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1708 Birth of German composer Johann Adolf SCHEIBE in Leipzig. d-Copenhagen, Denmark, 22 APR 1776.
1908 Birth of German bass-baritone Kurt BöHME in Dresden. d-Munich, 20 DEC 1989. MET Opera Début 11 NOV 1954
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1708 Birth of German composer Johann Adolf SCHEIBE in Leipzig. d-Copenhagen, Denmark, 22 APR 1776.
1908 Birth of German bass-baritone Kurt BöHME in Dresden. d-Munich, 20 DEC 1989. MET Opera Début 11 NOV 1954
Pianist Horacio Gutierrez has an extra reason to be glad he's performing with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra this weekend. He loves the music he'll be playing, enjoys working with guest conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier and has a long history with the orchestra. But he has battled cancer over the past year and feels transformed by the experience. MORE | WEB LINKS | SHOP Horacio Gutierrez
Henry Brant, best known as a pioneer in the use of spatial effects, died Saturday [26 APR 2008] at his home in Santa Barbara. He was 94. Among the hundreds of works Mr. Brant composed over a long career was "Ice Field," a work for organ and orchestra commissioned by the Other Minds Festival for the San Francisco Symphony. Michael Tilson Thomas led the world premiere in Davies Symphony Hall in December 2001, and the piece was awarded the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Music. MORE | WEB LINKS | IMAGES | SHOP Henry Brant
1908 Birth of Czech soprano Ludmila CERVINKOVA in Prague. d-14 SEP 1980.
Sir Simon Rattle has been re-elected as chief conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic, despite fears that he would be ousted by a hardcore of naysayers. The vote from the Philharmonic's players gives him a further decade at the helm of the orchestra, with effect from this autumn. MORE
Rumors of conflict arose after Rattle, 53, announced the philharmonic's program for the 2008 season, the Daily Telegraph reported Thursday. EARLIER STORY
RATTLE WEB LINKS | BERLIN PHIL ORCH | SHOP Rattle & Berlin Philharmonic
GRAINGER-GERSHWIN: Porgy and Bess Medley; Pierre Huybregts, Carol Wallace Payne, pianos.SHOP Alternates
[photo]RODRIGO: Zarabanda, lejana y villancico; London Sym Orch; Enrique Batiz, cond. SHOP Alternates
VIVALDI: Concerto in e RV 484; Milan Turkovic, bassoon; I Solisti Italiani SHOP Alternates
TELEMANN: Overture in Bb (Orchestral Suite); La Stravaganza Koln SHOP Alternates | PODCAST
A plaque is to be unveiled in Berlin on Wednesday (23 APR 2008) in commemoration of Jean Sibelius, the famous Finnish composer, who lived in the city for some time. Sibelius lived in a house at Marienstrasse 4, on which the plaque is to be fastened, while studying in Berlin in 1889-1890. The rich musical life and colourful society of Berlin were an important source of inspiration to Sibelius, who wrote to his friend that he was "like a fish in water" in the German capital.
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