by Liane Curtis | May 11, 2013
Acclaimed conductor Mei-Ann Chen is just completing her first year as Music Director of the Chicago Sinfonietta. And Thursday she made her debut as a guest conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s subscription series. She made quite a...
by Liane Curtis | Apr 29, 2013
By Laurine Celeste Fox, guest blogger. On Sunday, April 14, 2013, The Cecilia Chorus of New York, along with members of the Long Island University Post Chorus, gave the New York premiere of Ethel Smyth’s Mass in D Major. The 150+ voices of the choruses were joined by...
by Liane Curtis | Apr 4, 2013
In anticipation of the April 14 performance of Ethel Smyth’s Mass in D Major, Liz Wood (musicologist and widely published author) gave an illuminating talk about Smyth and the origins of her Mass. Virginia Woolf described Smyth’s vigorous character, calling her...
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....
