http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/24/arts/music/24gala.html?_r=1&ref=music&oref=slogin
Analyzing music the digital way
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/entertainment/20080922_Computers_have_exquisite_ears.html
Paerís Leonora from Bampton Classical Opera
Musically and dramatically Ferdinando Paerís Leonora and Beethovenís Fidelio might be said to belong respectively to pre- and post-revolutionary ages.
Puccini’s Il Trittico at Los Angeles Opera
A few seasons back, Los Angeles Opera invited William Friedkin to direct a double-bill of Bartok’s Bluebeard’s Castle and Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi.
Music for the Court of Maximilian II
Although Jacobus Vaet, Antonius Galli and Pieter Maessens are little-known composers today, this impressive recording featuring their music, the debut recording by the ensemble Cinquecento, may serve as a cautionary reminder that modern familiarity is often the fruit of circumstance and not necessarily a reliable measure of artistic achievement.
Pergolesiís Home Service Really Delivers!
http://www.operatoday.com/content/2008/09/pergolesis_home.php
Oresteia at Miller Theatre
Iannis Xenakis once stood among the leading composers of the avant-garde, mentioned in a (long, drawn-out, amelodic, taped and fed back) breath with Babbitt, Berio, Boulez, Henze, Penderecki and Stockhausen: internationally famous among academics, ignored or deplored by the concert-going public.
Pergolesiís Home Service Really Delivers!
The United States premiere of Pergolesiís Home Service will be presented by The Chamber Opera of Memphis in cooperation with the University of Memphis Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music on Thursday, October 16 at 7:30 p.m. in Harris Concert Hall (3775 Central Ave.).