Richard Strauss NewsNews about Richard Strauss continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.Something to Play About- May 29, 2008 Posted today at 10:32 am by Laura Onstot Consecutive victories at Safeco - against the Red Sox no less - is great news for Edward McMichael, he of the plodding tuba melodies that serenade you into the the ...http://www.topix.net/who/richard-strauss/2008/05/something-to-play-about?fromrss=1 Review: Mahler finale saves spotty WSO concert- May 27, 2008 The Waukesha Symphony sounded one rehearsal short of fully realizing the ambitious, unusual program that ended its season Tuesday evening.http://www.topix.net/who/richard-strauss/2008/05/review-mahler-finale-saves-spotty-wso-con... Debating the visuals of sound- May 25, 2008 Long Beach Symphony s principal conductor Enrique Arturo Diemecke is known for his flamboyant, animated movements when leading the orchestra s programs.http://www.topix.net/who/richard-strauss/2008/05/debating-the-visuals-of-sound?fromrss=1 Vengeance becomes 'Elektra'- May 23, 2008 After hearing one of his military bands play an arrangement of music from Richard Strauss' opera Elektra, England's George V reportedly said, 'His majesty does not know what the band has just played, but it is never to be played again.' Even now, 99 years after the premiere of Elektra, it is bound to strike some listeners as a little scary. Poor George is just lucky he never heard the singing that goes with it, or confronted its bloody plot. But, as Washington National Opera's production...http://www.topix.net/who/richard-strauss/2008/05/vengeance-becomes-elektra?fromrss=1 0520 Cape May Music Festival: New York Chamber Ensemble: Till There Was Eulenspiegel- May 21, 2008 On Tuesday, May 20th, 8pm, at the Episcopal Church of the Advent the NEW YORK CHAMBER ENSEMBLE: TILL THERE WAS EULENSPIEGEL will be playing with RenA©e Jolles, a violin soloist.http://www.topix.net/who/richard-strauss/2008/05/05-20-cape-may-music-festival-new-york-ch... Guest musicians to join the festivities as Fine Arts Quartet turns 25- May 19, 2008 Violinists Ralph Evans and Efim Boico and cellist Wolfgang Laufer have played together in the Fine Arts Quartet for 25 years this summer. via Milwaukee Journal-Sentinalhttp://www.topix.net/who/richard-strauss/2008/05/guest-musicians-to-join-the-festivities-a... Elektrafying: Helmed by a strong cast, Richard Strauss'...- May 17, 2008 Sprays of it, rivers of it, even a fine mist of it will do. If you don't leave the theater feeling as if you've just taken a bath in hemoglobin, you didn't get your money's worth. via Metro Weeklyhttp://www.topix.net/who/richard-strauss/2008/05/elektrafying-helmed-by-a-strong-cast-rich... 'Elektra': Vocal, Not Visual, Power Surges- May 15, 2008 Family rivalries are at the heart of 'Elektra,' both the Sophocles drama and the Richard StraussHugo von Hofmannsthal opera. But a new wrinkle in the familiar tale of revenge and matricide was introduced in the revival of the Washington National Opera's 1997 production that returned to the Kennedy Center stage Saturday night.This 'Elektra,' as performed by Susan Bullock, was quite possibly motivated not only by rage at her mother for killing her father, but also by sibling rivalry with her...http://www.topix.net/who/richard-strauss/2008/05/elektra-vocal-not-visual-power-surges?fro... Elektra: "The Music Comes from Me"- May 13, 2008 Susan Bullock as Elektra, Washington National Opera, 2008 Washington National Opera opened its final production of the season on Saturday night, Richard Strauss's 1909 opera Elektra . via Ionartshttp://www.topix.net/who/richard-strauss/2008/05/elektra-the-music-comes-from-me?fromrss=1 PSO offers charged Clarinet Concerto- May 11, 2008 Richard Strauss was way ahead of his time, or perhaps just more honest than most, when he wrote an autobiography in sound called "Ein Heldenleben" . It was an immodest perspective when it premiered in 1899, but ... via Pittsburgh Tribunehttp://www.topix.net/who/richard-strauss/2008/05/pso-offers-charged-clarinet-concerto?from... |