Posts Tagged ‘John Adams’
Friday, September 14th, 2012
By Rebecca Schmid Blame it on Cage. Or the Marshall Plan. It is impossible to escape the American canon as the season opens here with the Musikfest Berlin (August 31-September 18), an annual festival dedicated to 20th-century music. The event falls just as Europe’s major festivals are drawing to a close and often struggles for […]
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Tags: Berlin Philharmonic, Charles Ives, Daniel Stabwara, Emilio Pomarico, Franz Schubert, Ingo Metzmacher, Isabelle Faust, John Adams, John Cage, Konzerthausorchester, leonard bernstein, Morton Feldman, Musikfest Berlin
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Friday, July 6th, 2012
By Rebecca Schmid A timpanist just tall enough to rumble his mallets over the kettle drums stares out from beneath his specs as Lars Vogt slides onto the bench for the opening chords of Grieg’s Piano Concerto. “I like that sound!” says Music Director Donato Cabrera to the young percussionist as he walks out into […]
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Tags: Alasdair Neale, ascap, Berlin, Donato Cabrera, Grieg, John Adams, Lars Vogt, Liam Boisset, Mahler, Michael Tilson Thomas, Midori, Omar Shelly, Philharmonie, Ronald Gallman, San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra, Shaker Loops, Sir Simon Rattle, Yo-Yo Ma
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Thursday, September 8th, 2011
by Edna Landau To ask a question, please write Ask Edna. Dear Edna: As it is now late August and booking season is heading our way, I was wondering when you think is the best time to catch orchestra executive directors. I will be sending out materials through regular mail and e-mail. If I move […]
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Tags: american music center, artistic administrator, bit, Ed Yim, Edna Landau, John Adams, musicalamerica, New York Philharmonic, philharmonic, Steve Reich
Posted in Ask Edna, Managing Your Own Career | Comments Off on Choosing the Right Moment
Friday, August 12th, 2011
by Sedgwick Clark Lincoln Center’s attempt to add variety to Mostly Moz is just fine with me, especially if the variety is Stravinsky. Audiences seem to agree too, for a Saturday afternoon of Stravinsky films and two concerts of his chamber music by the spiffy International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) were packed. The first of the […]
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Tags: alice tully hall, anythingâ, Berio, Boulez, Charles Kuralt, choreographer pina bausch, Dumbarton, Finnissy, hungarian radio, Jeremy Denk, jessye norman, John Adams, julie taymor, lincoln center, Mark Swed, Murray Perahia, Oedipus, oedipus rex, Ozawa, sacre du printemps, Schnittke, sedgwick clark, Stravinsky, théâtre des champs elysées
Posted in Why I Left Muncie | Comments Off on Mostly Mozart/Some Stravinsky
Tuesday, November 16th, 2010
By Alan Gilbert I’ve often spoken about the uniquely awesome capacity of the New York Philharmonic, but I really must tip my hat to the musicians for what they have done over the last few weeks. From Sunday, October 24, through Thursday, November 4, we were on tour in Europe, playing in familiar cities, such […]
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Tags: Alan Gilbert, Bell, Elijah, John Adams, Kavakos, Mendelssohn, Midori, Mutter, Perlman, Zukerman
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