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09
Dec
2009
A conductor who thrives on defying expectations

9 days ago by carolinephillipsmanagement

Read the full interview with Nicholas Kraemer in Chicago Classical Review. Kraemer returns to the Chicago Symphony with Telemann, Haydn, Mozart and Strauss on December 10, 11 & 12.

Untitled blog - cpmnews.wordpress.com

05
Oct
2009
A soggy red carpet and other things

75 days ago by mojosmom

I went to the opening gala of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra last night. I don't usually, but Renée Fleming was singing, and she doesn't get out here all that much anymore. The CSO sent out an email a while back suggesting "formal dress", so I broke out the black Mme. X dress and wore long dangly ea ...

mojosmom - mojosmom.livejournal.com · 7 references

27
Sep
2009
Farewell to an Audio Hi-Fi Pioneer

82 days ago by Phillip Nones

Wilma Cozart Fine, audio Hi-Fi pioneer, operating the controls at Mercury's classical record division in the 1950s. This past week, the world lost a legend in the audio recording field with the death of Wilma Cozart Fine, age 82. The name may not be familiar to many. But if you grew up in the 1960s ...

Nones Notes - nonesnotes.wordpress.com

25
Aug
2009
Chicago Bears Fight Song

116 days ago by Kert

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scifiradioguy asked: As performed by the Chicago Symphony. I remember seeing them perform this on “Entertainment Tonight” the Friday before their victory in Super Bowl XX. DOMINIC

Bears Football - bears9football.com

24
Aug
2009
Music did a number on me | latimes.com | grooveTEK.net

116 days ago by BuddhaBoy

Music did a number on me — latimes.com. Opinion Music did a number on me Experts say that musical training can have a profound effect on young minds. But 50 years after violin lessons and a disaster with the Chicago Symphony, the writer is singing a different tune. By Mark Steinberg In a recent inte ...

grooveTEK Electronica Music - groovetek.net · Rank: 144,512 · 4 references

04
Aug
2009
artistic administrator vs. music director

136 days ago by Charles Noble

With Christian Thielmann leaving Munich, and Mario Venzago fired from Indianapolis, it’s interesting to note that both departures (though one was the conductor quitting and the other was the conductor being dismissed) are closely related to the overlapping of two roles in the symphony orchestra hier ...

daily observations - nobleviola.com/wordpress · Rank: 71,379 · 54 references

video screens @ symphony concerts – good or bad?

137 days ago by Charles Noble

I came across an article from today’s Chicago Sun-Times which asserts the success of the jumbotron-style video screens at the Ravinia Festival, summer home of the Chicago Symphony. As usual, this has engendered the tired arguments between the crusty old salts and the fresh-faced ingenues as to what ...

daily observations - nobleviola.com/wordpress · Rank: 71,379 · 54 references

11
Jul
2009
Dancing Maestros on the Jumbotron……

160 days ago by Ron Spigelman

In a “review” by Lawrence Johnson, he ranted about the use of the Jumbotrons at the Ravinia festival. OK I can see that there might be some who want the “traditional” experience, but the setting is far from traditional in the concert going sense, accessibility is something that needs to be taken int ...

Sticks and Drones - insidethearts.com/sticksanddrones · Rank: 117,986 · 30 references

Dancing Maestros on the Jumbotron……

160 days ago by Ron Spigelman

In a “review” by Lawrence Johnson, he ranted about the use of the Jumbotrons at the Ravinia festival. OK I can see that there might be some who want the “traditional” experience, but the setting is far from traditional in the concert going sense, accessibility is something that needs to be taken int ...

Sticks and Drones - insidethearts.com/sticksanddrones · Rank: 174,012 · 29 references

26
Jun
2009
Ivo il “Terribile” aprirà stasera il Ravello Festival

175 days ago by Alessandro Romanelli

Sarà il celebre pianista serbo insieme all’Orchestra del Teatro San Carlo di Napoli, diretta da John Axelrod ad aprire stasera sull’ incantevole squarcio mozzafiato della costiera amalfitana, il Ravello Festival (26 giugno – 26 settembre). In programma il notissimo Secondo Concerto per pianoforte e ...

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