Music: Peter Serkin, Shanghai Quartet Fri, 18 May 2012 20:20:34 -0700 It?s interesting how often folk music from one country can suggest an unlikely kinship with folk music from other, far-flung regions of the world. The more I listened to Bright Sheng?s Dance Capriccio for Piano and String Quartet on Thursday at the Freer Gallery ? where it was given a handsomely played Washington premiere by pianist Peter Serkin and the Shanghai Quartet (the musicians for whom ... Buzz: Music Hall Revitalization group loses Rouse Sun, 20 May 2012 06:49:32 -0700 Music Hall was buzzing with the rumor last night that Jack Rouse, head of the Music Hall Revitalization Co. that is spearheading a $165 million redo of the hall, resigned yesterday. Sources say that Rouse, a businessman and arts supporter, sent an e-mail letter of resignation to members of the board of the Music Hall [...] Brookline Music Festival presents 'Brookstock' Sun, 20 May 2012 03:57:40 -0700 Brookline Music School ensembles and young emerging artists from Brookline will perform a variety of classic songs and original music at ?A Music Festival for Brookline, BROOKstock: Where 1969 Meets 2012? concert on Friday, June 1, at 7:30 p.m. in the Ellsworth Theatre at Pine Manor College. Music agenda: Kanye West and Jay-Z bring The Throne to Europe Fri, 18 May 2012 02:35:53 -0700 Coming up, American rappers Kanye West and Jay-Z bring their The Throne tour to Europe. Also, music fans head to Rabat, Morcco for Festival Mawazine. Violinist Hahn: Music from a different direction Thu, 17 May 2012 08:28:08 -0700 LONDON (Reuters) - Classical music fans know that American violinist Hilary Hahn plays a wicked concerto, knocking out the fiendishly fast final bars of Samuel Barber's Violin Concerto, for example, faster and with more sheer energy than pretty much anyone else alive. "It's a finger twister but it's so fun. ... |
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