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Minn Orch Releases Recording Of Mahler's 8th Symphony in December
by Michael Major - November 16, 2023 BIS Records will release a recording of Gustav Mahler's Eighth Symphony. Recorded under the direction of Osmo Vänskä, the Orchestra's music director from 2003 to 2022, the album marks the ninth and penultimate release in the Orchestra's years-long effort to perform and record all ten of the Romantic...
Midori Joins Festival Strings Lucerne For US Tour
by Michael Major - October 11, 2023 Midori joins Festival Strings Lucerne for a US tour from Nov 3-16. Midori joins the orchestra to perform one of Robert Schumann's last works, his Violin Concerto in D minor, and Beethoven's Romance No. 2 in F major, which she recorded with Festival Strings Lucerne for her Beethoven album (Warner Cla...
Apashe Collabs With Nigeria's Magugu on New Single 'Revenge of the Orchestra'
by Michael Major - August 23, 2023 “Revenge of the Orchestra” is a futuristic mix of industrial synths, pounding rhythms and brooding brass and strings, with Magugu's acerbic flow elevating Apashe's singular production style to heart-stopping heights. The visuals are directed by Adrian Villagomez, who recently collaborated with Apash...
Minnesota Orchestra Releases Recording of Mahler's Fourth Symphony
by Sarah Jae Leiber - November 25, 2019 The Swedish label BIS Records is releasing the fifth album in the Minnesota Orchestra's ongoing Mahler recording series—a recording of Mahler's Fourth Symphony, conducted by Music Director Osmo Vänskä and featuring soprano soloist Carolyn Sampson. The album will be available for purchase at Orchestr...
Great Performances Presents The Cleveland Orchestra Centennial Celebration
by Kaitlin Milligan - January 03, 2019 Great Performances: The Cleveland Orchestra Centennial Celebrationcommemorates the centennial of the orchestra's founding with a gala concert conducted by music director Franz Welser-Möst featuring works touching on more than a century of Viennese musical traditions. World-renowned, Grammy-nominated...
London Symphony Orchestra Announces First Ever South American Tour
by Tori Hartshorn - May 04, 2018 The London Symphony Orchestra, under its new Music Director, Sir Simon Rattle, will tour Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Peru in May 2019, the first time that the orchestra has performed in South America, it was announced today....
Rafael Payare Named Next Music Director Of The San Diego Symphony
by Macon Prickett - February 13, 2018 The San Diego Symphony today announced internationally acclaimed conductor Rafael Payare will become the orchestra's next music director. Payare will begin a four-year contract immediately, serving as music director designate for the first year, and begin the role of music director on July 1, 2019. ... |