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So, you think the classical recording business is dead in the water? Think again. Web-based options are helping to fill the void created by the shuttering of retail shops that once devoted extensive shelf space to classical music. ...MORE...
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. - A medical ethics panel was reviewing the case of noted tenor Jerry Hadley, who remained in "extremely grave" condition Friday with a gunshot wound, a family spokeswoman said.
The 55-year-old singer shot himself in the head with an air rifle Tuesday at his home several miles outside Poughkeepsie, according to state police.
Medical staff evaluated him Thursday to determine whether he should remain on life support. Family friend and spokeswoman Celia Novo said Friday that a medical ethics panel at the hospital was reviewing the case and would report to the family. She did not know when that would happen.
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A tribute to America's first great classical violinist, played by one of her musical descendants, on this week's Billboard classical chart. Making its debut at no. 12 is American Virtuosa: Tribute to Maud Powell
, performed by violinist Rachel Barton Pine with pianist Matthew Hagle. Powell (1867-1920) was once renowned for her virtuosity on both sides of the Atlantic — conductor Leonard Slatkin has described her as "the female Fritz Kreisler" (and Barton Pine prefers to think of Kreisler as the male Maud Powell) — and was a star of both the concert stage and the 78 RPM recording. This new CD is a collection of turn-of-the-20th-century miniatures for violin and piano which Powell made staples of her touring repertoire; many of them are arrangements she made herself.
The queue outside the Royal Albert Hall meanders down the stone stairs into Prince Consort Road, past the Royal College of Music and the ice-cream vans. People of all varieties perch on the parapets; some are first-timers, others turn up every day, every summer. Anoraks muddle together with posh frocks; golf umbrellas rub spokes with Woolworths' finest. The doors open, and there's a civilised stampede as the Promenaders surge in to bag the best spots. The central ethos of the Proms, which open tonight, is the same as ever: cheap tickets for standing places to hear great music-making. The result is a celebratory atmosphere in which a flood of enthusiastic takers each pay less than the price of a one-day travelcard on the Tube. ...MORE PROMS | BBC PROMS HOME
Jerry Hadley’s career soared like his tenor voice at the start of the 1980s, quickly taking him to the world’s major opera houses. His career flourished. But in recent years, as he moved into his 50s, the bookings waned, and he was overtaken by financial worries and depression, musical colleagues, friends and the police said. Early Tuesday morning, the police said, he put an air rifle to his head and fired, causing severe brain damage. Hadley created the title role in composer John Harbison's "Great Gatsby" at the Metropolitan Opera, as well as the lead in Paul McCartney's "Liverpool Oratorio." And Leonard Bernstein had chosen Hadley to sing the main part in a 1989 production of Bernstein's musical "Candide." ... International Herald Tribune - France and other links
Conductor Leonard Slatkin soared in St. Louis but struggled in DC Can he work his magic in Nashville? by John Pitcher The sound of the Nashville Symphony ...
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Toscanini was more than a great music master. He was also uncompromisingly anti-fascist at a time of Mussolini's rise to power in his native Italy in the 1920s followed by Hitler in 1930s Germany. Though non-political overall, throughout that period and during WW II, he was distinguished for his views as a symbol of freedom and humanity when so little of it existed at a time of global war on three continents. More on this story Toscanini (March 25, 1867 – January 16, 1957) was an Italian musician. He is considered by many critics, fellow musicians, and much of the classical listening audience to have been the greatest conductor of his era. He was renowned for his brilliant intensity, his restless perfectionism, his phenomenal ear for orchestral detail and sonority, and his photographic memory which gave him extraordinary command over a vast repertoire of orchestral and operatic works, and allowed him to correct errors in orchestral parts unnoticed by his colleagues for decades.
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Luciano Pavarotti reacting well to treatment for pancreatic cancer ...
The wife of Luciano Pavarotti says the tenor is "fighting like a lion" against cancer. She told an Italian newspaper he is responding well to treatment...The 71-year-old Opera star underwent surgery last year, after doctors discovered a malignant pancreatic mass. Pavarotti's manager says he is teaching and working on a recording of sacred music. He is also considering resuming the "Pavarotti and Friends" benefit concert.
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