Classical Music and Opera Listings for May 25-31
Classical Music and Opera Listings for May 25-31New York TimesSaturday and Sunday feature piano quartets by Mahler, Mendelssohn and Brahms, and on Wednesday there will be a recital of solo piano music by Brahms and Schumann. Thursday brings the latest in a series of performances by the violinist Cornelius Dufallo ...
Music review: Andreas Delfs, Nelson Freire and the National Symphony Orchestra
Music review: Andreas Delfs, Nelson Freire and the National Symphony OrchestraWashington PostThe first symphony — Haydn's “La Poule” — was petite. The concerto — Brahms's Second, for piano — was symphonic. Such unexpected contrasts were further woven into the music by the conductor, Andreas Delfs, who liked to make things very, very soft ...and more »
A fresh, songful start for Mainly Mozart Fest
A fresh, songful start for Mainly Mozart FestMiamiHerald.comBy Lawrence Budmen The Mainly Mozart Festival opened its annual spring season with “A Journey Through Viennese Art Song,” traversing excerpts from the lieder of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Mahler and Hugo Wolf and a complete performance of ...and more »
Rocking, classically
Rocking, classicallyDiamondback OnlineBut junior music education major and violinist Becky Dreyman said most students have never even heard Mahler's name – or Haydn's, or Schumann's, or Vivaldi's. “It's not really what we listen to on the radio,” said Dreyman, who is a member of the ...
Fab Faux mine Beatles catalog with thrilling results
Fab Faux mine Beatles catalog with thrilling resultsMassLive.comThey treat the songs of Lennon and McCartney (and Harrison) with the respect a symphony orchestra shows for compositions by Liszt and Mahler (and Haydn). For 2 1/2 hours at the Calvin Theatre, the Fab Faux demonstrated again and again that they are not ...