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National Symphony Orchestra Celebrates 75 Years of Music and Memories ...LINK to complete story
Wednesday, 22 March 2006
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A rare Stradivarius violin is to be returned to The DALLAS Symphony orchestra 21 years after it went missing, presumed stolen. ...LINK to complete story
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An exhibit paying tribute to the Boston Symphony Orchestra is alive with memories of the 125 years since its founding by a businessman and amateur musician who yearned for a high-class orchestra in his hometown.
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Monday, 20 March 2006
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Louisville Orchestra management has reached an agreement with musicians on a five-year contract that averts the Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing that was threatened for early next month. ...LINK to complete story
Sunday, 19 March 2006
Now Playing: In less than two weeks the Louisville Orchestra may well be a memory. Topic: SYMPHONYorch
If the orchestra's management and board are to be believed, bankruptcy can be averted only if the 71 musicians -- many of whom have sacrificed chunks of their livelihood during previous fiscal crises -- agree to a wrenching restructure. ...LINK to complete story
Now Playing: For orchestra, back to classics at the Mann Topic: SYMPHONYorch
Two summers ago, attendance for the Philadelphia Orchestra's concerts
at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts took a startling dive -
falling 9 percent in 2004.
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Saturday, 18 March 2006
Topic: SYMPHONYorch
The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra has not one, not two, but five
conductors on its payroll, yet it was its concertmaster who rescued it from
dire straits. And splendidly so. A late cancellation by guest conductor
Robert Spano flung management into a crisis when no replacement could
be found.
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Monday, 6 March 2006
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As If Boredom Ruled Almost unique among orchestras, the Vienna Philharmonic has no
permanent conductor, or chief conductor. Instead, they have a string of guests
- and one of the most frequent of those guests is the Italian maestro
Riccardo Muti. It was Mr. Muti who stood before the Vienna Philharmonic
in three concerts at Carnegie Hall: Friday night, Saturday night, and
Sunday afternoon. ...LINK to complete story
Wednesday, 8 February 2006
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The New York Philharmonic has reached recording agreements with Universal Music Group and the independent New World Records, orchestra president Zarin Mehta said ...LINK to complete news story
Wednesday, 1 February 2006
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Three months after the death of Skitch Henderson, the New York Pops mourns its founder—and begins to consider a future without him. The Pops visits Carnegie Hall on February 24. ...LINK to complete news story
Sunday, 29 January 2006
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The San Francisco Symphony announced Friday the orchestra will be making its trip to China after all.
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Friday, 27 January 2006
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The San Francisco Symphony and its musicians have agreed that the SFS's upcoming tour of China will go forward as planned, management and union spokespersons announced today. The musicians had threatened to boycott the trip because of stalled contract talks. ...LINK to complete news story
Monday, 23 January 2006
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The musicians of the San Francisco Symphony are considering a boycott of the orchestra's tour of China next month because of frustration with contract talks ...LINK to complete news story
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