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Month: January 2008
A New Hansel und Gretel at the Met
Wagnerís all-conquering chic made apocalyptic music-dramas drawn from folklore the ideal of the nationalistic era; every serious opera composer of the time felt obliged to attempt something in that line.
Hallelujah! Sex life of Handelís muse coming to screen near you
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article3182112.ece
Tom Moore Interviews Dimitri Cervo
Oct. 25, 2007, Sala Cecilia Meireles
I met the young gaucho composer Dimitri Cervo at the 2003 Bienal of Contemporary Music, where his works for solo flute and strings, Pattapiana [named for Pattapio Silva, a great Brazilian flutist who died tragically
young at the beginning of the last century] made quite an impression.
ìOne Foot in Eden Still, I Standî: Choral Music by Nicholas Maw.
The English composer Nicholas Maw has been a major voice since the 1960’s, with a wide range of works that include the 2002 opera, “Sophieís Choice,” a violin concerto for Joshua Bell (1993), and the monumentally-scaled orchestral work, “Odyssey” (1972-87).
MOZART: Requiem (Neukomm ed.)
As is often the case, last works that remain incomplete at the time of a composerís death, are quick to invoke controversy and conspiracy theories.