Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Slatkin has rough time with La Traviata at the Met

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Leonard Slatkin conducted a rough-hewn "Taviata" at the Met, according to this review in the New York Times . He survived the evil...

Today's Birthdays

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Francesco Durante (1684-1755) Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) Serge Diaghliev (1872-1929) Clemens Krauss (1893-1954) John Mitchinson (1932) H...
Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Today's Birthdays

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Tommaso Traetta (1727-1779) Ted Heath (1900-1969) Sandor Szokolay (1931) John Eaton (1935) Eric Clapton (1945) Maggie Cole (1952) Margaret F...
Monday, March 29, 2010

Conversation with John Adams

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I've posted a very long conversation with John Adams posted on Oregon Music News . The conversation took place as part of the annnual me...

Today's Birthdays

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Henri Lutz (1864-1928) Rosina Lhévinne (1880-1976) Sir William Walton (1902-1983) E Power Biggs (1906-1977) Sir Richard Rodney Bennett (1936...
Sunday, March 28, 2010

Today's Birthdays

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Joseph Weigl (1766-1846) Willem Mengelberg (1871-1951) Rudolf Serkin (1903-1991) Jacob Avshalomov (1919) Robert Ashley (1930) Martin Neary (...
Saturday, March 27, 2010

Today's Birthdays

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Vincent d'Indy (1851-1931) Ferde Grofé (1892-1972) Anne Ziegler (1910-2003) Sarah Vaughn (1924-1990) Mstislav Rostropovich (1927-2007) P...
Friday, March 26, 2010

Carlos Kalmar to fill in for ailing James Levine

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Hot new item: Oregon Symphony's MD Carlos Kalmar will direct the Boston Symphony's concerts April 8-10. Kalmar will conduct the worl...

Today's Birthdays

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Josef Slavík (1806-1833) Wilhelm Backhaus (1884-1969) André Cluytens (1905-1967) Harry Rabinowitz (1916) Pierre Boulez (1925) Kyung Wha Chun...
Thursday, March 25, 2010

Oregonian Amber Wagner wins George London Competition

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According to Musical America, soprano Amber Wagner, who is a native of Oregon, is one of the winners of the 2010 George London Competition, ...
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Today's Birthdays

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Johann Adolph Hasse (1699-1783) Arturo Toscanini (1867-1957) Béla Bartók (1881-1945) Magda Olivero (1910) Sir Elton John (1947) and Flannery...
Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Today's Birthdays

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Maria Malibran (1808-1836) Christiane Eda-Pierre (1932) Benjamin Luxon (1937) and Malcolm Muggeridge (1902-1990) Dwight Macdonald (1906-1982...
Tuesday, March 23, 2010

dramma per musica runs its course

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Bob Kingston, one of Portland's most astute opera commentators, is pulling the plug on his blog, dramma per musica , which has been one ...

Today's Birthdays

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Johann Gottfried Walther (1684-1748) Léon Minkus (1826-1917) Eugène Gigout (1844-1925) Franz Schreker (1878-1934) Josef Locke (1917-1999) Do...
Monday, March 22, 2010

Interview with Robert Ainsley

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My chat with conductor Robert Ainsley has been posted in Oregon Music News . Ainsley discusses the upcoming Portland Opera triple bill of Be...

Today's Birthdays

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Carl Rosa (1842-1889) Joseph Samson (1888-1957) Martha Mödl (1912-2001) Fanny Waterman (1920) Arthur Grumiaux (1921-1986) Stephen Sondheim (...
Sunday, March 21, 2010

Chamber Music Northwest announces summer festival

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Chamber Music Northwest has announced its summer music festival, and I have a summary on Oregon Music News , but you can get all of the deta...

Today's Birthdays

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Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Modeste Moussorgsky (1839-1881) Eddie James "Son" House (1902-1988) Nikos Skalkottas (1904-1949)...
Saturday, March 20, 2010

Today's Birthdays

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Beniamino Gigli (1890-1957) Lauritz Melchoir (1890-1973) Sviatoslav Richter (1915-1997) Dame Vera Lynn (1917) Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918-1...
Friday, March 19, 2010

Today's Birthdays

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Max Reger (1873-1916) Dame Elizabeth Maconchy (1907-1994) Nancy Evans (1915-2000) Dinu Lipatti (1917-1950) Robert Muczynski (1929) Ornette C...