Verboten und verbannt ó forbidden and banned ó a phrase used with Jewish composers whose music was proscribed by the Nazis brings to mind more than musical censorship, but also the atrocities that culminated in the Holocaust.
Angel Dances
Curmudgeons and aesthetes may have to fight their gag reflex to enjoy some luscious music-making on the latest disc, Angel Dances, from that hot studio band, The Twelve Berlin Philharmonic Cellists.
Royal Opera House buys leading classical music and dance DVD label
http://info.royaloperahouse.org/News/Index.cfm?ccs=1150
Eight Centuries of Troubadours and Trouvères: The Changing Identity of Medieval Music
The interpretive reception of medieval music begins, as John Haines lays forth in the present investigation, already during the latter period of the Middle Ages.
BRITTEN : Gloriana
Towards the end of his life Britten became interested in the idea of developing the opera experience beyond the technical confines of the stage. He would have, I think, loved this film because it’s so intelligently sensitive to his fundamental ideas. It is, no less, a work of art built around a work of art.
Faust and the Exploding Angel
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/27/arts/music/27kell.html?_r=1&ref=music&oref=slogin
Nie wieder Kˆnigin der Nacht
http://www.welt.de/kultur/article896558/Nie_wieder_Koenigin_der_Nacht.html
Amanda Roocroft, Middle Temple Hall, London
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/eefba918-0a43-11dc-93ae-000b5df10621.html