Fascinating FRENCH site devoted to the counter-tenor
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Fascinating site devoted to the counter-tenor, and why he's not the same as a contralto. In French, so even more arsey than you might expect.
www.contre-tenor.net

After its #111m refurbishment, London’s Royal Festival Hall finally opened its doors to the public – and its stage to its musicians – this weekend. “Giving the hall back to the people and artists” was very much the theme of the addresses given by both Lord Hollick, South Bank chairman, and Jude Kelly, artistic director.GRAMOPHONE

Guarneri Quartet to Retire in 2009
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The Guarneri String Quartet announces its plans to retire in 2009. After 45 years of performing, the group's members — Arnold Steinhardt and John Dalley (violins), Michael Tree (viola) and Peter Wiley (cello) — feel that it's time to leave the stage.

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BRITTEN On Dowland Songs; Moscow Soloists; Yuri Bashmet, cond.
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DVORAK Serenade in E Op 22; Southwest German Radio Orchestra.
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GUILIANI Grand Overture Op 61; David Starobin, guitar
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PLANET EARTH

... now available in various DVD formats.

Soundtrack available on CD

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Cleveland Orchestra fills trombone post
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The Cleveland Orchestra has hired Massimo La Rosa for the position of principal trombone, ending a two-year search that began when Doug Wright left. Massimo La Rosa, of La Fenice opera house in Venice, played principal trombone with the Cleveland Orchestra as it performed the Symphony No. 2 by Johannes Brahms and Alban Berg's Chamber Concerto in May. La Rosa's participation was the final stage of his audition. He was among 27 musicians who tried out for the post in the last two years. After La Rosa's week in Cleveland, music director Franz Welser-MOst decided to extend the job offer.

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Gesualdo Da Venosa
Now Playing: "Heaven & Hell"
Topic: NEW MOVIES
"Heaven & Hell" Life of 16th century Italian Composer. The film is about the life of 16th century Italian musician and murderer Gesualdo Da Venosa, one of the most important composers of the period in Naples. He devoted his life to music, believing that while buildings and sculptures ...

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Alexander Borodin, Chemist/Composer
Topic: NEW BOOKS
Biography of Russian composer Alexander Borodin, member of 'The Five' or 'The Mighty Handful,' successful chemical scientist with equal passion for classical music. Borodin is famous for his opera Prince Igor which he left unfinished ...more

BORODIN BIO and CDiscography | B and N: BOOKS about BORODIN | AMAZON: BORODIN BOOKS

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Bernard Haitink
Now Playing: Mahler's Third Symphony
Topic: NEW CDs
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra can count many fine achievements under the recently concluded 15-year tenure of music director Daniel Barenboim. But an extensive discography isn't one of them.

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As if to catch up on lost time, the venerable orchestra plans to record six live concert CDs over the next three years on its new in-house label. As if to signal the ambition of this endeavor, the orchestra has released this recording of Mahler's Third Symphony as the first in the series. Its new principal conductor, Bernard Haitink, conducted this October 2006 performance. Preview

Chamber orchestra version of Lowell Liebermann's opera comes to PHILLY...
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Lowell Liebermann's opera, THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY, premieres a new version with chamber orchestra, as presented by the Center City Opera Theater at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, PA...thru June 12th. The original version with large orchestra premiered in 1996 at L'Opera de Monte Carlo, and had its first U.S. performance in 1999 at Milwaukee's Florentine Opera.

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