Topic: Igor Fyodorovitch Stravinsky

from folktale to opera

Caryl Hughes and Charmian Bedford in Dream Hunter. Photograph: David Lumsdaine . When the composer Nicola LeFanu came to me with the proposal that...

Lowbury Trio, at Adrian Boult Hall, Birmingham

As its final season approaches its close after a proud 60 years, Birmingham Chamber Music Society continues in what has always been its mission: to...
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A stellar Curtis group sticks with Stravinsky

The Curtis 20/21 ensemble probably could perform near-impossible feats with ultramodernist scores by the likes of Helmut Lachenmann and Wolfgang...

Jazz group plans concert to honor Brad Felt

JAZZ. . The Detroit jazz scene is still mourning the sudden death of tuba and euphonium master Brad Felt, who passed away in October from cancer...
Suspense grew steadily in the opening minutes of the concert Thursday night at Roy Thomson Hall. Would the Toronto Symphony Orchestra accomplish...

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The Bad Plus recently performed Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, and The Checkout has it. (Thanks, Josh Jackson.) Pianist Marc Copland, who made...
Last week, Paul McCartney announced that he is writing a major orchestral work for the New York City Ballet and film director Danny Boyle unveiled...

Symphony review: The TSO is Rite on

Many orchestras are stepping up their audience education activities, the Toronto Symphony not excepted. On Saturday night in Roy Thomson Hall, we...