Barzun honored with concert of Berlioz faves
Barzun honored with concert of Berlioz favesSan Antonio ExpressThe French-born Barzun, 104 years old, heard the San Antonio Symphony perform four works by his favorite composer, Hector Berlioz, in a program largely brimming with Shakespearean drama. It included orchestral excerpts from the Romeo and Juliet ...and more »
Berlioz Requiem is a fitting work to mark choir's 75th year
Berlioz Requiem is a fitting work to mark choir's 75th yearIndianapolis StarYears of Stark's admiration for Hector Berlioz's "Grande messe des morts," commonly referred to as the Berlioz Requiem, bore fruit in this performance. With the ISC's longtime partner, the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, joining the choir onstage, ...
Filling in the Missing Links of an Opera Donizetti Never Finished
Filling in the Missing Links of an Opera Donizetti Never FinishedNew York Times“M. Donizetti appears to treat us as a conquered country,” wrote a frustrated Berlioz in February 1840, identifying six operas by the Italian composer slated for that year. “One can no longer speak of the opera houses of Paris, but only of the opera ...
Susan Graham Announces Upcoming Appearances
Susan Graham Announces Upcoming AppearancesBroadway WorldFresh from her appearances in Lehár's The Merry Widow at the Opéra National de Paris and Berlioz's La mort de Cléopâtre with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, as well as a successful run of Australian recitals in Melbourne and Sydney, Susan Graham continues ...
Philharmonic lightning strikes again in Davies
Philharmonic lightning strikes again in DaviesExaminer.comThe remainder of the program covered a little less than a century of the French repertoire, ranging from Hector Berlioz through Claude Debussy to Maurice Ravel. The Bartók concerto was never published in his lifetime and has never received the exposure ...and more »