Topic: COMPOSERS index

If you are a classical music lover who is your favourite composer?

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Topic: NEWS performers
What a year it's been in classical music! Over the 12 months of 2007, we've gathered plenty of evidence to prove that whenever they aren't producing sublime music, the artists of the classical world can behave just as badly, and as oddly, as anyone else.

Here are just a few stories to prove it.

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In 2007 a number of artists offered evidence that the pendulum may be swinging back far enough that more singers understand the part about artistry, and are developing it. For the year offered memorable moments.

NYTimes

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Famed conductor Daniel Barenboim plans to call for increased musical education for young people when he performs in London next year. In conjunction with his scheduled performance at London's Royal Festival Hall in 2008, Barenboim has made it clear he intends to expand the reach of music by promoting musical education.

UPI

Topic: NEWS performers
Orchestra conductors are the subject of endless fascination, not just in the classical music world but in society at large. Hence the attention paid to music director searches. This year unusual clarity emerged for the future leadership of the nation’s leading orchestras.

NYTimes

Topic: CLASSICALmanac.com
Irene Britton Smith was an African American composer who was born Dec. 22, 1907 in Chicago, where she died Feb. 15, 1999. Her 1947 Sonata for Violin and Piano is in Neoclassical style and is available from Vivace Press, which provides this biography of the composer:

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Topic: MILESTONESJun-Dec07
Our annual retrospective of the major figures in classical music who left us during the year is especially significant for 2007 with the list including the deaths of four of the world's most honored and respected performers: tenors Luciano Pavarotti and Jerry Hadley, cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich and soprano Beverly Sills.

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Topic: CLASSICALmanac.com
"Hark! The herald angels sing, 'Glory to the newborn King; Peace on earth and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled!'" The author of that immortal Christmas carol is himself commemorated today on the 300th anniversary of his birth. Charles Wesley, Anglican and co-founder with brother John of the Methodist movement, was born Dec. 18, 1707, in England. He is regarded as one of the greatest hymn writers of all time, according to the Charles Wesley Society, an ecumenical group formed to study Wesley's poetry and prose through music, theology, history and literature.

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Daniel Levy is a classical pianist who was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1947. In addition to being a highly successful musician, Levy has created a career for himself as an author, radio broadcaster and educator...check out his new webpage at www.daniellevypiano.com

Topic: NEWS performers
Seattle Symphony conductor and music director Gerard Schwarz broke his left leg and ankle last Thursday in a skiing accident. He faces surgery later this week, the SSO reports, with full recovery expected. In fact, the athletic Schwarz was conducting a recording session this morning, seated. He returned from the slopes Friday, thinking it was just a strain, but discovered the breaks at the doctor. He's now mastering a new art--crutches.

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