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American operatic soprano
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Le Nozze di Figaro
A historic performance from April 7, 1956 in celebration of the centenaries of Cesare Siepi and Victoria de los Angeles featuring Nadine Conner, Mildred Miller, and conductor Max Rudolf
2021-11-28 00:37:49
Francis B. "Frank" Johnson [1792-1844]: "Black Virtuoso, Composer, Bandleader Born Free in Philadelphia" is Honored on Poster at Philadelphia's Ridgway Building
Francis Johnson: Influenced Generations The Library Company of Philadelphia The Ridgway Building AfriClassical.com also pays tribute to Francis B. "Frank" Johnson (1792-1844) as a Musician of African Descent. An African American Bugler, Band Leader & Composer, Francis Johnson led the first African American band to visit Europe. Francis Johnson played the bugle, keyed bugle, cornet, violin and other instruments. He also composed music for band. Among the recordings of his works is The Music of Francis Johnson and His Contemporaries: Early 19th-Century Black Composers, Music Masters 7029-2-C (1990). The music is performed on original instruments by The Chestnut Brass Company and Friends, accompanied on violin by Diane Monroe and led by Tamara Brooks, Conductor. The CD includes marches and dances of the period by Johnson's four African American contemporaries in Philadelphia who also wrote band music: James Hemmenway, Isaac Hazzard, A.J.R. Conner and Edward Roland. The liner notes for the recording begin […]
2021-08-11 06:35:13
Dark thoughts & anarchic energy: Six Degrees of Separation represents the response of six young composers to 2020
Six Degrees of Separation; Patrick John Jones, Christian Drew, Stef Conner, Emma-Kate Matthews, Chris McCormack, Alex Paxton; London Symphony Orchestra, Darren Bloom; NMC Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 5 August 2021 Face with 2020's lockdown, the six composers of the LSO's Panufnik Composers Scheme were invited to write short ensemble pieces, recorded last December under lockdownThe six young composers who joined the LSO's Panufnik Composers Scheme in 2020 had hardly begun their planned year when events were shutdown. Colin Matthews, composition director for the scheme and founder of NMC Recordings, felt that something should be done in compensation. The result is this disc of short ensemble pieces recorded under lockdown conditions in December 2020. Six Degrees of Separation on NMC Recordings features Patrick John Jones' The Fun Will Never End, Christian Drew's See Slow Blue, Stef Conner's Hymn to a Head, Emma-Kate Matthews' Remote Overlap, Chris McCormack's Silver […]
2021-06-30 18:32:40
Located at the Conner Prairie Symphony Bowl in Indianapolis, the concerts commenced on June 25 and will run until September 11, 2021. Fully-vaccinated individuals are not required to wear masks. Given the outdoor nature of the concerts, mask-wearing is not mandatory for unvaccinated attendees either, but it is strongly recommended where physical distancing is not […] The post appeared first on The World's Leading Classical Music News Source. Est 2009..
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