Polish Concert Pianist Builds a ‘Viola Organista’ Based on a 500-Year-Old Sketch from Leonardo Da Vinci!!

The Story of my Youth (Gramophone, December 1932) by Pablo Casals!!

  http://www.gramophone.co.uk/HallofFame/Casals/Feature/Storyofmyyouth

Tenor Thomas Elwin!!

After listening to every one of his SoundCloud tracks, all I can say is one word:  B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L!! In fact, it's perfectly beautiful!! From "Kuda Kuda" all the way down through the last track on the list, his beautiful singin' just made my heart react very beautifully, which he is among only a handful of singers/musicians who have made my heart react this way!!

So, just click on this link thingy here to hear the beautiful singing that I listened to:  https://soundcloud.com/thomaselwin  
And, while you're at it, please go check out his web site here:  http://www.thomaselwin.com/welcome/4575543018

I don't see anything about him sellin' a CD.  Perhaps that will be something he will consider -- it should be something for him to consider, anyway, a - hem!!

Very, very, beautifully done, Tom!! Please keep up this beautiful singin' and God bless you!!!

Congrats To The 2013 Classic BRIT Awards Winners!!

Classic BRIT Awards 2013 - all the winners

http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/classic-brit-awards-2013-all-the-winners/056258

Guadagnini Violin of Celebrated Teacher Dorothy DeLay Goes On Sale!!

If you are interested in violin stuff, this article's for YOU!! http://www.gramophone.co.uk/features/gallery/guadagnini-violin-of-celebrated-teacher-dorothy-delay-goes-on-sale


For the repose of the soul of Dorothy Delay:  Eternal rest grant unto her, O Lord, and let Perpetual Light Shine upon her.  May her soul, and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the Mercy of God, rest in peace.  Amen.

Firefighters Called to London's Royal Albert Hall as Thousands are Evacuated!!

PRAISE GOD AND BLESSED BE GOD FOREVER THAT NOBODY WAS INJURED AND THAT IT WASN'T ANYTHING SERIOUS!! Here's the article:  http://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/firefighters-called-to-londons-royal-albert-hall-as-thousands-are-evacuated

Celebratory Concert Opens Guildhall School's Milton Court Complex!!

http://www.gramophone.co.uk/classical-music-news/celebratory-concert-opens-guildhall-schools-milton-court-complex

Simple Variations For Clarinet (2012) by Jay Batzn

Please click on the following link to read the short article and to download the score:  http://jaybatzner.com/?p=554

2nd. Flute Vacancy in The London Symphony Orchestra!!

For more information about applications and auditions, please click on the following link:  http://lso.co.uk/2nd-flute

Lang Lang Plays Mozart!!

Lang Lang,
Piano



It is my understanding that he is a fantastic pianist!!  Anyway, here is the link to the article:  http://www.tso.ca/Concerts-And-Tickets/Events/2013-2014-Season/Lang-Lang-Plays-Mozart.aspx

St. Matthew Passion: Come and Sing Workshop!!

For more information about this workshop, please visit The Durham Singers' web site here:  http://www.durham-singers.org/workshop.html

A Quiet Word About Classical Concert Etiquette!!

This is a very good article to read:  http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/10/noise-classical-concert-etiquette-kate-molleson

Classic BRITs 2013 nominations announced: full list

9th September 2013, 13:00
The Classic BRIT Awards nominations for 2013 have been announced at a launch event, with several artists scoring double nominations. The awards ceremony itself, to be hosted by Classic FM's Myleene Klass, will take place at the Royal Albert Hall on October 2nd.

Nicola Benedetti is nominated for both the Female Artist of the Year and Classic FM Album of the Year awards, the first of which she has won twice before. It's the 10th time she has been nominated for a Classic BRIT.

Pianist Lang Lang, who has already confirmed that he will be performing at the Classic BRITs ceremony itself, is nominated in both the Male Artist and Classic FM Album of the Year categories. 

The winner of the Classic FM Album of the Year award will be decided by a public vote, hosted by the Classic BRITs official site (click here to listen to excerpts and register your vote). You can find guides to each of the nominated albums here .

Elsewhere, tenors Joseph Calleja, Jonas Kaufmann and composer and pianist Ludovico Einaudi are all also nominated for two awards each. Einaudi will be performing at the ceremony as well. 

Film composer Hans Zimmer, who will be performing on the night, has already been announced as this year's recipient of the Outstanding Contribution to Music award, but he will also be duking it out in the coveted Composer category alongside Einaudi and Arvo Pärt. 

Also performing on the night will be saxophonist Amy Dickson (pictured above with host Myleene Klass and trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth), who is nominated in the MasterCard Breakthrough Artist of the Year award. You can view the complete list of nominees below. 

Female Artist of the Year

Alison Balsom

Sound The Trumpet

(Warner Classics)

Joyce DiDonato

Drama Queens

(Erato)

Nicola Benedetti

The Silver Violin

(Decca)

Male Artist of the Year

Daniel Barenboim

Beethoven For All, Elgar/Carter Cello Concertos

(Decca)

Jonas Kaufmann

Kaufmann Wagner

(Decca)

Lang Lang

The Chopin Album

(Sony Classical)

MasterCard’s Breakthrough Artist of the Year

Amy Dickson

Dusk & Dawn

(Sony Classical)

Alisa Weilerstein

Elgar: Cello Concerto; Carter: Cello Concerto 

(Decca)

Joseph Calleja

Be My Love – A Tribute to Mario Lanza

(Decca)

Tine Thing Helseth

Tine

(Warner Classics)

Composer

Arvo Pärt

Adam’s Lament

(ECM New Series)

Hans Zimmer

The Dark Knight Rises OST, Man Of Steel OST

(Sony Classical)

Ludovico Einaudi

In A Time Lapse

(Decca)

Critics’ award

Boris Giltburg

Prokofiev: War Sonatas

Orchid Classics

Hallé Orchestra, Choir & Youth Choir/ Elder

Elgar: The Apostles 

(Hallé)

John Wilson Orchestra/ Wilson

Rodgers & Hammerstein at the Movies

(Warner Classics)

Jonas Kaufmann

Wagner

(Decca)

Outstanding Contribution to Music (in association with Raymond Weil)

Hans Zimmer

Sony/Warner/Universal

Classic FM Album of the Year (in association with MasterCard)

Andrea Bocelli

Opera

(Decca)

Andre Rieu

Magic of The Movies

(Decca)

Friar Alessandro

Voice From Assisi

(Decca)

John Rutter/Catrin Finch

Blessing

(Deutsche Grammophon)

Joseph Calleja

Be My Love - A Tribute To Mario Lanza

(Decca)

Katherine Jenkins

This Is Christmas

(Warner Music Entertainment)

Lang Lang

The Chopin Album

(Sony Classical)

Ludovico Einaudi

In A Time Lapse

(Decca)

Nicola Benedetti

The Silver Violin

(Decca)

Richard Clayderman

Romantique

(Decca)

http://www.classicfm.com/concerts-events/classic-brit-awards/news/classic-brit-awards-2013-nominations-full-list/

The Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra!!

The following link has a list of all of the names of the young men and women in this youth orchestra: http://tso.ca/Youth-And-Education/Toronto-Symphony-Youth-Orchestra/Members.aspx

 God bless them in their talent and may they continue to use this talent that He gave them!! 

Piano Raffle!!

You could win this Studio Upright 1098 Steinway Piano!! For more information, please visit The Toronto Symphony Orchestra's link right here:  http://www.tso.ca/Concerts-And-Tickets/Piano-Raffle.aspx

Pierre Boulez – Mémoriale ( … Explosante-Fixe … Originel)

Pierre Boulez – Mémoriale ( … explosante-fixe … Originel)

A well-written article by Pierre-Arnaud Dablemont!!  Please click on the following link to read the article:  

 http://www.pierre-arnaud-dablemont.com/blog/pierre-boulez-memoriale-explosante-fixe-originel-3116

Ann Patchett, Renée Fleming Team Up For 'Conversation' Hosted by Nashville Symphony

Nashville author Ann Patchett will speak with soprano Renée Fleming in the Nashville Symphony's In Conversation. / Submitted

Written byJen Todd The Tennessean

Soprano Renée Fleming and award-winning Nashville novelist Ann Patchett will bring their powerful voices together later this month for the Nashville Symphony’s “In Conversation.”The women will discuss creating characters, music, Patchett’s novel “Bel Canto,” Fleming’s opera based on the novel, and more.Published in 2008, “Bel Canto” is about an American opera singer who is among a group of business leaders held hostage in South America.Although the two women had not met at the time Patchett was writing the book, Fleming’s voice helped inspire the main character, Roxanne Coss.

Fleming is working with Lyric Opera of Chicago to commission the real-life opera, which will premier in the 2015/16 season. Before and after the lecture, guests can purchase signed copies of Fleming’s autobiography, “The Inner Voice: The Making of a Singer.”

Fans of Fleming also can catch her performance Sept. 21 at the symphony’s Season Opening Gala. The show begins at 8 p.m. After the concert, attendees can enjoy complimentary champagne and dessert. Tickets are $50-$138.

“In Conversation” begins at 7 p.m. Sept. 20 in the Schermerhorn’s Laura Turner Concert Hall, One Symphony Place. The event is free, but attendees must have a ticket. To get tickets, visitwww.nashvillesymphony.org or call 615-687-6400.

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20130905/ENTERTAINMENT/309050092/Ann-Patchett-Ren-e-Fleming-team-up-Conversation-hosted-by-Nashville-Symphony?nclick_check=1

The London Symphony Orchestra Invites Applications For: 2nd Flute

The London Symphony Orchestra Invites Applications for 2nd. flute. For more information, please click on the following link:  http://lso.co.uk/2nd-flute

Toronto Symphony Orchestra Concert Dates and Tickets Sales!!

For information on The Toronto Symphony Orchestra's concert dates and tickets sales, please click on the following link:  http://www.tso.ca/Concerts-And-Tickets/Tickets-On-Sale.aspx

Opera Web Site!!

Here's an opera web site that has lots of interesting stuff on it, including Classical Public Radio Sites.  http://www.worldofopera.org/