Mozart@262 Festival and More Set for January 2018 at the Toronto Symphony Orchestra
by BWW News Desk - December 13, 2017 In January 2018, Mozart rules at the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO)! To celebrate the 262nd anniversary of the great composer's birth, TSO Music Director Peter Oundjian and Canadian conductor Bernard Labadie are co-curating the Mozart@262 Festival-four compelling programs presented at three differ...
Global Superstar Katy Perry Kicks Off WITNESS: The Tour This Week
by Caryn Robbins - September 22, 2017 Katy Perry kicked off WITNESS: The Tour in Montreal earlier this week. The Tour commences its Australian leg in Perth on Tuesday 24 July, 2018 and will play dates in Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney....
Hawaii Symphony Orchestra Performs Bruch Violin Concerto & Holst's THE PLANETS
by A.A. Cristi - October 12, 2016 The Hawai'i Symphony Orchestra (HSO) presents the second Halekulani Masterworks concert in its 2016-2017 season with Wagenaar's Overture to The Taming of the Shrew, Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1, and a multimedia presentation of Holst's The Planets on Sunday, October 30. Bruch's Violin Concerto No....
Princeton Symphony Orchestra Opens Season with Beethoven's 9th
by Rebecca Russo - August 28, 2017 On Saturday, September 16 at 8 pm and Sunday, September 17 at 4 pm, the Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) opens its six-concert Classical Series with two iconic works in the orchestral repertoire - Beethoven'sSymphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral" and Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture. The Beethoven...
Canton Youth Orchestras To Play Popular Classics, 2/26
by Molly Tracy - February 16, 2017 Have you ever been told "You'll know that piece when you hear it"? Or have you heard a popular piece of classical music repertoire and wondered what the exact name was? The Canton Youth Symphonies hope to help you out with this for their winter concert full of "Popular Classics!"...
JoAnn Falletta Conducts the Orchestra Now in NYC Premiere of Works by Penderecki, Holst, and Adams
by A.A. Cristi - November 27, 2017 JoAnn Falletta, music director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, returns to guest conduct The Orchestra Now (T?N) for the third consecutive year in a special concert at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall on December 14. The program will be highlighted by the N...
BWW Review: GALILEO Worth Seeing at The Burbage Theatre Co.
by Larry O'Brien - August 30, 2017 The first time I saw GALILEO by Bertolt Brecht performed was thirty-five years ago at Trinity Rep. I remembered being blown away by the experience-the late great Richard Kneeland played the title role and Brecht's play put the conflict between science and dogma right on the table. I remember loving ...
National Ballet of Canada and Toronto Symphony Orchestra Team to Foster New Generation of Arts Writers
by BWW News Desk - October 10, 2017 The National Ballet of Canada and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) today unveiled a new collaboration, the Emerging Arts Critics (EAC) programme, fostering a new generation of dance and music critics and writers....
Photo Coverage: Paulo Szot Salutes Broadway At Feinstein's/54 Below
by Stephen Sorokoff - June 07, 2017 Paulo Szot breathtakingly answered the question last night. Can one of opera and Broadway world's most magnificent and powerful voices be harnessed to create an intimate cabaret experience? If you have a preconceived notion of a barrel chested, non swinging, duck out of water performer, you are a 1...
Discovery to Present Documentary Special ABOVE AND BEYOND: NASA'S JOURNEY TO TOMORROW
by Caryn Robbins - January 15, 2018 Directed, produced, and narrated by Academy Award(R)-nominated and Emmy(R)-winning Rory Kennedy ('Last Days of Vietnam,') ABOVE AND BEYOND: NASA'S JOURNEY TO TOMORROW examines the extraordinary ways NASA has changed not only our vision of the universe, but also our planet, and ourselves. The documen...
New Jersey Symphony Orchestra presents 'Shooting for the Stars' Family Concerts
by Julie Musbach - October 13, 2017 The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra takes concertgoers on an intergalactic adventure in Shooting for the Stars family concerts on Saturday, November 18, at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark. The program features music inspired by the far reaches of space including Holst's The Planets a...
Science Channel to Present Live Broadcast of Final Moments of NASA Spacecraft Before It Crashes Into Saturn
by BWW News Desk - September 15, 2017 Science Channel will follow the final moments of NASA's Cassini spacecraft before it crashes into the atmosphere of Saturn. On Today, September 15th the Cassini mission will end its remarkable 13-year tour of Saturn by plunging into the gas giant and burning up....
RI Philharmonic and Providence Singers Present Mozart's REQUIEM with Guest Conductor Bramwell Tovey, Today
by BWW News Desk - October 15, 2016 The Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra welcomes guest conductor Bramwell Tovey to the podium on October 15, with a concert featuring Mozart's Requiem with Providence Singers. The program also features Tchaikovsky's Francesca da Rimini. The concert is Today, October 15, at 8:00pm, with a Rush Hour c...
Craig McLachlan Returns to the Stage in THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW
by BWW News Desk - September 19, 2017 Producers Howard Panter, John Frost and Torben Brookman today announced that the world's favourite rock and roll musical would return to Australia in a fresh new production next year, with Craig McLachlan again donning Frank N Furter's legendary fishnet stockings in his Helpmann Award-winning role....
Pittsburgh Symphony to Complete Trilogy of NASA Films with Dvorak's New World
by BWW News Desk - September 29, 2016 The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra boldly goes into the farthest reaches of space during the BNY Mellon Grand Classics weekend on October 14-16 at Heinz Hall....
Karlheinz Stockhausen's Final, Epic Musical Statement Comes To FringeArts
by Julie Musbach - March 08, 2018 Analog Arts, Elizabeth Huston, and FringeArts present the Philadelphia premiere of legendary composer Karlheinz Stockhausen's KLANG: The 24 Hours of the Day. This musical cycle, charting the journey of the soul out of the body and into the afterlife, takes over FringeArts' waterfront headquarters-14...
RI Philharmonic and Providence Singers Present Mozart's REQUIEM with Guest Conductor Bramwell Tovey, 10/15
by Christina Mancuso - September 22, 2016 The Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra welcomes guest conductor Bramwell Tovey to the podium on October 15, with a concert featuring Mozart's Requiem with Providence Singers. The program also features Tchaikovsky's Francesca da Rimini. The concert is Saturday, October 15, at 8:00pm, with a Rush Hou...
JoAnn Falletta Conducts the Orchestra Now in NYC Premiere of Works by Penderecki, Holst, and Adams
by A.A. Cristi - November 27, 2017 JoAnn Falletta, music director of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, returns to guest conduct The Orchestra Now (T?N) for the third consecutive year in a special concert at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall on December 14. The program will be highlighted by the N...
THE CLAYPOOL LENNON DELIRIUM Comes to the Fox Theater 5/17
by A.A. Cristi - March 14, 2017 Two worlds have collided, and what glorious and odd worlds they are. After a successful summer tour pairing Primus with Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger, Les Claypool and Sean Lennon have decided to combine their abstract talents into a project called The Claypool Lennon Delirium. Their efforts thus far...
Review Roundup: Did ROCKTOPIA on Broadway Rock the Critics?
by A.A. Cristi - March 27, 2018 ROCKTOPIA officially opens on Broadway tonight! Let's see what the critics had to say......
Brevard Music Center Announces 2018 Summer Festival Season
by Stephi Wild - February 06, 2018 This summer, over a ten-week period spanning June to August, Brevard Music Center (BMC) offers more than eighty performances and events amid the scenic beauty of North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains. Led by Artistic Director Keith Lockhart, the 2018 BMC Summer Music Festival provides audiences an e...
Gloria Musicae Announces New Name and New Season
by Julie Musbach - April 22, 2017 Gloria Musicae launches its 38th season with more of the innovative, cutting-edge programming that has become the organization's hallmark under the artistic direction of Dr. Joseph Holt. It also has a brand-new name-the Choral Artists of Sarasota....
HAIR Creator Re-writes 'Initials' for Alumni-Packed Joe's Pub Reunion Concert
by BWW News Desk - February 15, 2017 HAIR cast members from the original Broadway production, revival Broadway cast and film adaptation will perform at Joe's Pub on February 20 at 9:30pm in a concert titled 'Presidents Day Be-In: A night of Peace, Love & Revolution.'...
Lar Lubovitch Dance Company Announces 50th Anniversary Season
by Julie Musbach - October 12, 2017 The Lar Lubovitch Dance Company announces its 50th anniversary season at The Joyce Theater in New York City, April 17 22, 2018. The season will feature the world premiere of Wanderers as well as signature works from the Company's vast repertory, including Men's Stories: A Concerto in Ruin (2000), pe... |