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A SCOTTISH conductor who made his name in the opera houses of Germany and the United States, but who for years dropped out of sight from the Scottish music scene, was picked yesterday to lead one of the country's top orchestras. Donald Runnicles, born in Edinburgh 52 years ago, was named yesterday as the new chief conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, replacing Ilan Volkov, the Israeli 20 years his junior. 
Vladimir Samoylovich Horowitz (Russian: Владимир Самойлович Горовиц, Vladimir Samojlovič Gorovits; Ukrainian: Володимир Самійлович Горовиць, Volodymyr Samiylovich Horovyts) (1 October 1903 – 5 November 1989) was a Russian-American pianist. In his prime, he was considered one of the most distinguished pianists of any age. His technique, use of tone color and the excitement of his playing are legendary. Though sometimes criticized for being overly mannered and showy, he has a huge and passionate following and is widely considered one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century.
Soprano Angela Gheorghiu, scheduled to sing Mimi in Puccini's "La boheme" at Lyric Opera of Chicago, was dismissed Friday for missing rehearsals, said general director William Mason. The action marks the first time that Lyric has taken such a drastic action since 1989, when supertenor Luciano Pavarotti was banished from the Civic Opera House.
"Dictatorships work for a reason,'' says conductor Marin Alsop. ``In the old days, conductors achieved their goals through fear. That's not how I work. I want the experience to be rewarding as well as effective.'' When she steps in front of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra on Sept. 27, she'll have a chance to put her wishes into practice. The concert inaugurates Alsop's tenure as the first-ever female music director of a major American orchestra.
1935 FP of George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess with book by DeBose Heyward at Boston's Colonial Theater starring American Todd Duncan [photo](1903-1998) as Porgy. Porgy and Bess is an opera with lyrics by Ira Gershwin and Dorothy Heyward. It was based on Heyward's novel Porgy and the play of the same name that he co-wrote with his wife Dorothy. All three works deal with African American life in the fictitious Catfish Row in Charleston, South Carolina, in the early 1930s.
1918 FP of Gustav Holst's 'The Planets' in Queen's Hall, London. It was noted that during rehearsals, custodians stopped working and listened in awe to the work which within one year brought Holst international fame. By far his most popular orchestral composition- it left him professionally frustrated for the rest of his life as he could not top it's popularity.
1870 Birth of French composer Florent SCHMITT in Blamont. d-nr. Paris, 17 AUG 1958.
Ivan Hewett explores the bizarre sounds and strange life of Luigi Nono, [photo] one of Italy's 'champagne socialists' All the world thinks of Venice as pre-eminently a feast for the eyes; what is not so well known is that Venice also has its own unique, alluring sound-scape. Luigi Nono: a notoriously prickly character There's the muted outdoor one of lapping waves, the fog-horns of distant boats, and the strange aural perspectives from sounds reflecting off water...
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