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Sir John Tavener remembered at thanksgiving service
The music world paid tribute to Sir John Tavener on 11 June with a service of thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey.
The Telegraph
An orchestra is bringing Shostakovich to a Peckham car park this summer, with tickets from a fiver.
The Telegraph
Music education: A middle-class preserve?
It is children from the poorest backgrounds that will suffer from proposed Government cuts to music education resources. This can’t be right, says Ivan Hewett.
The Guardian
Plácido Domingo to sing before the World Cup final
The great tenor and conductor will make his sixth appearance at the sporting final- that’s even more than Pelé.
Classicfm.com
Sir Mix-A-Lot meets Seattle Symphony in Classical Baby Got Back Video
Watch the moment the Seattle rapper transformed his famous hit, with a little help from a full orchestra and classical composer Gabriel Prokofiev.
Classicfm.com
Video games composer hits out at his union over $50k fine threat
Composer Austin Wintory could be fined $50,000 by his union, the American Federation of Musicians, for penning a new video game score while the union is in dispute with the video games industry.
Tagesspiegel
Warum Barockmusik Spaß macht: Zeit der Verführung
Krimiautorin Donna Leon erklärt, warum es Spaß macht, Händel und Barockmusik zu hören – zum Beispiel das Oratorium „Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno“ an der Berliner Staatsoper.
Concerti
Porträt Betrand Chamayou: Bei Ravel bin ich zu Hause
Der französische Pianist Bertrand Chamayou hat sich nicht nur mit Musik seines Lieblingskomponisten einen Namen erspielt.
The New York Times
Beethoven That’s Not for Bruisers
Bronfman Braces for the Five Piano Concertos.
Royal Opera House: @RoyalOperaHouse Thanks to @Independent for removing ‘opera snobs’ reference from this headline, we appreciate it! ^E http://ind.pn/1s7JgaB #ROHcarmelites
John Tavener with Stephen Layton in 2003
