8 am ET: Wigmore Hall presents Jonathan Plowright. The British pianist opens this concert with Busoni’s arrangement of Bach’s D minor
Chaconne which was performed by Busoni himself at the opening of the Hall almost 120 years ago. This is followed by the six pieces that make up Liszt’s
Consolations S172. The concert closes with Grieg’s
Holberg Suite Op. 40, originally written for piano before Grieg adapted it for string orchestra. Register, view here and on demand for 30 days. LIVE
1 pm ET: Wiener Staatsoper presents
Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci. Conductor: Marco Armiliato, director: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle. With Eva-Maria Westbroek, Brian Jagde, Ambrogio Maestri, Zoryana Kushpler, and Isabel Signoret; Roberto Alagna, Aleksandra Kurzak, Ambrogio Maestri, Andrea Giovannini, and Sergey Kaydalov. Production from November 2020. Register for free and view here.
Pandemic got you tossing and turning? This musician wants to help you nod off
Patrick Boyle, a jazz professor at the University of Victoria, has released 5½ hours of music he hopes will send you to dreamland.
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Patrick Boyle s new project is 5½ hours of music he hopes will send you to dreamland
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Posted: May 02, 2021 5:00 PM NT | Last Updated: May 2
Patrick Boyle s newest music a six-CD set of ambient recordings was composed to help people fall asleep, he says.(Patrick Boyle/Bandcamp)
Patrick Boyle hopes his new record will put you to sleep.
Boyle, a musician originally from Mount Pearl, told
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by Arley Sorg
Before Kelly Robson was a celebrated science fiction writer, she competed in rodeos, and was even a rodeo princess. “I like to say that being a rodeo princess is like having all the glamour and none of the responsibility. Also to be clear, this isn’t a beauty contest it’s a riding contest.” Robson was born in Edmonton, Alberta and grew up in Hinton, Alberta, just east of the Canadian Rockies.
Even as a kid Robson had the writing bug: She wrote a horse book called
Born Wild in fifth grade, and in sixth grade she wrote a one-act play based on C. S. Lewis’
Students Celebrate International Jazz Day at Adelaide Festival Centre
The workshops will culminate in participants performing a jazz parade, using instruments and voice, around the Rotunda in Elder Park.by BWW News Desk
South Australian secondary school students will unite today and join global celebrations for UNESCO s International Jazz Day with performance workshops led by local jazz creatives Jo Lawry, Will Vinson, Kyrie Anderson and Lazaro Numa at Adelaide Festival Centre.
About 100 students from Gawler and District College, Playford International College and Salisbury East High School have been invited to Adelaide Festival Centre participate in specially crafted workshops focusing on jazz performance as a conversation and process of music making.
Boston-based concert pianist Miki Sawada will tour across Massachusetts with a piano in tow from May 6 – May 30 as part of the Gather Hear Tour. Sawada will perform for free in 13 towns and cities across the state, presented by various small businesses, non-profit organizations and city entities – with one stop in Chelsea Square.
The concert in Chelsea will be at Chelsea Square on May 13 at 6 p.m., presented by Chelsea Prospers. All concerts will take place outdoors and masks are required. For the Chelsea Square show attendees are encouraged to bring their own chair or blanket.
Through the Gather Hear Tour, Sawada is on a mission to perform in all 50 states, inspiring human connection across political and socioeconomic divides. The project was launched in 2017 in Alaska, when Sawada performed 25 concerts in cafes, bars, lodges, galleries, schools, and parks. By taking classical music outside of concert halls and into beloved community gathering spaces, presenting it in a fr