Etiket: Orchestra
Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra cancels season
The Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony announced in a terse Facebook post on Sunday evening the complete cancellation of its 2023-2024 season. The board of directors (CA) of the orchestra, of which adopted…
Montreal Symphony Orchestra | Payare prays, dances, enchants
Rafael Payare showed that he could surpass himself in each concert, in often very different repertoires. The opening concert of this season (the first entirely designed by him), given Tuesday…
“Liebestod”, Jakub Hrůša and the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra
Released digitally in the spring, this program took months to materialize on CD. This is one of the best releases by a young generation conductor in this type of repertoire…
Review – A Youth and Heritage Concert by the United States Youth Orchestra
Two days after the vast Wagner by the Orchester de la francophonie at the Maison symphonique, the National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America gave Lanaudière a powerful…
“Kingmaker. Live with the Aukland Philharmonia Orchestra”, Tami Neilson
We saw her in a jazz club, outside at the Montreal International Jazz Festival, but also in front of a handful of spectators in a suburban hall lobby. Each time…
“Joe Hisaishi. A Symphonic Celebration”, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
A week after the tribute to François Dompierre, here is another project of great and beautiful melodies from the cinematographic universe, in a colossal version and planetary living legend. These…
A children’s orchestra, an earthquake in France and a new dinosaur: news from a child’s perspective
The Demos orchestras, an earthquake that affects the west of France and a new species of dinosaur: this is the menu of “Salut l’info!” this week. “Hi info, this is…
[Critique] “Mozart’s Mannheim”, Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Big news: the famous Friborg Baroque Orchestra is back with Deutsche Grammophon and its first CD was released on May 19. The presence of label yellow clearly endorses the removal…
[Critique] “Romeo and Juliet”, Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra
Happy Strasbourg music lovers! Passionate about Berlioz, John Nelson continues with the Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra a landmark integral. The Choir of the Opéra national du Rhin is associated with the…
OM will host the Philadelphia Orchestra next season
The Philadelphia Orchestra will perform at the Maison symphonique on April 19, 2024 under the direction of Yannick Nézet-Séguin as part of a special concert for the new season of…
[Critique] “Thus spake Zarathustra”, François-Xavier Roth, London Symphony Orchestra
Gone are the days when star directors Reiner, Karajan, Mehta or Solti lined up flamboyant versions ofThus spake Zarathustra, with Rudolf Kempe (EMI) and William Steinberg (DG) at the top.…
150 years later, Adèle Hugo’s scores finally played by an orchestra
Posted on 03/04/2023 13:24 Video length: 3 mins. franceinfo Article written by S. Bourgeot, G. Mathe, H. Leduc, S. Chevalier, report from the Franche-Comté region – franceinfo France Televisions The…
Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, known for the soundtrack of “Furyo” and figure of the group Yellow Magic Orchestra, died at 71
He had composed memorable soundtracks, from “Furyo” to “Last Emperor” and more recently that of “The Revenant”, and he was one of the three co-founders of the group Yellow Magic…
Music: the melodies of Adèle Hugo finally played by an orchestra
Posted on 02/04/2023 22:34 Update on 02/04/2023 23:08 Video length: 3 mins. France 3 Article written by S. Bourgeot, G. Mathe, H. Leduc, S. Chevallier – France 3 France Televisions…
Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto, known for the soundtrack of “Furyo” and figure of the group Yellow Magic Orchestra, died at 71
He had composed memorable soundtracks, from “Furyo” to “Last Emperor” and more recently that of “The Revenant”, and he was one of the three co-founders of the group Yellow Magic…
Review of Atmosphere and mastery | Schumann and Brahms with the NAC Orchestra: A third hit
The National Arts Center Orchestra continues its Schumann-Brahms adventure with a third volume, Atmosphere and masterymore unequal than the previous one. Posted at 2:12 p.m. Emmanuel Bernier special cooperation Let…
[Critique] “Atmosphere and Mastery”, NAC Orchestra
Nobody will blame me for the comical indiscretion: when Outhere bought Analekta, they asked themselves: “The National Arts Centre, what is it? If they sat down with a beer on…
Review of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra | The importance of being consistent
March was Payare month for the Orchester symphonique de Montréal, which toured North America with its musical director three weeks ago and returned Tuesday night with a German post-romantic program…
[Critique] “Bruckner”, Herbert Blomstedt and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Warning: this real event should not go unnoticed. Between 2005 and 2012, Herbert Blomstedt gave Leipzig a complete set of Bruckner’s symphonies which Radio MDR recorded and which the orchestra…
Europe’s first predominantly black orchestra crosses the Atlantic
(New York) After more than 30 years in classical music, British bassist Chi-Chi Nwanoku finally said out loud what had been bothering her for a long time: why was she…