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Wed. September 20.2000 10:35 PM EDT |
CLASSICAL BEAT: Bond, Three Tenors, London Philharmonic ...Quartet creates crossover stir; tenors take to the Windy City; orchestras pool their efforts. |
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The Bond string quartet, which are being touted as the next big crossover sensation in classical music, will be unveiled Wednesday (Sept. 20) at London's Royal Albert Hall. The group has already created something
Speaking of debuts — and crossover sensations — the Three Tenors will make their Chicago debut on Dec. 17 at the United Center. The Three Tenors — Jose Carreras, Placido Domingo and Luciano PavarottiMarco Armiliato of the Italian Symphonic Orchestra of Sofia. ... After years of acrimonious relations, centering on their joint residency at London's South Bank Center, the London Philharmonic and the Philharmonia Orchestra have agreed to collaborate on their programming. ... The English National Opera's Italian Season will feature nine new productions. The season opened Monday (Sept. 18) with Puccini's Manon Lescaut followed on Tuesday by Monteverdi's The Coronation of Poppea, in an insightful bit of programming that chronologically frames four centuries of Italian opera. ... Composer Ellen Taaffe Zwilich's Millennium Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra will be given its world premiere Friday (Sept. 22) by Jesus Lopez-Cobos and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra at Music Hall. Pianist Jeffrey Biegel will be the guest soloist. The piece was commissioned by 27 U.S. orchestras. ... Olav Tryggvasod, an unfinished opera by 19th-century Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg has been turned into a finished work by composer Ragnar Ssderlind. The piece consists of Grieg's three original acts interspersed with Ssderlind 's own music. The opera — based on a play of the same title by Bjorn Simensen — will debut Sept. 26 at the Grieghallen in Grieg's hometown, Bergen, Norway, with additional performances Sept. 28–29. It also will be staged Nov. 25, 27 and 29 and Dec. 4 in Oslo, Norway. ... Influential Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis will celebrate his 75th birthday with a concert series in Athens, Greece's national concert hall, the Megaron. Theodorakis' work was banned when a military dictatorship took over Greece in 1967. Global protest secured his freedom in 1970 following his imprisonment, and he became a member of the new parliament when democracy was restored in 1975. ... Orchestra 2001 will open their 2000–01 season on Sunday (Sept. 24) with "A Salute to Aaron Copland's 100th Birthday" at Swarthmore College's Lang Hall. Another performance will occur Sept. 27 at Trinity Center in Philadelphia. ... Verdi's Aida, scheduled to be staged in October at the pyramids near Cairo, has been canceled. The performances, which have been offered the past two years, reportedly were called off to allow funds to be reallocated for next year's production, which will coincide with the centenary of Verdi's death. ... Australian pianist David Helfgott, the subject of the Oscar-winning film "Shine," comes to the UK in October for a solo tour. The nine-date jaunt opens Oct. 10 in Bradford and concludes Nov. 2 at Northampton's Derngate Theatre. ... Kurt Masur, the new principal conductor of the London Philharmonic, was greeted by his English fans with a series of concerts Saturday at London's South Bank Centre. The performances included the London premiere of Thomas Adès' America and concerts by a wide range of musicians, from jazz pianist Herbie Hancock to world music virtuoso Youssou N'Dour. ... Tenor Luciano Pavarotti will sing in a Nov. 21 concert version of Verdi's Aida by Michigan Opera Theatre at the Detroit Opera House. Last year, Pavarotti and his Three Tenors cohorts, Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras attracted more than 36,000 fans to Tiger Stadium. ... Israeli conductor David Shallon, 49, died on Friday (Sept. 15) in Tokyo after suffering an asthma attack. Shallon, who was a devoted proponent of modern music, was in Japan to conduct the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra. ... State-based orchestras and theatre companies in New South Wales will be getting an extra $45 million in base funding over the next four years. That's the word from Australia's arts ministry. Nearly $11 million of that funding will go to the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. ... English National Opera will be getting a new translation of its production of Wagner's Ring Cycle. That translation — by Jeremy Sams — will be offered at the company's performances of "Das Rhinegold" in January. ... After extending his contract as music director of the Calgary Philharmonic through the 2002–2003 season, Hans Graf has announced that he also will assume the helm of the Houston Symphony next season. ... High-tech investor Alberto Villar gave a $24 million gift to the Los Angeles Opera to fund productions that will span the globe. The money will be used to create at least two new operas or ballets for the next three years and also to start a program to train young artists. The Mariinsky Opera and Ballet of St. Petersburg, Russia, will get $14 million of the gift for co-productions with the Los Angeles Opera. ... Pianist Peter Serkin will lead the London Sinfonietta at the Carnegie Hall International Festival of Orchestras in March. Serkin is a leading advocate of living contemporary composers, and the diverse program reflects that dedication. The first of two concerts will feature Igor Stravinsky's The Flood and Variations framed by selections by Toru Takemitsu and the New York premiere of Charles Wourinen's Symphony Seven. Additional concerts will include Serkin at the piano performing the Piano Quintet of Alexander Goehr on March 30. ... Crossover soprano superstar Charlotte Church, 14, recently recorded a version of "Sleigh Ride" with country singer Billy Gilman, 12, for the latter's new album, due Oct. 17. Gilman made his first trip overseas to record the duet. — sonicnet.com staff report |
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