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Auckland Arts Festival: The battle of Britten
Dresden :: Germany | 2 months ago
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The composer's centenary will be marked with a performance of his symbolic war work, reports William Dart Auckland Arts Festival celebrates Benjamin Britten's centenary not once, but twice next week. On Saturday, the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra,
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The week's passages
Rabat :: Morocco | 5 months ago
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Wesley Williams, 25, a Stryker Brigade soldier based at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, died Monday when his unit was hit by a bomb in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. He was from New Carlisle, Ohio, and had previously served in Iraq. Ric Smith, 49, a
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Russian soprano is dead
Efe :: Turkey | 5 months ago
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Prominent Russian soprano Galina Vishnevskaya, widow of cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, died Tuesday in Moscow. She was 86. "We confirm the sad news, we know nothing about the cause of her death," a spokesperson for the Vishnevskaya Opera Center told
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Russian opera legend Galina Vishnevskaya dies aged 86
Moscow :: Russia | 5 months ago
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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has expressed his deep condolences to her family. Vishnevskaya's singing talent was noticed early; as a little girl, Vishnevskaya liked to impersonate popular Soviet singers, climbing up on a chair to perform
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Verdi: Requiem; Rossini: Overtures – review
Ica :: Peru | 11 months ago
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Born in Kiev, but brought up in western Europe, the composer and conductor Igor Markevitch visited Moscow in 1960 for a series of concerts with the Philharmonic, among which was this performance of Verdi's Requiem, which was an unknown quantity in
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War Requiem; King Priam; Caligula – review
Dresden :: Germany | 12 months ago
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Chorus with conductor Andris Nelsons (far left) performing Britten's War Requiem in Coventry Cathedral. Photograph: Neil Pugh Warsaw, Dresden, Coventry: tolling name by city name, these places remain bitter symbols of obliterative war. The sorrows of
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An Appraisal: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau's Incomparable Voice
London :: United Kingdom | 1 year ago
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It is a tribute to Mr. Fischer-Dieskau's artistic greatness and incomparable legacy that I am just one of countless music lovers who had him as their first guide to the art of the song. Mr. Fischer-Dieskau died on Friday, just shy of his 87th
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Russian director joins French Legion
Cannes :: France | 1 year ago
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Russian cinema art professionals have received the Order of Arts and Letters, for their contribution to the promotion of French arts and literature, from the French Culture Minister on Wednesday...The title of Officer of the Legion of Honor will be
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Meaning in 'Pure' Music: Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony
New York City :: NY :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Within sociology is an exciting field, the "sociology of knowledge." Its name is unfortunate, because it not only studies knowledge, but also error, as well as things like law, religion, and art that cannot easily be categorized "true" or "false."
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Russia’s great cellist celebrated
Moscow :: Russia | over 1 year ago
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The Russian city of Samara has hosted a musical event, rare even for classical music fans, of the world's capitals. Russia's best musicians have come to town to commemorate the genius cellist Mstislav Rostropovich. Russia's great cellist celebrated
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