The Metropolitan Opera’s live high-definition broadcasts will return for a third season, starting with the Met’s opening night gala on Mon., Sept. 22.
The number of broadcasts is larger than last season. So is the number of local venues; The…
Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50. Yefim Bronfman, piano; Gil Shaham, violin; Truls Mork, cello. (Canary Classics CC05)
So many CDs, so little time…. but every once in a while a disc arrives for review that grabs me…
From STLToday.com:
Powell Hall damaged by semi
From staff reports
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
08/27/2008
A semi tractor trailer crashed into the concrete awning in front of Powell Symphony Hall at 718 North Grand Boulevard at 8:30 tonight, police said.
There…
It’s too late for this year — tonight’s the last of three nights in the 2008 edition — but it’s something to think about for 2009: They’ve got a nice thing going in Boonville with the Missouri River Festival of…
The St. Louis-based City Voices Chorus of Sweet Adelines Internation won second place in a recent competition. Here’s the release:
Local City Voices Chorus Wins Second Place
Tulsa, Okla., August 1, 2008 – The City Voices Chorus of Sweet Adelines…
Well, it’s Christine Brewer Day in St. Louis. Mayor Slay didn’t make it to KFUO-FM’s studio, according to new St. Louis Symphony Orchestra PR director Adam Crane; instead, SLSO president Fred Bronstein read the official proclamation.
Brewer was to sing…
Another event has been added to Thursday’s August 7 “Christine Brewer Day in St. Louis” festivities: the soprano will appear live on the KTVI-Channel 2 (Fox) morning program. She’s scheduled to appear between 7:15 and 7:30 — an extraordinarily early…
The St. Louis Classical Guitar Society and St. Louis Cathedral Concerts have announced their 2008-09 seasons.
There are four concerts in the Guitar Society’s regular series, and two “special performances.”
The series opens Oct. 4 with a performance by the…
John von Rhein reports in Monday’s Chicago Tribune that former St. Louis Symphony Orchestra artistic adviser Itzhak Perlman has canceled his playing and conducting dates at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s summer home, Ravinia, on August 5 and 6. “Doctors have…
Benefit: The Equinox Chamber Players present “Olympic Harmony,” 6:30 p.m. Aug 5, 7233 Kingsbury Ave., University City. $40 per person or $70 per couple; 314-973-2671 or www.equinoxchamberplayers.org.
The Equinox Chamber Players — Donita Bauer, bassoon; Ann Homann, oboe; Paula Kasica,…
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