Next week will see the sixth and final week of programming of New York City Ballet’s six-week digital spring season. On Tuesday 26 May at 8pm EDT, NYCB will release George Balanchine’s Donizetti Variations with Ashley Bouder and Andrew Veyette. On Friday 29 May, there will be a mixed programme of Justin Peck’s Easy, set to music by Leonard Bernstein, along with excerpts … [Read more...] about Week 6 of New York City Ballet’s six-week digital spring season
Leonard Bernstein
Francesco Lanzillotta answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Conductors’ Edition
Q&A When did you start playing an instrument? I was 6 years old, and I started to study cello. Why did you start playing? My father is a cellist and my mother loves music, so that is why I started to study cello so young. Which musicians inspired you most when you were young? Stravinsky, Kleiber, Bernstein, Pink Floyd, Supertramp, Otis Redding. Which musicians … [Read more...] about Francesco Lanzillotta answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Conductors’ Edition
Photo Album: first look at The Royal Ballet’s celebration of Leonard Bernstein
The curtain has just gone down on a triple bill that contains two world premieres. Here is a first look at the Bernstein Centenary programme. The Royal Ballet celebrates the centenary of Leonard Bernstein’s birth with an all-Bernstein programme from the Company’s three associate choreographers: Wayne McGregor, Liam Scarlett and Christopher Wheeldon. This mixed programme is … [Read more...] about Photo Album: first look at The Royal Ballet’s celebration of Leonard Bernstein
Royal Ballet Associate Choreographers Celebrate The Music Of Leonard Bernstein
Wayne McGregor – Yugen Christopher Wheeldon – Corybantic Games Liam Scarlett – first revival of The Age of Anxiety Thursday 15 March – Monday 9 April with a Live Cinema Screening Tuesday 27 March. Leonard Bernstein achieved popular and critical acclaim across musical genres. To celebrate the centenary of his birth and as part of the global ‘Leonard Bernstein at 100’ … [Read more...] about Royal Ballet Associate Choreographers Celebrate The Music Of Leonard Bernstein
A first listen to the new Maria Callas Live: Remastered Live Recordings 1949-1964
More than a gift to their own coffers, Warner Classics in releasing Maria Callas Live is giving fans of La Divina and lovers of opera a meticulously restored collection of some of her finest performances to treasure. It is timed to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of her death in Paris on 16 September 1977. The 42 CDs contain 20 complete operas, and three Blu-ray discs hold … [Read more...] about A first listen to the new Maria Callas Live: Remastered Live Recordings 1949-1964