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2023-11-09 23:53:00
Veterans Building, with Herbst Theater, in the distance; War Memorial Opera House, foregroundVintage post card, collection of Lisa HirschSan Francisco Performance sent out a press release this afternoon with postponements of two upcoming concerts:Stephen Hough: was November 14, 20223, 7:30 pm; new date TBACastalian String Quartet: was November 15, 2023, 7:30 pm; new date TBABoth concerts were at Herbst Theater. "Travel difficulties" is the reason for both postponements.I was going to get a ticket to see the Castalian; they played a tremendous concert earlier this year at Cal Performances (Haydn, Saariaho, Schubert) and I was very much looking forward to the planned SFP program (Janacek, Beethoven, Turnage). Ah, well; later in the season, I hope.
2021-08-21 05:42:00
Classical Music News of the Week, August 21, 2021
[…] Seattle debut performing quartets by Mozart and Mendelssohn on November 12 & 13; and Sandbox Percussion’s world premiere performance of Seven Pillars by Japanese-American composer Andy Akiho on December 2 & 3.“After a year and a half of virtual performances, we cannot be more thrilled to be returning to our home at 415 Westlake to bring back live music,” commented ECM Artistic Director Kristin Lee. “With two Seattle premieres and a debut performance of the Castalian String Quartet, I am confident that this season will grasp the essence of what Emerald City Music is all about- fresh, eclectic, and forward-thinking experience!”For more information, visit https://www.emeraldcitymusic.org/--Maggie Stapleton, Jensen ArtistsColburn School Announces 2021-22 Class of Salonen FellowsThe Colburn School today announced its 2021-22 class of Salonen Fellows in the Conservatory of Music’s Negaunee Conducting Program. Assistant Conductor of the Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles, Kyle Dickson, and emerging young conductor […]
2021-03-24 08:41:01
Rising to the challenge: the East Neuk Festival returns in July with alfresco and pop-up performances, digital concerts and much more
2021 East Neuk Festival - ENF Arts Activist David Behrens at Lady's Tower near Elie, Scotland © East Neuk Festival If 2020 proved a nightmare for small arts organisations, then 2021 remains a great challenge, with uncertainty about what will physically be possible for Summer events. Like many smaller organisations the East Neuk Festival in Fife is turning challenge into opportunity and responding imaginatively to potential restrictions. This year's festival, which takes place from 1-4 July 2021, will combine al fresco performances, pop-up events, digital performance, art installations, community-led projects, and radio broadcasts. During 2020 the festival created a number of recordings with guitarist Sean Shibe and violinist Benjamin Baker in Fife in November 2020, and these helped the festival to engage with a global audience. This will be continued in 2021 with four carefully curated films, featuring oud player Rihab Azar, violinist Benjamin Baker, the Castalian String Quartet in […]
2021-02-18 08:21:38
The Polyphonic Concert Club: a new joint venture from St George's Bristol, The Stoller Hall, Manchester and The National Centre for Early Music, York
[…] recital, subsequent programmes will include The Colin Currie Quartet in the UK premiere of Dave Maric’s Nascent Forms plus Steve Reich’s Drumming Part 1 from the Stoller Hall, Manchester; I Fagiolini in a a time-travelling road trip from London to Paris, Venice and Leipzig, with repertoire from Byrd to Bach via Monteverdi from the National Centre for Early Music, York; Red Priest presents a Baroque carnival and are joined by founder member violinist Julia Bishope; Castalian String Quartet, Royal Philharmonic Society Young Artist of 2019, in a programme of Haydn, Janačék and Thomas Adès’ The Four Quarters; Isata Kanneh-Mason in Clara Schumann, Sofia Gubaidulina and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Robert Hollingworth, who is a co-director of Polyphonic Films, as well as director of I Fagiolini, said: "Focusing on the filming as well as the music-making, and with a camera-crew experienced in making arts tv, we can create a strong impression of the […]