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American bass-baritone
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2024-03-14 14:27:16
Top-selling album by singer Morgan Wallen helps genre rise to its strongest position in decades
2024-02-18 19:09:00
Some new reports:Marin Alsop becomes principal guest conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra, I believe succeeding Nathalie Stutzmann.Simon Rattle becomes principal guest conductor of the Czech Philharonic.John Storgards will becomes chief conductor of the Turku Philharmonic.Open positions:Phoenix SymphonyCleveland Orchestra, as of June, 2027.Paris Opera is currently without a music director.Nashville Symphony, when Giancarlo Guerrero leaves.Deutsche Oper Berlin, when Donald Runnicles leaves.Hallé Orchestra, when Mark Elder leaves.Rottedam Philharmonic, when Lahav Shani leaves.Los Angeles Philharmonic, as of 2026-27, when Gustavo Dudamel leaves for NY.Sarasota Orchestra, following the death of Bramwell Tovey.Seattle Symphony, following Thomas Dausgaard's abrupt departure in January, 2022.Chicago Symphony Orchestra, where Riccardo Muti left at the end of 2022-23.Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra: open in 2024 when Louis Langree steps down.Hong Kong Philharmonic, when Jaap van Zweden leaves in 2024.Oakland Symphony, owing to the death of Michael Morgan in August, 2021.Teatro Regio Turin: Open now with departure of Gianandrea Noseda. The Teatro Regio has not named […]
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2024-02-13 18:00:42
Takács Quartet Debuts Flow
The renowned Takács Quartet has a zest for new music and unconventional partnerships. They’ve collaborated with bandoneon standout Julien Labro, composer and The National vocalist Bryce Dessner, vocalist Clarice Assad, and actors Philip Seymour Hoffman and Meryl Streep. For its February 16th Celebrity Series concert at Jordan Hall [tickets HERE], the foursome offers Nokuthula Ngwenyama’s Flow sandwiched between Haydn’s “Sunrise” quartet and the second of Beethoven’s Razumovskys. In Flow, Harvard Divinity School graduate Ngwenyama embraces the cosmos…or lets it embrace her. BMInt spoke with her and and Takács violinist Harumi Rhodes. FLE: We first met in 1999 when you gave a super viola recital at Harvard Musical Association. You probably don’t remember the event, but surely the baked beans, Welsh rabbit and ale must have traumatized you. [caption id="attachment_57592" align="alignright" width="425"] Composer and Violist Nokuthula Ngwenyama. (Mark Morgan photo)[/caption] NN: I do remember the recital, and the flavor wasn’t bad. Nice to […]
2024-02-05 05:46:00
(Semi) Recent Releases No. 71 (CD Reviews)
by Karl NehringDebussy: Preludes, Books I & II. Hiroko Sasaki, piano (Pleyel 1879). Piano Classics PCL0064Ethan Iverson: Technically Acceptable. Iverson: Conundrum; Victory Is Assured; Technically Acceptable; Who Are You, Really?; The Chicago Style; It’s Fine to Decline; The Way Things Are; Charles Fox / Norman Gimbel: Killing Me Softly With His Song; Thelonious Monk / Charles Cootie Williams: ‘round Midnight; Iverson: The Feeling Is Mutual; Piano Sonata – I. Allegro Moderato; II. Andante; III. Rondo. Ethan Iverson, piano (all selections); Thomas Morgan, double bass; Kush Abadey, drums; Vinnie Sperrazza, drums; Simón Willson, double bass; Rob Schwimmer, theremin. I am reviewing these two albums together because although they are on the surface quite different, one being a solo piano album of music by the French composer Debussy, the other being a jazz album, there are some significant overlaps between the two releases. First of all, the Wisconsin-born Iverson and Japan-born Sasaki are friends, both currently residing in New York. In a recent posting on Iverson’s Transitional Technology (“TT”) […]
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