Inside a Conductor’s Mind: Mariss Jansons
Simon Rattle
London Symphony Orchestra Slated to “Mime” Olympic Performance
Conductor Valery Gergiev conducts the London Symphony Orchestra
Musicians of the London Symphony Orchestra are “shocked” by a recent decision to have the orchestra mime its performance at the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Summer Olympics.
Jackie Evancho to Sing Opera at Davies Symphony Hall in Frisco
Jackie Evancho to offer two performances in California and another in Utah
Jackie Evancho to sing opera; Another big prize for Simon Rattle. Why?; You know more about music than you think
Symphonie Fantastique: Opiate-induced Opus to Love’s Delirium
A cartoon of Hector Berlioz conducting a choir published in "Journal pour rire," June 27, 1850.
“Symphonie Fantastique: Épisode de la vie d’un Artiste…en cinq parties,” a program symphony written by French composer Hector Berlioz, is one of the most important pieces of the early Romantic period and a sad piece about a “hopeless love.”
The Best Recordings of 2009
The best new recordings of 2009
Jennifer Hambrick’s ten favorite classical recordings of 2009.
Simon Rattle Records the Symphonies of Johannes Brahms
This recording was made in October and November in 2008 during live concerts in the Philharmonie in Berlin
A new boxed set of CDs is from Simon Rattle, who leads the Berlin Philharmonic in the glorious Johannes Brahms symphonies.
