A performance of Mahler’s ninth symphony by the New York Philharmonic, on January 10, 2012, was cut short 13 bars before the end. An iPhone located…
Booked for the Evening In celebration of the 98th birthday of William H. Scheide A concert to celebrate a life of words and music Friday,…
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) Born May 7, 1833 in Hamburg. Died April 3, 1897 in Vienna. Double Concerto in A Minor for Violin and Violoncello, Op.…
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Born January 27, 1756 in Salzburg, Austria. Died December 5, 1791 in Vienna. Overture to the Marriage of Figaro, K.V. 492…
Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827) Baptized December 17, 1770 in Bonn, Germany. Died March 26, 1827 in Vienna, Austria. Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op.…
How many of you watched or will watch It’s a Wonderful Life this December? Ever since I first saw this movie decades ago (remember when it…
Princeton, July 21, 2011. Conductor Mark Laycock really knows how to get players fired up. He returned to Princeton this summer to conduct Opera New…
Max Mathews died of pneumonia in San Francisco on April 21. He was 84. He has been called the “father of computer music” because his…
The 2011 Pulitzer prize in music was awarded to Chinese-born American composer Zhou Long, 57, for his opera “Madame White Snake,” which premiered on February…
The board of the Philadelphia Orchestra has voted to file for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The Syracuse Symphony filed for Chapter 7 which means liquidation.…