The Mid-Texas Symphony Chorus, a volunteer mixed voice adult choir, will perform the Christmas portions of Handel’s Messiah with the Mid-Texas Symphony on December 12, 2010. The Chorus is professionally directed by Aaron Hufty, artistic director of the San Antonio Choral Society. Community members with an interest in singing and who can attend the rehearsals are invited to participate.
Auditions are not required, although prior experience singing is desirable. To make the most of the limited rehearsal time, the music is available prior to the first rehearsal at Edward Jones, 116 S. Moss in Seguin and at Star Awards, 1500 IH 35 West, New Braunfels. A $10 refundable deposit for the music is required. In order to ensure that sufficient copies of the music are available, persons interested in singing are asked to contact the Adrienne Stone, Chorus Master at (830) 303-4813 or (210) 275-4682 or astone3@satx.rr.com or the Mid-Texas Symphony Office, Pat Schofield, Executive Director at 830-372-8089, 830-629-0336 or mts@tlu.edu.
REHEARSAL SCHEDULE
NOVEMBER 2010
Sunday 14th 2 – 4:30 p.m. Wupperman Theater, Scheuch Fine Arts Center, Texas
Lutheran University
Sunday 21st 2 – 4:30 p.m. Wupperman Theater
DECEMBER 2010
Saturday 4th 2 – 4:30 p.m. Wupperman Theater
Saturday 11th 1 - 4:00 p.m. Jackson Auditorium with orchestra
DRESS REHEARSAL:
Sunday 12th 1 - 3:00 p.m. Jackson Auditorium
CONCERT:
Sunday 12th 4 p.m. Jackson Auditorium
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Music Saves Metropolis!
In 2008, a 16mm print of a nearly-complete version of the silent film Metropolis was found in the archives of the Museo del Cine in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Using the best available 35mm prints, and that badly damaged 16mm print, a new digital master was created, and The Complete Metropolis premiered in Berlin in early 2010. Following the film’s American premiere at the Turner Classic Movies film festival in April, 2010, the film toured the country, and is now available on DVD and Blu-ray.How did the restoration team piece together the complete film? As it turns out, music is what may have saved the movie for future generations.
The Complete Metropolis is accompanied by its original Gottfried Huppertz score, newly recorded for this restoration. Huppertz’ music looks back toward the 19th century harmonically, but matches the modern story well. As it turns out, no shooting script for Metropolis exists. No records detail the cuts made to the film since 1927. But one thing that did survive was Huppertz’s written score. By following the notes in that annotated score, and carefully matching it to 16mm print discovered in Buenos Aires in 2008 that prompted this latest restoration, archivists were able to assemble the most complete version of Metropolis the world has seen since 1927. Even if it were not such a thrilling historical find, this production would still be, as Roger Ebert called it, “the film event of 2010.”
Friday, November 12, 2010
Rarest Recording Ever?
What would be the most rare sound recording? Thomas Edison's trial effort back when he invented the cylinder recorder by reciting "Mary had a little Lamb"? What about the oldest surviving cylinder of the "The Lost Chord", music of Arthur Sullivan from 1888 or Johannes Brahms' greeting to Edison recorded a few years later? The most mythic of these first documents is the alleged recordings of Franz Liszt playing the piano. Such a cylinder would hold 2 minutes of scratchy, wobbling sound that would give us no real idea have how the greatest pianist of the 19th century did his work. There is a new CD set out of Austin put together by Ken Caswell on the Pierian label that gets us the closest to having a time machine to visit Liszt in the 1880's. Ken has a Welte Mignon Player Piano and this plays the most accurately recorded rolls from the first third of the 20th century. On "Liszt's Students play Liszt" there are several performances that have the sub-title "as I remembered Liszt playing". To hear these is to get us as close as we can get to experience of hearing the great Liszt play.
Tune in to the Piano this Sunday afternoon at 5 on KPAC & KTXI.
host, Randy Anderson
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Classical Spotlight: Busiest weekend so far!
Latin Grammys
The 11th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards will air live on the Univision Network on Nov. 11 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central. Additionally, the telecast will be seen globally in approximately 100 countries.
John Clare spoke with Board Member and conductor Alondra de la Parra about honoring Placido Domingo. Also, Camerata San Antonio is up for two Latin Grammys. Ken Freudigman will be in Las Vegas with the other two producers and talked with John about the awards.
Colors Of Mexico
The San Antonio Symhony performs Friday and Saturday. November 12 & 13, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. in the Majestic Theatre with Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor and Elena Urioste, violin. The program includes Chavez, Reveultas, Glazunov and Barber. Prieto reached John Clare by phone and talked about the program.
Musical Offerings
Blurring the Lines: Impressionist Music with Musical Offerings at the McNay Art Museum on Sunday, November 14, in the Leeper Auditorium at 2:00 PM in conjunction with Landscapes from the Age of Impressionism.
To get more info, call 210.805.1768. Joan Christenson talked to John Clare about the quartet program.
Copperleaf Quintet at SAMA
Coming up this Sunday, November 14, 2010 it’s a program of vocal music. 1:00 p.m. Meet the Artists Reception, Café des Artistes; then at 2:30 p.m. Gallery Concert, Spanish Colonial Art Gallery.
For more information contact them at 210-912-9555. Ruth Moreland shared insights with John Clare in the TPR studios.
Chamber Music Society features amazing quintet
The Imani Winds: Valerie Coleman, Flute; Toyin Spellman-Diaz, Oboe; Mariam Adam, Clarinet; Jeff Scott, French Horn; and Monica Ellis, Bassoon play a concert at 3:15pm Sunday afternoon at Temple Beth El (211 Belknap Place). More than North America's premier wind quintet, Imani Winds has established itself as one of the most successful chamber music ensembles in the United States. Since 1997, the Grammy nominated quintet has taken a unique path, carving out a distinct presence in the classical music world with its dynamic playing, culturally poignant programming, genre-blurring collaborations, and inspirational outreach programs. With two member composers and a deep commitment to commissioning new work, the group is enriching the traditional wind quintet repertoire while meaningfully bridging European, American, African and Latin American traditions.
They’ll play Mendelssohn, Coleman and Klezmer music. One of the most exciting groups playing in San Antonio this year! http://www.imaniwinds.com/artist.php?view=cal&cid=5964
Symphony of the Hills & Flash Cadillac
On stage at the Cailloux Theater in Kerrville, TX, 7:30 PM November 14, 2010!
Flash Cadillac, a group of six energetic and versatile musicians who started playing together in 1969, is well known for their performance in 1973 for the popular film American Graffiti and for 1978 film Apocoypse Now.
Flash will be performing a wild and wonderful evening of their popular renditions of our favorite '50's and '60's music with the Symphony of the Hills . . . the kind of music with a wide audience appeal.
Tickets available at the Cailloux Theater box office or by callng (830) 896-9393. Wayne Knight spoke with John Clare on the phone from his home in Colorado.
Tuesday Music Club
Spencer Myer, piano plays Tuesday November 16, 2010 at 2:00 and 7:30 pm in Laurel Heights United Methodist Church
He spoke to John Clare about the program he’ll perform twice! Master class takes place Wednesday morning at UTSA.
The 11th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards will air live on the Univision Network on Nov. 11 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central. Additionally, the telecast will be seen globally in approximately 100 countries.
John Clare spoke with Board Member and conductor Alondra de la Parra about honoring Placido Domingo. Also, Camerata San Antonio is up for two Latin Grammys. Ken Freudigman will be in Las Vegas with the other two producers and talked with John about the awards.
Colors Of Mexico
The San Antonio Symhony performs Friday and Saturday. November 12 & 13, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. in the Majestic Theatre with Carlos Miguel Prieto, conductor and Elena Urioste, violin. The program includes Chavez, Reveultas, Glazunov and Barber. Prieto reached John Clare by phone and talked about the program.
Musical Offerings
Blurring the Lines: Impressionist Music with Musical Offerings at the McNay Art Museum on Sunday, November 14, in the Leeper Auditorium at 2:00 PM in conjunction with Landscapes from the Age of Impressionism.
To get more info, call 210.805.1768. Joan Christenson talked to John Clare about the quartet program.
Copperleaf Quintet at SAMA
Coming up this Sunday, November 14, 2010 it’s a program of vocal music. 1:00 p.m. Meet the Artists Reception, Café des Artistes; then at 2:30 p.m. Gallery Concert, Spanish Colonial Art Gallery.
For more information contact them at 210-912-9555. Ruth Moreland shared insights with John Clare in the TPR studios.
Chamber Music Society features amazing quintet
The Imani Winds: Valerie Coleman, Flute; Toyin Spellman-Diaz, Oboe; Mariam Adam, Clarinet; Jeff Scott, French Horn; and Monica Ellis, Bassoon play a concert at 3:15pm Sunday afternoon at Temple Beth El (211 Belknap Place). More than North America's premier wind quintet, Imani Winds has established itself as one of the most successful chamber music ensembles in the United States. Since 1997, the Grammy nominated quintet has taken a unique path, carving out a distinct presence in the classical music world with its dynamic playing, culturally poignant programming, genre-blurring collaborations, and inspirational outreach programs. With two member composers and a deep commitment to commissioning new work, the group is enriching the traditional wind quintet repertoire while meaningfully bridging European, American, African and Latin American traditions.
They’ll play Mendelssohn, Coleman and Klezmer music. One of the most exciting groups playing in San Antonio this year! http://www.imaniwinds.com/artist.php?view=cal&cid=5964
Symphony of the Hills & Flash Cadillac
On stage at the Cailloux Theater in Kerrville, TX, 7:30 PM November 14, 2010!
Flash Cadillac, a group of six energetic and versatile musicians who started playing together in 1969, is well known for their performance in 1973 for the popular film American Graffiti and for 1978 film Apocoypse Now.
Flash will be performing a wild and wonderful evening of their popular renditions of our favorite '50's and '60's music with the Symphony of the Hills . . . the kind of music with a wide audience appeal.
Tickets available at the Cailloux Theater box office or by callng (830) 896-9393. Wayne Knight spoke with John Clare on the phone from his home in Colorado.
Tuesday Music Club
Spencer Myer, piano plays Tuesday November 16, 2010 at 2:00 and 7:30 pm in Laurel Heights United Methodist Church
He spoke to John Clare about the program he’ll perform twice! Master class takes place Wednesday morning at UTSA.
Monday, November 8, 2010
DT Awards
Congrats to all!
ASCAP (the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) has announced the winners of the 42nd Annual ASCAP Deems Taylor Awards for outstanding print, broadcast and new media coverage of music. The winners will be honored at a special invitation-only ceremony and reception on Thursday, December 9, 2010 at the ASCAP Gallery, One Lincoln Plaza (1900 Broadway between 63rd and 64th Street), 6th Floor, New York, New York. Over the years, tens of thousands of dollars have been distributed in cash prizes to winning authors, journalists and broadcast producers and personalities.
The Awards were established in 1967 to honor the memory of composer/critic/commentator Deems Taylor, who died in 1966 after a distinguished career that included six years as President of ASCAP. The 42nd Annual ASCAP Deems Taylor Awards are made possible by a generous grant from the Music Publishers Association (MPA). Founded in 1865, the Music Publishers Association is the oldest non-profit music trade organization in the United States.
The ASCAP Deems Taylor Radio Broadcast Award honors two WQXR Radio/Q2 programs: Q2 with Terrance McKnight and Nadia Sirota on Q2.
The ASCAP Deems Taylor Multimedia Award honors three inter-related undertakings: a book, The Jazz Loft Project: Photographs and Tapes of W. Eugene Smith from 821 Sixth Avenue, 1957-1965, written by Sam Stephenson, published by Alfred A. Knopf; a radio program, The Jazz Loft Project Radio Series: produced at WNYC Radio (in association with the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University) by Sara Fishko with Dean Cappello, Julie Burstein and Edward Haber; and a website, www.jazzloftproject.org, produced at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University by Sam Stephenson, Lauren Hart and Dan Partridge.
The ASCAP Deems Taylor Television Broadcast Award honors Michael Feinstein’s American Songbook, with Michael Feinstein and produced and directed by Amber Edwards, Hudson West Productions.
The Nicolas Slonimsky Award for Outstanding Musical Biography in the concert music field honors Mary Lamb Crawford for her book, Windfall of Musicians: Hitler's Émigrés and Exiles in Southern California, published by Yale University Press. This award was established to honor the memory of Slonimsky (1894 – 1995), the Russian-American composer, conductor, musicologist and critic. Slonimsky was the writer of Baker’s Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns, The Lexicon of Musical Invective and Perfect Pitch: An Autobiography.
The authors and publishers of the eight books to be honored at the ceremony are:
Glenda Dawn Goss for Sibelius: A Composer’s Life and the Awakening of Finland, published by The University of Chicago Press.
Jann Pasler for Composing the Citizen: Music as Public Utility in Third Republic France, published by University of California Press.
Peter J. Schmelz for Such Freedom If Only Musical: Unofficial Soviet Music During the Thaw, published by Oxford University Press.
Dorothy Lamb Crawford for A Windfall of Musicians: Hitler’s Émigrés and Exiles in Southern California, published by Yale University Press.
Jocelyn R. Neal for Songs of Jimmie Rodgers: A Legacy in Country Music, published by Indiana University Press.
David Hajdu for Heroes and Villains: Essays on Music, Movies, Comics, and Culture, published by Da Capo Press.
David Lehman for A Fine Romance: Jewish Songwriters, American Songs, published by Nextbook/Schocken.
Robin D.G. Kelley for Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original, published by Free Press.
The eight writers and editors of journal, magazine and newspaper articles, and liner notes and their respective publishers to be honored are:
J. Peter Burkholder for his article, Music of the Americas and Historical Narratives, from American Music, published by University of Illinois Press.
Richard E. Rodda for his program note for Elgar, The Dream of Geronitius, published in the program book of the Grant Park Music Festival.
Russell Platt for his articles, The Lady Killer, published by Opera News, and New-Time Religion, published by The New Yorker.
Joseph Dalton for his article, On Record-An Overview of the State of the Contemporary Music Recording, published by New Music Box.
Ann Powers for her articles, The Cultural Critic: Lady Gaga, It’s Time for Idol to Open the Closet Door, and My Night with Prince, published by The Los Angeles Times.
Ashley Kahn for his liner notes to Shaft by Isaac Hayes (Deluxe Edition), issued by Concord Music Group.
Sylvie Simmons for her liner notes to Leonard Cohen Live at the Isle of Wight 1970, issued by Columbia/Legacy Records.
Gene Santoro for his article, W. Eugene Smith and the Jazz Loft, published by Chamber Music Magazine.
The members of the ASCAP Deems Taylor Awards Judging Panel for 2010 are Paul Moravec, Curtis Hughes, Eleonor Sandresky, Richard Miller, Julie Flanders, David Massengill, Matthew Shipp, Pat Irwin, and Wesley Stace.
About ASCAP
Established in 1914, ASCAP is the first and leading U.S. Performing Rights Organization (PRO) representing the world's largest repertory totaling over 8.5 million copyrighted musical works of every style and genre from more than 390,000 songwriter, composer and music publisher members. ASCAP has representation arrangements with similar foreign organizations so that the ASCAP repertory is represented in nearly every country around the world where copyright law exists. ASCAP protects the rights of its members and foreign affiliates by licensing the public performances of their copyrighted works and distributing royalties based upon surveyed performances. ASCAP is the only American PRO owned and governed by its writer and publisher members.
ASCAP (the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) has announced the winners of the 42nd Annual ASCAP Deems Taylor Awards for outstanding print, broadcast and new media coverage of music. The winners will be honored at a special invitation-only ceremony and reception on Thursday, December 9, 2010 at the ASCAP Gallery, One Lincoln Plaza (1900 Broadway between 63rd and 64th Street), 6th Floor, New York, New York. Over the years, tens of thousands of dollars have been distributed in cash prizes to winning authors, journalists and broadcast producers and personalities.
The Awards were established in 1967 to honor the memory of composer/critic/commentator Deems Taylor, who died in 1966 after a distinguished career that included six years as President of ASCAP. The 42nd Annual ASCAP Deems Taylor Awards are made possible by a generous grant from the Music Publishers Association (MPA). Founded in 1865, the Music Publishers Association is the oldest non-profit music trade organization in the United States.
The ASCAP Deems Taylor Radio Broadcast Award honors two WQXR Radio/Q2 programs: Q2 with Terrance McKnight and Nadia Sirota on Q2.
The ASCAP Deems Taylor Multimedia Award honors three inter-related undertakings: a book, The Jazz Loft Project: Photographs and Tapes of W. Eugene Smith from 821 Sixth Avenue, 1957-1965, written by Sam Stephenson, published by Alfred A. Knopf; a radio program, The Jazz Loft Project Radio Series: produced at WNYC Radio (in association with the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University) by Sara Fishko with Dean Cappello, Julie Burstein and Edward Haber; and a website, www.jazzloftproject.org, produced at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University by Sam Stephenson, Lauren Hart and Dan Partridge.
The ASCAP Deems Taylor Television Broadcast Award honors Michael Feinstein’s American Songbook, with Michael Feinstein and produced and directed by Amber Edwards, Hudson West Productions.
The Nicolas Slonimsky Award for Outstanding Musical Biography in the concert music field honors Mary Lamb Crawford for her book, Windfall of Musicians: Hitler's Émigrés and Exiles in Southern California, published by Yale University Press. This award was established to honor the memory of Slonimsky (1894 – 1995), the Russian-American composer, conductor, musicologist and critic. Slonimsky was the writer of Baker’s Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns, The Lexicon of Musical Invective and Perfect Pitch: An Autobiography.
The authors and publishers of the eight books to be honored at the ceremony are:
Glenda Dawn Goss for Sibelius: A Composer’s Life and the Awakening of Finland, published by The University of Chicago Press.
Jann Pasler for Composing the Citizen: Music as Public Utility in Third Republic France, published by University of California Press.
Peter J. Schmelz for Such Freedom If Only Musical: Unofficial Soviet Music During the Thaw, published by Oxford University Press.
Dorothy Lamb Crawford for A Windfall of Musicians: Hitler’s Émigrés and Exiles in Southern California, published by Yale University Press.
Jocelyn R. Neal for Songs of Jimmie Rodgers: A Legacy in Country Music, published by Indiana University Press.
David Hajdu for Heroes and Villains: Essays on Music, Movies, Comics, and Culture, published by Da Capo Press.
David Lehman for A Fine Romance: Jewish Songwriters, American Songs, published by Nextbook/Schocken.
Robin D.G. Kelley for Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original, published by Free Press.
The eight writers and editors of journal, magazine and newspaper articles, and liner notes and their respective publishers to be honored are:
J. Peter Burkholder for his article, Music of the Americas and Historical Narratives, from American Music, published by University of Illinois Press.
Richard E. Rodda for his program note for Elgar, The Dream of Geronitius, published in the program book of the Grant Park Music Festival.
Russell Platt for his articles, The Lady Killer, published by Opera News, and New-Time Religion, published by The New Yorker.
Joseph Dalton for his article, On Record-An Overview of the State of the Contemporary Music Recording, published by New Music Box.
Ann Powers for her articles, The Cultural Critic: Lady Gaga, It’s Time for Idol to Open the Closet Door, and My Night with Prince, published by The Los Angeles Times.
Ashley Kahn for his liner notes to Shaft by Isaac Hayes (Deluxe Edition), issued by Concord Music Group.
Sylvie Simmons for her liner notes to Leonard Cohen Live at the Isle of Wight 1970, issued by Columbia/Legacy Records.
Gene Santoro for his article, W. Eugene Smith and the Jazz Loft, published by Chamber Music Magazine.
The members of the ASCAP Deems Taylor Awards Judging Panel for 2010 are Paul Moravec, Curtis Hughes, Eleonor Sandresky, Richard Miller, Julie Flanders, David Massengill, Matthew Shipp, Pat Irwin, and Wesley Stace.
About ASCAP
Established in 1914, ASCAP is the first and leading U.S. Performing Rights Organization (PRO) representing the world's largest repertory totaling over 8.5 million copyrighted musical works of every style and genre from more than 390,000 songwriter, composer and music publisher members. ASCAP has representation arrangements with similar foreign organizations so that the ASCAP repertory is represented in nearly every country around the world where copyright law exists. ASCAP protects the rights of its members and foreign affiliates by licensing the public performances of their copyrighted works and distributing royalties based upon surveyed performances. ASCAP is the only American PRO owned and governed by its writer and publisher members.
New chance for kids to sing!
The Children’s Chorus of San Antonio (CCSA) is moving uptown! Starting January 20, 2011, CCSA will launch a new training choir outside of Loop 1604 to reach families in Stone Oak and neighboring communities. This ensemble is the latest in a series of new programs designed to reach young artists across San Antonio with the same great experiences that are a hallmark of the organization. Singers will participate in weekly rehearsals that nurture their artistic and personal potential through a comprehensive curriculum of performance and instruction. They will also have the opportunity to develop the confidence, poise, maturity, self-esteem, and self-discipline necessary for success in music and success in life.
Following are the details on CCSA’s new Junior Chorus North (JCN) program:
· JCN is open to boys and girls currently in grades 3-5
· Rehearsals will be held on Thursdays from 4:30 – 6:10pm at Northern Hills UMC, 3703 North Loop 1604 East, starting January 20, 2011. JCN singers will participate in concerts on March 27 and May 1, 2011.
· JCN conductor is Amy Ballenger, CCSA alumna and choral director at Bradley Middle School in NEISD.
· Space in JCN is limited to the first 60 singers to complete registration; no auditions are necessary! Cost for JCN is $165 and includes all materials.
· Registration is available online at http://www.childrenschorussa.org/ or by calling 210.826.3447. Deadline for registration is January 1, 2011.
About The Children’s Chorus of San Antonio
The CCSA was founded in 1983 with the mission to bring choral music education and performance opportunities to San Antonio’s young artists. Programs include five performing ensembles for children and youth ages 7 – 18, Music Together® with CCSA, an early-childhood music and movement program for infants and toddlers ages birth – 5, Big Kids® for youngsters ages 5 – 7, and Project: Sing!, neighborhood-based satellite ensembles for elementary-aged children in Harlandale, San Antonio and Edgewood school districts. CCSA Singers represent San Antonio and surrounding communities, performing in a variety of concerts throughout the city. CCSA's advanced choirs have traveled nationwide with feature performances, toured Europe and Canada and have been featured on NBC-TV's Today Show. Its ensembles regularly perform with the San Antonio Symphony, San Antonio Mastersingers and the Youth Orchestras of San Antonio among others.
The CCSA is now in its 28th season and continues to provide exceptional experiences in choral music education and performance to over 300 children and youth annually. The Chamber Choir and Youth Chorale opened the 2010 – 2011 season on October 2, 2010 at the Majestic Theater as guest artists with the San Antonio Symphony for the debut of new Music Director Sebastian Lang-Lessing. Other season highlights include a second appearance with San Antonio Symphony for the Holiday Pops Series on December 17 and 18. CCSA advanced singers recently toured Washington, DC in June, 2010 with the Children’s Chorus of Greater Dallas.
For additional information on CCSA, its auditions or programs, please call 210.826.3447 or visit http://www.childrenschorussa.org/.
Following are the details on CCSA’s new Junior Chorus North (JCN) program:
· JCN is open to boys and girls currently in grades 3-5
· Rehearsals will be held on Thursdays from 4:30 – 6:10pm at Northern Hills UMC, 3703 North Loop 1604 East, starting January 20, 2011. JCN singers will participate in concerts on March 27 and May 1, 2011.
· JCN conductor is Amy Ballenger, CCSA alumna and choral director at Bradley Middle School in NEISD.
· Space in JCN is limited to the first 60 singers to complete registration; no auditions are necessary! Cost for JCN is $165 and includes all materials.
· Registration is available online at http://www.childrenschorussa.org/ or by calling 210.826.3447. Deadline for registration is January 1, 2011.
About The Children’s Chorus of San Antonio
The CCSA was founded in 1983 with the mission to bring choral music education and performance opportunities to San Antonio’s young artists. Programs include five performing ensembles for children and youth ages 7 – 18, Music Together® with CCSA, an early-childhood music and movement program for infants and toddlers ages birth – 5, Big Kids® for youngsters ages 5 – 7, and Project: Sing!, neighborhood-based satellite ensembles for elementary-aged children in Harlandale, San Antonio and Edgewood school districts. CCSA Singers represent San Antonio and surrounding communities, performing in a variety of concerts throughout the city. CCSA's advanced choirs have traveled nationwide with feature performances, toured Europe and Canada and have been featured on NBC-TV's Today Show. Its ensembles regularly perform with the San Antonio Symphony, San Antonio Mastersingers and the Youth Orchestras of San Antonio among others.
The CCSA is now in its 28th season and continues to provide exceptional experiences in choral music education and performance to over 300 children and youth annually. The Chamber Choir and Youth Chorale opened the 2010 – 2011 season on October 2, 2010 at the Majestic Theater as guest artists with the San Antonio Symphony for the debut of new Music Director Sebastian Lang-Lessing. Other season highlights include a second appearance with San Antonio Symphony for the Holiday Pops Series on December 17 and 18. CCSA advanced singers recently toured Washington, DC in June, 2010 with the Children’s Chorus of Greater Dallas.
For additional information on CCSA, its auditions or programs, please call 210.826.3447 or visit http://www.childrenschorussa.org/.
Friday, November 5, 2010
1812 Overture - November 5th
From V for Vendetta, the 1812 Overture on this Guy Fawkes Day. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8fI-dGWT74&feature=related)
As long as Hearts Remember
Tempest fugit is an old admonition that time is fleeting and therefore life is short. These thoughts have worked there way into art of all types through the centuries. One of the sweetest and subtle reminders to not waste your life is the French musical tradition of Le Tombeau, meaning literally by the grave or in this case, Tomb-side. Here musicians would remember each other by quoting the music of the one passed on or in some cases making the music resemble the person's characteristics, like nervousness or enthusiasm.
On the Piano this Sunday music that recalls individuals and their music to even tragic national events. Joining in will be a flute and orchestra as music recalls those no longer with us. Hear Le Tombeau this Sunday Afternoon at 5 on KPAC & KTXI.
host, Randy Anderson
On the Piano this Sunday music that recalls individuals and their music to even tragic national events. Joining in will be a flute and orchestra as music recalls those no longer with us. Hear Le Tombeau this Sunday Afternoon at 5 on KPAC & KTXI.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Classical Spotlight: Double up!
This weekend, lots of chances to hear world class musicians and music in and around San Antonio!
Back to the 1930s
The San Antonio Symphony serves up Gershwin, Ravel and Stravinsky this weekend at the Majestic. Tito Munoz conducts An American in Paris plus Stravinsky's Symphony in C. Pianist Ryo Yanagitani plays Ravel's Concerto for the Left Hand plus Rhapsody in Blue. More at http://www.sasymphony.org/.
Angels and Demons
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Violinist Jessica Mathaes serves up a recital with a new work, The Seven Deadly Sins by Paul Reale. There's also Tartini's Devil's Trill Sonata and the angelic Saint-Saens First Sonata in d minor. Check it out Friday and Saturday night in Austin. More at http://www.jessicamathaes.com/.
Double up with Laredo & Robinson
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YOSA (Youth Orchestras of San Antonio) Philharmonic sizzles with a concerto for Jamie Laredo and Sharon Robinson by David Ludwig. Troy Peters also conducts Revueltas' Sensemaya and Beethoven's Seventh Symphony. Don't miss it Sunday afternoon at 4pm at the Majestic Theater. Find out more at http://www.yosa.org/.
Take Manhattan
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Coker United Methodist Church music series continues with the Manhattan Piano Trio this weekend. They play music by Haydn, Schumann, Ravel and Brahms. More information here.
Back to the 1930s
Angels and Demons
Double up with Laredo & Robinson
Take Manhattan
Coker United Methodist Church music series continues with the Manhattan Piano Trio this weekend. They play music by Haydn, Schumann, Ravel and Brahms. More information here.Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Eleventy-two
Though anniversaries and birthdays have occasionally been celebrated too often, the history of Deutsche Grammophon and the landmark recordings the label has produced warrant not only celebration but also intense scrutiny. The more one searches and listens the more one finds. Deutsche Grammophon is Universal’s oldest active label and for over 111 years has been a market leader and innovator with a roster of the world’s greatest musicians. With the purpose of recording great artists performing great music, DG records Bach, Beethoven, Brahms and Mozart as well as Boulez, Gubaidulina, Nono and Stockhausen.
It has not only been with artists and repertoire that DG has excelled but also in the technical demands of recording. DG pressed the first test-CD ever produced (Strauss’ Eine Alpensinfonie with the Berlin Philharmonic led by Karajan) and has continued with such projects as the development of the DG Web Shop and by offering the first full-length classical music video for sale via iTunes. Since Emil Berliner began pressing gramophone records in 1888 Deutsche Grammophon has never stopped pursuing perfection in both performance and production.
Deutsche Grammophon has compiled two new sets: The Collector’s Edition 2 and 111 More Classic Tracks. The 56-CD Collector’s Edition 2 compliments the 55-CD set from 2009 and combined the two have a total of, fittingly enough, 111 CDs. The 6-CD set of 111 More Classic Tracks is a counterpart to 2009’s edition and includes completely different tracks and extends back in time to 1911 (Chaliapin with R. Strauss on the piano) thus presenting a span of 100 years in just one set.
The list of artists represented in the sets is a roll call for the great musicians of the 20th and 21st centuries. Highlights include Argerich performing Prokofiev and Ravel Concertos; Kathleen Battle and Itzakh Perlman in Bach duets; Victor de Sabata conducting Brahms and Strauss; Emil Giles playing Brahms’ First Piano Concerto; Dawn Upshaw in Osvaldo Golijov’s Ayre; Herbert von Karajan leading Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem; Gidon Kremer performing Philip Glass’ Violin Concerto; James Levine conducting a program of Gershwin; Evgeny Mravinsky leading the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra in Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony; David Munrow in Music of the Gothic Era; Maurizio Pollini in his DG debut recital; Gil Shaham and Gran Söllscher have fun with Paganini for Two; Bryn Terfel sings opera arias; and Krystian Zimerman gives a Chopin recital. These are just a few of the many unforgettable performances featured as DG ends its 111th year and proudly embarks on year 112.
Deutsche Grammophon ends its year-long 111th birthday celebrations with a new selection of releases to celebrate the Yellow Label’s long and illustrious past as well as the vibrant and healthy present and future. Though DG will turn 112 years-old on December 6, 2010, the popularity of last year’s celebration (the 55-CD set sold-out in mere weeks) has prompted the new box sets. This new, 2nd edition features more artists than before and stretches back even further in time to 1911 and then right up to the newest albums today. The entire selection, including all sets from 2009, will be available on November 9, 2010.
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