Florence Price and the Chicago Symphony Are Reunited—by Mei-Ann Chen

by SMBrown | Mar 1, 2013

On the cusp of Black and Women’s History Months, we’re celebrating that 80 years after her orchestral debut Florence Beatrice Price is currently making a comeback on the concert stage—thanks in no small part to conductor Mei-Ann Chen. Chen, maestro of both...

International Contemporary Ensemble Plays Gubaidulina

by sarah | Feb 18, 2013

The New York Times reviewed the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE)’s concert honoring the work of Russian composer Sofia Gubaidulina. The concert was part of the Composer Portrait series. Featured earlier this season was Austrian composer Olga Neuwirth. Look...

The Performance: Beach’s Concerto Comes to Life!

by Liane Curtis | Nov 16, 2012

Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra in area premiere of rare, remarkable Concerto. [update added at end after hearing second performance] Amy Beach was 33 years old when she gave the premiere performance of her own Piano Concerto (op. 45 in C-Sharp Minor) in April 1900....

Fanny Hensel’s Cantata in Streaming Broadcast, May 7 at 8 pm

by Liane Curtis | May 6, 2012

The Rochester Philharmonic’s concerts are encored in streaming radio broadcast— this concert (May 7,  2012 Monday, at 8 pm) starts with Fanny Hensel’s Cantata, “Job.”   Find the WXXI Classical 91.5 Stream Player here...

Rebecca Clarke Celebrated by North State Symphony

by sarah | Feb 21, 2012

Two performances this past weekend, titled “Treasures Beloved and Unknown,” exposed audiences of the North State Symphony in Chico and Redding, California to the work of Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979). The piece performed was Clarke’s most remembered composition, the...

Maria Schneider and Spring for Music

by sarah | May 31, 2011

I’m late in posting this, but the Spring For Music series (which I mentioned earlier), teamed with NPR to make the performance the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra available to stream online. One of the pieces heard in this performance is a relatively newly commissioned...