaver

Happy Birthday Wolfgang! Le Royan Helps Celebrate Mozart's ... LeRoy Pennysaver, NY - Feb 20, 2006 Photo and caption by Weegie Yes, it is a Birthday Party and lst chair flautist Marjorie is helping celebrate Mozart s 250th An niversary. ...

Philharmonia Baroque delivers Mozart with flair
Contra Costa Times - The Mozart birthday year continues, and with the program unveiled by the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra over the weekend, the celebration got a little brighter -- and a lot more dramatic. It's only March, and there are dozens of events still to come ...
FAMILY ON THE TENS (The Plain Dealer)
Check out all the firehouse-related items -- toys, patches, photos, historical knickknacks big and small, and antiques -- at the 21st annual Western Reserve Fire Museum Firematic Flea Market, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Cleveland Fire Training Academy, 3101 Lakeside Ave., Cleveland.

MOZART EVENTS CONTINUE THIS MONTH (Asbury Park Press)
Alate birthday card is arriving from the Garden State Philharmonic.
Happy Birthday, Mozart! - Epoch Times

Happy Birthday, Mozart! Epoch Times, NY - Feb 5, 2006 ... March. Although Mozart's birthday is already past, the world of classical music will be remembering him through the end of the year.

Strong staff, strong season
Aspen Times - The Aspen Music Festival and School's new president, Alan Fletcher, said he knew the organization was in fine shape when he surveyed the 2006 summer program. It may be that Fletcher's arrival is merely well-timed: He comes to Aspen in the year of ...
FAMILY ON THE TENS (The Plain Dealer)
Check out all the firehouse-related items -- toys, patches, photos, historical knickknacks big and small, and antiques -- at the 21st annual Western Reserve Fire Museum Firematic Flea Market, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Cleveland Fire Training Academy, 3101 Lakeside Ave., Cleveland.
Mozart for all KSO, pianist, guest conductor join forces - MLive.com

Mozart for all KSO, pianist, guest conductor join forces MLive.com, MI - 11 hours ago ... Mozart. Wolfgang Amadeus is being celebrated all over the world throughout this, his 250th birthday year. Why is Mozart so beloved? ...

Feting vetta
Georgia Straight - This weekend, Vetta Chamber Music celebrates 20 years of presenting intimate concerts of classical works. The birthday party kicks off Friday (February 24) at West Point Grey United Church with A Jubilee of Music and Artists, featuring founding ...

Concerto of creative confections for Mozart's birthday
San Jose Mercury News - VIENNA, Austria - It's a symphony of sweets, a cantata of chocolates, a fugue of fantastic desserts on display at Vienna's ornate Hofburg Palace. The confectioner's creations of Mozart motifs are part of the yearlong 250th birthday celebrations for

Company BBC really knows how to swing
Georgia Straight - An audience whooping for a dancer is not a sound often heard in the world of contemporary ballet. But that s just what the Queen E. patrons were doing for Chengxin Wei, as he put extra jump into jump-and-jive and boogie-woogied his butt off in Paul

Hooray for Mozart
Star-Banner - In honor of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the Central Florida Symphony Orchestra has planned a special concert for Saturday and Sunday. The third of the subscription concerts will feature "Almost Amadeus," a tribute

Music Critics Picks/New Music
Georgia Straight - Vancouver s diverse population is reflected in an appropriately eclectic spring season, as local devotees of new music get to sample everything from Estonian choirs to that underappreciated Korean zither, the kayagum not to mention three nights

Mozart didn't buy Telstra
Sidney Morning Herald - NOTHING takes your mind off being the Minister for Telstra better than a night at the opera. And so it was for the Honorable Helen Coonan, who joined the official party last night for the opening of Opera Australia's The Magic Flute . Senator Coonan