Classical News
12/18 Review: The Rarely Heard Christmas Music of a Baroque Master
12/14 Andrew Frierson, Pioneering Black Opera Singer, Dies at 94
12/12 Gustavo Dudamel’s Favorite Part of ‘Otello’ is a Quiet Prayer
12/05 Esa-Pekka Salonen named next Music Director of the San Francisco Symphony
11/23 Wolfgang Zuckermann, Harpsichord Do-It-Yourselfer, Dies at 96
11/20 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Announces New Music Director
11/09 At 80, Joan Tower Says Great Music Comes ‘in the Risks’
11/08 Music teacher leaves $4.7 million to her orchestra
11/05 3D-printed instruments showcased
10/28 Richard Gill, world-renowned conductor and music educator, dies age 76
10/18 Rustling Gum Wrapper Causes Brawl During Mahler 5
10/06 Montserrat Caballé, Revered Spanish Prima Donna, Dies at 85
09/27 $2.5m Mellon Foundation grant launches Boston classical music initiative
09/17 Eric Lu wins Leeds International Piano Competition
09/06 Italian Conductor Claudio Scimone has Passed Away
09/01 An All-but-Extinct Piano Plays Once More
08/24 George Walker, Trailblazing American Composer, Dies At 96
08/23 Ronald Arnatt, Composer, Organist, Teacher, Dead At 88
08/14 Iraq's National Symphony Orchestra play on despite unpaid wages
08/10 Cleveland Orchestra receives $9.3 million donation
07/26 Newly discovered viola impromptu by Shostakovich
07/20 Royal College Renames Program to Shift Antiquated Perceptions of Pianists
07/02 Vasily Petrenko: New Music Director of the RPO in 2021
06/16 The conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky has died
06/05 Acoustic evolution of old Italian violins from Amati to Stradivari
06/04 Fabio Luisi Named Next Music Director of Dallas Symphony Orchestra
05/04 The Secret Life of a Music Director
04/14 Jean-Claude Malgoire died at the age of 77
04/13 Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony needs speeding up by 20 minutes, claims conductor
03/29 BBC NOW/Van Steen review – dynamic showcase of young Welsh composers
03/08 Composer John Williams to Bequeath His Life Work to The Juilliard School Library
03/02 Daniil Trifonov and His Teacher Dazzle With Dual Virtuosity
02/18 Hear How ‘Mozart in the Jungle’ Became a Music Showcase
02/02 François Girard’s production of Wagner’s “Parsifal” - Watch the Met Opera Stage a Sea of Blood
01/28 Barbara Hannigan leads list of Grammy Awards' classical winners
01/19 Meet the New Generation Leading Berlin’s Classical Scene
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This Week At The Classical Station
by Rob Kennedy
Tuesday, December 18, 2018
Lullabies and Carols
The 9th annual edition of Lullabies and Carols will air on Friday, December 21 at 11 a.m., Saturday, December 22 at 3 a.m., Sunday December 23 at 10 p.m. and Monday, December 24 at 2 p.m. We have programmed Lullabies and Carols to be an oasis of calm for you in the midst of the busy holiday season. The program includes the choirs of Saint Thomas' Church, Fifth Avenue, New York, the Cambridge Singers, and Anonymous 4 singing music by John Rutter, Benjamin Britten, and Gerre Hancock. Rob Kennedy is your host. Merry Christmas from all of us at The Classical Station!
Painting: Andrea Mantegna, 1451-1453
On December 18 we observe the birthdays of French piano maker Camille Pleyel, American composer Edward MacDowell, Swiss conductor Edmond de Stoutz, and English conductor William Boughton. Joseph Étienne Camille Pleyel inherited the family piano-making business which supplied pianos to Frederic Chopin, among others. Edward MacDowell left us over sixty compositions even though he died at the young age of 48. Besides composing, he was well-known as a concert pianist and teacher. de Stoutz was the founder of the Zürcher Kammerorcheste. William Boughton is currently the Music Director of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra and is on the faculty of the Yale School of Music. He has guest-conducted most of the world's major orchestras.
Photos: William Boughton/S.M. Cooper; Others on Wikipedia.org
Monday, December 17, 2018
Join us this evening for our annual holiday edition of Monday Night at the Symphony. We'll present festive music from a number of ensembles, including the Boston Pops on the anniversary of the birth of legendary conductor Arthur Fiedler birth.
The concert begins at 8 p.m. Eastern on 89.7 FM in Central North Carolina and streaming everywhere online.
Photo: Wikipedia.org
On December 17 we observe the birthdays of Italian composer Domenico Cimarosa and American conductor Arthur Fiedler. Signor Cimarosa wrote over eighty operas. Boston native Arthur Fiedler conducted the Boston Pops Orchestra for more than fifty years.
Photos: Wikipedia.org
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