Distilling sounds of fine classical music - Bangkok Post
Until recently, the Bang Yi Khan brewery on the Chao Phraya River produced Mekong, one of the best-known Thai whisky brands. An artist’s illustration of the renovated 200-seat auditorium for the Galyani Vadhana Classical Music Conservatory. In the ...March 19, 2010
Classical Music Sales Soar In Germany - Billboard Business News
Classical music was the big winner at retail in 2009 according to a statement issued by the German Federal Music Industry Association (BVMI). Double-digit growth was achieved in both volumes and revenues. Numerous releases to mark the births or ...March 15, 2010
Top 10: Classical Music Pieces Men Should Know - AskMen
While we accept that classical music is not necessarily to everyone’s taste, a basic knowledge of it is as integral to our cultural understanding as is an appreciation for the paintings of the Old Masters, or da Vinci. Composers used a different ...March 17, 2010
Why classical music is flowering in Scotland - Times Online
Five years ago Scottish classical music was staring into the abyss. Cuts, closures and mergers threatened the very existence of Scotland’s opera house and professional orchestras. Not since the days of John Knox, when the country was convinced that ...March 18, 2010
Spreading the joy of classical music - Raleigh News & Observer
RALEIGH -- For 14 years, a nonprofit group in Detroit has worked to infiltrate the overwhelmingly white classical music world with minority musicians. Among the Sphinx Organization's ambassadors are the members of the Harlem String Quartet, which ...March 11, 2010
Indie and modern classical music: the quixotic links - The Guardian
Echoes and influences ... Dirty Projectors, and Karlheinz Stockhausen at the ICA in 1971. Photographs: PR and Ray Stevenson/Rex Features There's already a well-documented link between the postwar classical and pop scenes; more intriguingly, Max ...March 19, 2010
Classical Music/Opera Listings - New York Times
Full reviews of recent music performances: nytimes.com/music . ★ ‘MADAMA BUTTERFLY’ (Friday, Sunday and Thursday) Mark Lamos’s elegantly minimalist production of “Madama Butterfly” with New York City Opera returns on Friday. The ...March 18, 2010
Critic's picks - classical music - Boston Globe
Gyorgy Kurtag’s riveting song cycle for soprano and violin receives a Jordan Hall performance. Four pairs of students and their coaches (violinist Violaine Melançon and soprano Susan Narucki) will divide up the work. March 14, 8 p.m. Free. www ...March 14, 2010
Classical music review: Young soloists with Richardson ... - Dallas Morning News
RICHARDSON – Sadly, it's hard to write about the Richardson Symphony Orchestra without acknowledging the acoustical obstacles posed by the Eisemann Center's Hill Auditorium. In the first half of Saturday night's concert, in row R, I wondered ...March 13, 2010
AOP and BAM Bring Opera to Brooklyn this Saturday 3/20 - Broadway World
... teams with the Manhattan School of Music to present a staged workshop of Act Two of Paul's Case by composer Gregory Spears. The opera, whose workshop last fall earned it a slot on the Philadelphia Inquirer's 10 Best in Classical Music 2009, will ...March 20, 2010
