Universal Brand Development and CineConcerts, along with The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, announce DreamWorks Animation in Concert engagements at Powell Hall on December 29, 2017 at 7:00pm and December 30, 2017 at 7:00pm. The concert features favorite moments from DreamWorks’ most beloved films including Shrek, Kung Fu Panda, How to Train Your Dragon and many more with music performed by The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra.
Enjoy a celebration of more than 20 years of inspired animation and iconic music scores by Hans Zimmer, Harry Gregson-Williams, John Powell, Alexandre Desplat, Alan Silvestri, Danny Elfman and many others. The audience will relive their favorite moments from DreamWorks most celebrated films including,Shrek, Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda, How to Train Your Dragon, and more, as they are projected in HD onto the big screen, while the music is played live by a symphony orchestra.
Tickets can be purchased Here or by calling the Slso box office...
Enjoy a celebration of more than 20 years of inspired animation and iconic music scores by Hans Zimmer, Harry Gregson-Williams, John Powell, Alexandre Desplat, Alan Silvestri, Danny Elfman and many others. The audience will relive their favorite moments from DreamWorks most celebrated films including,Shrek, Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda, How to Train Your Dragon, and more, as they are projected in HD onto the big screen, while the music is played live by a symphony orchestra.
Tickets can be purchased Here or by calling the Slso box office...
- 12/4/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
54 Below always books the best of the best talent. Therefore, it was no great surprise to see Jessica Vosk's name appear on their calendar. She gave a thrilling performance as Anita in San Francisco Symphony's production of West Side Story, she was the only female swing in The Bridges Of Madison County, and now she's creating a role in Finding Neverland. Recently, I chatted with her about her debut NYC solo show and her growing star.
- 2/16/2015
- by David Clarke
- BroadwayWorld.com
Complete list of winners and nominees of the 2014 Grammy Awards, held in Los Angeles at the Staples Center on Sunday February 8. Winners will be updated as they're announced during the telecast and pre-telecast. Record Of The Year “Fancy,” Iggy Azalea Featuring Charli Xcx “Chandelier,” Sia **Winner** “Stay With Me (Darkchild Version),” Sam Smith “Shake It Off,” Taylor Swift “All About That Bass,” Meghan Trainor Album Of The Year **Winner** “Morning Phase,” Beck “Beyoncé,” Beyoncé “X,” Ed Sheeran “In The Lonely Hour,” Sam Smith “Girl,” Pharrell Williams Song Of The Year “All About That Bass,” Kevin Kadish & Meghan Trainor, songwriters (Meghan Trainor) “Chandelier,” Sia Furler & Jesse Shatkin, songwriters (Sia) “Shake It Off,” Max Martin, Shellback & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift) **Winner** “Stay With Me (Darkchild Version),” James Napier, William Phillips & Sam Smith, songwriters (Sam Smith) “Take Me To Church,” Andrew Hozier-Byrne, songwriter (Hozier) Best New Artist Iggy Azalea Bastille Brandy Clark...
- 2/8/2015
- by Donna Dickens
- Hitfix
John Waters, Grammy Nominee !This isn't The Music Experience but we should glance toward the Grammy nominees. Among the "record" and "song" of the year categories, which are kind of like the actress and actor to "album of the year"'s best picture --it's a tortured analogy, just go with it -- my votes would go to... no, I can't do it. No preferences. I like most of them but, frankly, they all remind me of other better songs especially "Chandelier" which is like "Umbrella: The Sequel" and "Fancy" which is like a weaker and more annoying Stefani track. Plus I thought "All About the Bass" was a two-for-one Novelty Song download deal with Nicki Minaj's "Anaconda" -- I had no idea it was respectable music! What would the Best Picture equivalent be at the Oscars? I can't even imagine...
But, again, not a music guy. Outside of movie...
But, again, not a music guy. Outside of movie...
- 12/7/2014
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Tease the season to be jolly and Seth MacFarlane is getting in on the holiday fun.
A follow-up to Music Is Better Than Words, his Grammy-nominated 2011 debut album, Holiday for Swing! is MacFarlane's first Christmas-themed album. And if you had any doubt that the man who brought us Family Guy and Ted couldn't turn out a legitimate record for the holiday season, guess again. Et recently caught up with the crooner and uncovered five things you'd be surprised to know about the album.
@SethMacFarlane's "Holiday For Swing!" arranged and conducted by @joelsephmc just in time for Xmas decorating. pic.twitter.com/xCxk5ZNh86
— Nolan (@NolanDracula) November 30, 2014
Why Christmas music?
The 41-year-old admits he's not particularly religious but says a holiday-themed album was a no-brainer. "For this kind of music in 2014, a Christmas album is the most logical fit," he says. "Anything to get in on the jackpot that is Christmas time commercialization."
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A follow-up to Music Is Better Than Words, his Grammy-nominated 2011 debut album, Holiday for Swing! is MacFarlane's first Christmas-themed album. And if you had any doubt that the man who brought us Family Guy and Ted couldn't turn out a legitimate record for the holiday season, guess again. Et recently caught up with the crooner and uncovered five things you'd be surprised to know about the album.
@SethMacFarlane's "Holiday For Swing!" arranged and conducted by @joelsephmc just in time for Xmas decorating. pic.twitter.com/xCxk5ZNh86
— Nolan (@NolanDracula) November 30, 2014
Why Christmas music?
The 41-year-old admits he's not particularly religious but says a holiday-themed album was a no-brainer. "For this kind of music in 2014, a Christmas album is the most logical fit," he says. "Anything to get in on the jackpot that is Christmas time commercialization."
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- 12/1/2014
- Entertainment Tonight
It's about one moment Broadway veterans Jessica Vosk Bridges of Madison County, San Francisco Symphony Wss, Mykal Kilgore Motown, Hair, Kevin Kern Bridges of Madison County, First Date and Ann Harada Cinderella, Avenue Q have teamed up to bring back Jason Robert Brown's Songs for a New World. Featuring musical direction by James Sampliner, BroadwayWorld is excited to bring you an exclusive behind the scenes video of the whole gang recording 'The New World.' Check it out below...
- 11/10/2014
- by BroadwayWorld TV
- BroadwayWorld.com
Philip Pullman's Grimm Tales are played out in Shoreditch, Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Mahler, Berlioz and Ives, plus Handel's Rodelinda from director Richard Jones
Opening this week
■ Grimm Tales
Immersive theatre for children in the bowels of Shoreditch Town Hall. Do you dare to follow Red Riding Hood into the forest or watch Rapunzel let her hair down? Philip Wilson adapts and directs tales in versions by Philip Pullman. Shoreditch Town Hall, London (020-7739 6176), Friday until 24 April.
■ Rambert
A mixed programme of contemporary dance includes a revival of Christopher Bruce's swaggering Rolling Stones tribute, Rooster. Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold (0845-330 3565), Wednesday until 15 March and touring.
■ San Francisco Symphony
Programmes featuring Ives, Adams and Berlioz, and Mahler's Third Symphony are on the menu for the UK leg of Michael Tilson Thomas's European tour with his fine orchestra. Symphony Hall, Birmingham (0121‑345 0600), Friday; Royal Festival Hall, London (0845 875 0073), Saturday & Sunday.
Opening this week
■ Grimm Tales
Immersive theatre for children in the bowels of Shoreditch Town Hall. Do you dare to follow Red Riding Hood into the forest or watch Rapunzel let her hair down? Philip Wilson adapts and directs tales in versions by Philip Pullman. Shoreditch Town Hall, London (020-7739 6176), Friday until 24 April.
■ Rambert
A mixed programme of contemporary dance includes a revival of Christopher Bruce's swaggering Rolling Stones tribute, Rooster. Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold (0845-330 3565), Wednesday until 15 March and touring.
■ San Francisco Symphony
Programmes featuring Ives, Adams and Berlioz, and Mahler's Third Symphony are on the menu for the UK leg of Michael Tilson Thomas's European tour with his fine orchestra. Symphony Hall, Birmingham (0121‑345 0600), Friday; Royal Festival Hall, London (0845 875 0073), Saturday & Sunday.
- 3/10/2014
- by The Guardian
- The Guardian - Film News
San Francisco Symphony salutes Alfred Hitchcock: Halloween movies and Hitchcock movie music (photo: San Francisco Symphony and Cary Grant in ’North by Northwest’) The San Francisco Symphony will celebrate Alfred Hitchcock movies and their music scores beginning at 8 p.m. on Halloween eve, October 30, 2013, at Davies Symphony Hall. During Hitchcock Film Week, the San Francisco Symphony will perform the scores for Hitchcock’s Psycho, The Lodger: A Tale of the London Fog, and the world premiere presentation of Vertigo’s full score performed live, in addition to excerpts from To Catch a Thief, Strangers on a Train, Dial M for Murder, and North by Northwest. Alfred Hitchcock’s granddaughter Tere Carrubba will introduce the Psycho presentation on October 30. Hitchcock received his fifth and final Best Director Academy Award nomination for this cheaply made — but highly successful — 1960 thriller starring Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin, and Best Supporting Actress Oscar nominee Janet Leigh.
- 10/18/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
The thing about Pierre Monteux's May 29, 1913 premiere of Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring), by Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris for Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, is that it's not just the anniversary of the first time a famous piece was played in public. It's the anniversary of the most famous scandal in music history (and ballet history).
The audience was so violently divided in their opinions of the performance that there was an actual riot; there are widely disparate accounts of the evening, and some say the police removed some audience members, so contentious did things become. The orchestra was bombarded with projectiles, and the audience's vocal disapproval (combined with Rite supporters' vocal disapproval of the anti-Rite faction's demonstrations) drowned out the music often enough that the choreographer, Vaslav Nijinsky, had to spend much of the performance standing in the wings shouting directions to the dancers,...
The audience was so violently divided in their opinions of the performance that there was an actual riot; there are widely disparate accounts of the evening, and some say the police removed some audience members, so contentious did things become. The orchestra was bombarded with projectiles, and the audience's vocal disapproval (combined with Rite supporters' vocal disapproval of the anti-Rite faction's demonstrations) drowned out the music often enough that the choreographer, Vaslav Nijinsky, had to spend much of the performance standing in the wings shouting directions to the dancers,...
- 5/30/2013
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
New York — Aretha Franklin has canceled appearances in Chicago and Connecticut later this month under a doctor's recommendation.
A Monday news release says Franklin will need treatment during the time period shows were scheduled with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on May 20 and at Foxwoods Resort & Casino in Connecticut on May 26. The release doesn't specify what kind of treatment and her publicist did not immediately respond to a message seeking details.
Singer Janelle Monae will step in for Franklin for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Corporate Night fundraiser. The Grammy-winning singer will be playing orchestral versions of her songs that she'll first debut Thursday with the San Francisco Symphony.
A Monday news release says Franklin will need treatment during the time period shows were scheduled with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on May 20 and at Foxwoods Resort & Casino in Connecticut on May 26. The release doesn't specify what kind of treatment and her publicist did not immediately respond to a message seeking details.
Singer Janelle Monae will step in for Franklin for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Corporate Night fundraiser. The Grammy-winning singer will be playing orchestral versions of her songs that she'll first debut Thursday with the San Francisco Symphony.
- 5/13/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
The Man Who Anticipated Our Present in 1967
In 2000, when I was the Classical Editor at Cdnow.com, I interviewed Morton Subotnick at length -- so much length, in fact, that my boss complained that I ran a two-part feature on a guy he'd never heard of whose name, he said, sounded like that of a dentist. Well, as much as I loved that job and that boss, I was right about the importance of Morton Subotnick. He was one of the first computer-music composers to find a broad audience. Among the earliest electronic composers to use electronic instrument designer Donald Buchla's modular voltage-controlled synthesizer rather than wave generators and tape-manipulated sounds, Subotnick broke away from the highly abstract formulas and structures of academically respected electronic music by including sections with regular rhythms, which pointed to the future of electronic music.
His work for tape Silver Apples of the Moon, released in 1967 on the Nonesuch label,...
In 2000, when I was the Classical Editor at Cdnow.com, I interviewed Morton Subotnick at length -- so much length, in fact, that my boss complained that I ran a two-part feature on a guy he'd never heard of whose name, he said, sounded like that of a dentist. Well, as much as I loved that job and that boss, I was right about the importance of Morton Subotnick. He was one of the first computer-music composers to find a broad audience. Among the earliest electronic composers to use electronic instrument designer Donald Buchla's modular voltage-controlled synthesizer rather than wave generators and tape-manipulated sounds, Subotnick broke away from the highly abstract formulas and structures of academically respected electronic music by including sections with regular rhythms, which pointed to the future of electronic music.
His work for tape Silver Apples of the Moon, released in 1967 on the Nonesuch label,...
- 4/14/2013
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
San Francisco — The sound of silence from the San Francisco Symphony appeared to be coming to an end as a tentative agreement was reached Sunday to end a 2 1/2-week strike.
The symphony announced in a statement that its negotiators and leaders of the musicians' union have agreed to terms on a 26-month contract, subject to the approval of the full orchestra and the symphony's Board of Governors. No details on the terms would be released before the contract was ratified, the symphony statement said.
Symphony leaders are planning for musicians to return to the stage at Davies Symphony Hall for a series of performances for schoolchildren starting Tuesday, and Thursday and Friday night concerts featuring performances of pieces by Handel and Mozart are back on the schedule, the statement said.
An East Coast tour that included stops at Carnegie Hall in New York and the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.
The symphony announced in a statement that its negotiators and leaders of the musicians' union have agreed to terms on a 26-month contract, subject to the approval of the full orchestra and the symphony's Board of Governors. No details on the terms would be released before the contract was ratified, the symphony statement said.
Symphony leaders are planning for musicians to return to the stage at Davies Symphony Hall for a series of performances for schoolchildren starting Tuesday, and Thursday and Friday night concerts featuring performances of pieces by Handel and Mozart are back on the schedule, the statement said.
An East Coast tour that included stops at Carnegie Hall in New York and the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.
- 4/1/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Musicians at the San Francisco Symphony have gone on strike this week, canceling at least one performance and casting doubt on their scheduled Carnegie Hall concert next week.
The orchestra members, resident players at the Bay area's Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall, have rejected the most recent contract proposal from the symphony administration, a three-year deal that offered a base pay of $144,560 with 1% increases after the first year. "That kind of an offer is going to put us in a position where we will not be able to hold on to our most talented players, and we certainly won't be able to recruit the most talented available players in the pool that are out there in the United States," violist David Gaudry stated in a news conference.
The symphony's administration has characterized the proposal as one that would maintain the orchestra's standing as one of the top three best paid...
The orchestra members, resident players at the Bay area's Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall, have rejected the most recent contract proposal from the symphony administration, a three-year deal that offered a base pay of $144,560 with 1% increases after the first year. "That kind of an offer is going to put us in a position where we will not be able to hold on to our most talented players, and we certainly won't be able to recruit the most talented available players in the pool that are out there in the United States," violist David Gaudry stated in a news conference.
The symphony's administration has characterized the proposal as one that would maintain the orchestra's standing as one of the top three best paid...
- 3/14/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Winners at the 2013 Grammy Awards, courtesy of The Associated Press:
_ Album of the year: "Babel," Mumford & Sons.
_ Record of the year: "Somebody That I Used to Know," Gotye featuring Kimbra.
_ Song of the year: "We Are Young," fun.
_ New artist: fun.
_ Pop solo performance: "Set Fire to the Rain (Live)," Adele.
_ Pop vocal album: "Stronger," Kelly Clarkson.
_ Rock performance: "Lonely Boy," The Black Keys.
_ Urban contemporary album: "Channel Orange," Frank Ocean.
_ Rap/sung collaboration: "No Church in the Wild," Jay-z, Kanye West featuring Frank Ocean, The-Dream.
_ Country solo performance: "Blown Away," Carrie Underwood.
_ Country album: "Uncaged," Zac Brown Band.
_ Pop/duo group performance: "Somebody That I Used to Know," Gotye featuring Kimbra.
_ Traditional pop vocal album: "Kisses on the Bottom," Paul McCartney.
_ Rap performance: "N(asterisk)(asterisk)(asterisk)(asterisk)s in Paris," Jay-z, Kanye West.
_ Rap song: "N(asterisk)(asterisk)(asterisk)(asterisk)s in Paris," Shawn Carter, Mike Dean, Chauncey Hollis,...
_ Album of the year: "Babel," Mumford & Sons.
_ Record of the year: "Somebody That I Used to Know," Gotye featuring Kimbra.
_ Song of the year: "We Are Young," fun.
_ New artist: fun.
_ Pop solo performance: "Set Fire to the Rain (Live)," Adele.
_ Pop vocal album: "Stronger," Kelly Clarkson.
_ Rock performance: "Lonely Boy," The Black Keys.
_ Urban contemporary album: "Channel Orange," Frank Ocean.
_ Rap/sung collaboration: "No Church in the Wild," Jay-z, Kanye West featuring Frank Ocean, The-Dream.
_ Country solo performance: "Blown Away," Carrie Underwood.
_ Country album: "Uncaged," Zac Brown Band.
_ Pop/duo group performance: "Somebody That I Used to Know," Gotye featuring Kimbra.
_ Traditional pop vocal album: "Kisses on the Bottom," Paul McCartney.
_ Rap performance: "N(asterisk)(asterisk)(asterisk)(asterisk)s in Paris," Jay-z, Kanye West.
_ Rap song: "N(asterisk)(asterisk)(asterisk)(asterisk)s in Paris," Shawn Carter, Mike Dean, Chauncey Hollis,...
- 2/11/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
"Book of Mormon" mania has descended on San Francisco.
The Huffington Post reported on the musical's upcoming arrival back in February when it was first announced. Once tickets went on sale, local blog Whilst in Sf summed up the frenzy quite nicely, and Shn was forced to instate a ticket lottery for the unfortunate plebs who couldn't hit refresh fast enough to score a seat in the first round.
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And on Wednesday night, South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker's brilliant farce finally arrived.
As could have been expected, local celebrities crowded Wednesday night's opening at the Curran Theater. Guests included Tom Waits, Paul Pelosi, Mayor Ed Lee, Phil Kaufman and a stylish-as-ever Willie Brown.
San Francisco Symphony Director Michael Tilson Thomas sat near Metallica's Lars Ulrich and the two shared a warm pre-show embrace. (At least according to rumors whispered to The Huffington Post over intermission cocktails.
The Huffington Post reported on the musical's upcoming arrival back in February when it was first announced. Once tickets went on sale, local blog Whilst in Sf summed up the frenzy quite nicely, and Shn was forced to instate a ticket lottery for the unfortunate plebs who couldn't hit refresh fast enough to score a seat in the first round.
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And on Wednesday night, South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker's brilliant farce finally arrived.
As could have been expected, local celebrities crowded Wednesday night's opening at the Curran Theater. Guests included Tom Waits, Paul Pelosi, Mayor Ed Lee, Phil Kaufman and a stylish-as-ever Willie Brown.
San Francisco Symphony Director Michael Tilson Thomas sat near Metallica's Lars Ulrich and the two shared a warm pre-show embrace. (At least according to rumors whispered to The Huffington Post over intermission cocktails.
- 11/30/2012
- by Robin Wilkey
- Huffington Post
Mahler's Symphony No. 3 in D minor is his longest, a six-movement ode to Nature and the World. It includes a children's choir and a contralto soloist but is largely instrumental, using a quite large orchestra complete with posthorn, harps, English horn, bass clarinet, contrabassoon, bass trombones, and a lot more brass than usual. Mahler's nature is not exclusively a calm pastoral scene -- it's stormy, uneasy, sometimes threatening, with mysterious rustling and twittering, yet with rays of sunlight cutting through the shadows at times.
This work had a long and confusing path from conception to completion. Mahler wrote movements II through VI in the summer of 1895. The following year, he worked on a first movement, weaving in elements of the movements he’d written in '95. That movement kept growing and growing -- at least a half an hour long, by itself it as long as all of Beethoven's First Symphony.
This work had a long and confusing path from conception to completion. Mahler wrote movements II through VI in the summer of 1895. The following year, he worked on a first movement, weaving in elements of the movements he’d written in '95. That movement kept growing and growing -- at least a half an hour long, by itself it as long as all of Beethoven's First Symphony.
- 6/10/2012
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
San Francisco -- San Francisco is honoring legendary crooner Tony Bennett, whose famous song, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco," was recorded 50 years ago.
Mayor Ed Lee, Sen. Dianne Feinstein and Rep. Nancy Pelosi are among those expected to attend a ceremony for Bennett in the City Hall Rotunda at noon on Tuesday, Valentine's Day.
The event will include renditions of "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" by the San Francisco Boys and Girls Choruses and the San Francisco Symphony among others.
The song will also be broadcast at noon over the public address system in Union Square and Hallidie Plaza.
The event will conclude with a sing along of the song.
Mayor Ed Lee, Sen. Dianne Feinstein and Rep. Nancy Pelosi are among those expected to attend a ceremony for Bennett in the City Hall Rotunda at noon on Tuesday, Valentine's Day.
The event will include renditions of "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" by the San Francisco Boys and Girls Choruses and the San Francisco Symphony among others.
The song will also be broadcast at noon over the public address system in Union Square and Hallidie Plaza.
The event will conclude with a sing along of the song.
- 2/10/2012
- by AP
- Huffington Post
Mahler's Fourth Symphony (1892/1899-1900) is his sunniest, vastly less concerned with existential questions and therefore less laden with angst than all his other symphonies. There are some shadows in the first two movements, but the lengthy slow movement is gorgeously lyrical, and the finale (originally written in 1892 for the Third Symphony) is a setting for soprano of "Lied der himmlischen Freuden" (Song of the Heavenly Life" from Des Knaben Wunderhorn), a child's amusingly prosaic description of heaven. It's also his second-shortest and much the shortest of his vocal symphonies (under an hour in most readings, and yes, by Mahlerian standards, that counts as short). Furthermore, it's in the most standard four-movement symphony form. All of these things combine to make it his most immediately accessible symphony. It thus has been many listeners' entry point into his highly personal sonic world. It was premiered on November 25, 1901 in Berlin, with the composer conducting.
- 11/25/2011
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
After a video popped up of Terrence Malick‘s shooting Christian Bale on the set of his secret new project, it become clear that the director accustomed to a sparse output was ramping up in a big way. We saw his Tree of Life finally hit theaters this year, then there is his accompanying documentary Voyage of Time in the works, and aside from this new Bale project, he had already wrapped his romantic drama and is deep into post-production.
Going by the rumored title of The Burial, the film already stars Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Javier Bardem, Olga Kurylenko, Rachel Weisz, Barry Pepper, Charles Baker and Jessica Chastain. But with shooting wrapped quite some time ago, new names are surfacing. For some reason this slipped past the cracks, but during his Midnight in Paris press tour Michael Sheen confirmed clear as day that he recently worked with Terrence Malick on a film.
Going by the rumored title of The Burial, the film already stars Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Javier Bardem, Olga Kurylenko, Rachel Weisz, Barry Pepper, Charles Baker and Jessica Chastain. But with shooting wrapped quite some time ago, new names are surfacing. For some reason this slipped past the cracks, but during his Midnight in Paris press tour Michael Sheen confirmed clear as day that he recently worked with Terrence Malick on a film.
- 10/31/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
New York (Reuters) - James Levine, the music director for the Metropolitan Opera in New York, will be unable to conduct performances for the rest of the year because of a back injury, the organization said on Tuesday.
Levine fell and injured himself while on vacation in Vermont last week, according to the opera house.
As a result, Italian conductor Fabio Luisi has been named the Met's principal conductor, and he has canceled performances with the Rome Opera, the Genoa Opera, the Vienna Symphony and the San Francisco Symphony to accommodate his new role at the Met.
Luisi, who last year was named principal guest conductor for the Met, will conduct performances of "Don Giovanni," which premiers on October 13, and "Siegfried," on October 27, as well as the Met Orchestra concert at Carnegie Hall on October 16.
"While Jim's latest setback is hugely disappointing for all of us, he joins me in welcoming Fabio's larger role,...
Levine fell and injured himself while on vacation in Vermont last week, according to the opera house.
As a result, Italian conductor Fabio Luisi has been named the Met's principal conductor, and he has canceled performances with the Rome Opera, the Genoa Opera, the Vienna Symphony and the San Francisco Symphony to accommodate his new role at the Met.
Luisi, who last year was named principal guest conductor for the Met, will conduct performances of "Don Giovanni," which premiers on October 13, and "Siegfried," on October 27, as well as the Met Orchestra concert at Carnegie Hall on October 16.
"While Jim's latest setback is hugely disappointing for all of us, he joins me in welcoming Fabio's larger role,...
- 9/6/2011
- by Reuters
- Huffington Post
By Zachary Swickey
Death Cab For Cutie are about to tackle the second leg of their North American tour behind their seventh album, Codes and Keys, and the group is vocally keen on the prospect of a string quartet backing them on tour.
“It would be really fun to take Magik*Magik Orchestra out,” Death Cab guitarist/producer Chris Walla told Billboard. “But unfortunately, it is kind of a nightmare to try and figure it out.”
Magik*Magik is the small San Fransisco orchestra that provided Dcfc with string accompaniment on two of their new album’s tracks: “Codes and Keys” and “Stay Young, Go Dancing.” Magik even performed the tunes alongside Death Cab during their appearance on VH1’s Storytellers earlier this year.
Walla continued lamenting, “You can make a living or you can play with an orchestra. They’re totally mutually exclusive – you almost can’t do one and the other.
Death Cab For Cutie are about to tackle the second leg of their North American tour behind their seventh album, Codes and Keys, and the group is vocally keen on the prospect of a string quartet backing them on tour.
“It would be really fun to take Magik*Magik Orchestra out,” Death Cab guitarist/producer Chris Walla told Billboard. “But unfortunately, it is kind of a nightmare to try and figure it out.”
Magik*Magik is the small San Fransisco orchestra that provided Dcfc with string accompaniment on two of their new album’s tracks: “Codes and Keys” and “Stay Young, Go Dancing.” Magik even performed the tunes alongside Death Cab during their appearance on VH1’s Storytellers earlier this year.
Walla continued lamenting, “You can make a living or you can play with an orchestra. They’re totally mutually exclusive – you almost can’t do one and the other.
- 7/7/2011
- by MTV News
- MTV Newsroom
'Keep Your Head Up' tops Robyn's 'Killing Me'; O Music Awards stream live Thursday at 11 p.m. Et on OMusicAwards.com and MTV.com.
By Gil Kaufman
Andy Grammer in his "Keep Your Head Up" music video
Photo: S-Curve Records
What is innovation? That was the question facing a panel of experts Monday (April 25) during the O Music Awards' Most Innovative Music Video live debate presented by Fuze®, in which the merits of the five finalists were debated and such icons as music-video director Wayne Isham ('Nsync, Metallica) and music executive/ Global14.com founder Jermaine Dupri attempted to pick a winner.
Among the nominees were video mavens Ok Go's "Back From Kathmandu," a flash-mob-style piece in which the band led a parade through the streets of Los Angeles. "That's what's nice about videos today period, they don't have to be traditional videos. ... They can be hybrids of a couple...
By Gil Kaufman
Andy Grammer in his "Keep Your Head Up" music video
Photo: S-Curve Records
What is innovation? That was the question facing a panel of experts Monday (April 25) during the O Music Awards' Most Innovative Music Video live debate presented by Fuze®, in which the merits of the five finalists were debated and such icons as music-video director Wayne Isham ('Nsync, Metallica) and music executive/ Global14.com founder Jermaine Dupri attempted to pick a winner.
Among the nominees were video mavens Ok Go's "Back From Kathmandu," a flash-mob-style piece in which the band led a parade through the streets of Los Angeles. "That's what's nice about videos today period, they don't have to be traditional videos. ... They can be hybrids of a couple...
- 4/25/2011
- MTV Music News
Looking for spine-tingling entertainment this coming Halloween? Enjoy silent films with live musical accompaniment? If so, then check out the special event the San Francisco Symphony has lined-up for October 31.On Halloween night, the San Francisco Symphony will present the newly restored version of the 1920 silent film, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, starring John Barrymore. The film will be accompanied by Dennis James on the Ruffatti Organ, along with Mark Goldstein and Todd Manley on percussion.The evening's concert screening also features the uproarious Buster Keaton short, The...
- 9/30/2010
- by Thomas Gladysz, SF Silent Movie Examiner
- Examiner Movies Channel
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