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Detroit Symphony Agrees to New Contract With Musicians
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra, which endured a bitter six-month strike a few years ago, settled its latest contract eight months early, orchestra officials announced Wednesday
BBC Music Magazine
HMV closes flagship Oxford Street store
HMV’s flagship store in Oxford Street has been shut down this week. Covering over 60,000 square-feet and set over three floors, the iconic HMV store at 150 Oxford Street has been at the forefront of the company’s UK presence since it was opened in 1986
NPR Music
A Gramophone And Mozart, Or How I Fell For Opera
British conductor Nicholas McGegan celebrates his ‘Beatle’ birthday today (64, that is). To mark the occasion, he recalls how he first fell in love with opera.
The ‘Ode To Joy’ As A Call To Action
Candaele has turned his obsession with Beethoven’s Ninth into a documentary film called Following the Ninth: In the Footsteps of Beethoven’s Final Symphony. He follows the Ninth around the world, to Chile and China, where it became an empowering anthem of solidarity, and to Japan, where performances of daiku — the Great Nine — are a cherished annual tradition.
The New York Times
The Echoes of War, From One Century to the Next
‘Shostakovich for the Children of Syria,’ a Benefit Concert “to promote the awareness of significant international humanitarian crises and other public interest issues”
The Metro
A real-life fairytale: Peter Pan performer proposes to his Wendy on stage
A Peter Pan performer surprised his very own Wendy when he got down on one knee near the end of a packed show in Glasgow
The Metro