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...Britten sonata, Koh said, “I chose this piece to begin the program because the first movement is called ‘Dialogo’—Dialogue—and I think it’s very important for North Korea and the rest of the world to have a dialogue, or human rights cannot be achieved...
...bass player and board member of the London Symphony Orchestra, says of Harding: "We all think he'll be one of the greats in 10 or 15 years." Harding's recordings (he's signed exclusively to Virgin Classics) have been mixed so far, but last year's issue of Britten's opera The Turn of the Screw revealed a new depth pushing through his characteristic incisiveness. But Harding is the first to concede that he has some ripening to do: "I feel I'm a grown-up artist now, with my own orchestra and recordings, but I also know that...
Davis has spent her years at Harvard immersed in music. She is a full-time member of the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra and the Bach Symphony Orchestra (BSO), and occasionally performs with other groups. She says her most rewarding performance was the Britten Serenade—a piece written for solo horn and voice—with...
BOSTON PHILHARMONIC. The Boston Philharmonic Orchestra returns to Sanders to play pieces by Debussy, Chausson, Harbison, Saint-Saëns and Ravel. Just prior to the concert, a lecture by conductor Benjamin Zander, a former pupil of Benjamin Britten, a music commentator, and the author of The Art of Possibility: Transforming Personal and Professional Life, will offer a prefatory note on the music to follow. His lecture promises to be lively and passionate (it is said that two-thirds of the concert audience attends the lecture—a loyal following). Sunday, April 27. Lecture 1:45 p.m. Concert...
Best Opera Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten...