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Classics deter bus station yobs
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Mozart is one of the composers being played at the bus station
Mozart and Vivaldi have been brought in to tackle anti-social behaviour in a town in East Yorkshire. |
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Opera company loses director
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Tugan Sokhiev was has stood down as the WNO's music director
The music director of the Welsh National Opera (WNO) has stepped down, just months before the company takes up residence in the new Wales Millennium Centre.
Tugan Sokhiev, whose appointment was first announced at the end of 2001, has given the WNO's board notice to terminate his contract. |
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English National Opera battles to win hearts and minds
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Mix of triumph and disaster spells an uncertain future.
Washed out: ENO's stage under Nelson's column lies abandoned as rain and wind lashes Trafalgar Square. Photo: Sean Smith |
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Carlos Kleiber has died July 19 2004
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Carlos Kleiber, renowned for both his formidable interpretations of music and his often eccentric and reclusive nature, has died aged 74. |
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Long-Lost Manuscript of Tales of Hoffmann Discovered in Paris Opera Archives
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PARIS, July 15 (AFP) — A handwritten copy of the original score for Jacques Offenbach's last opera, The Tales of Hoffmann — thought lost in a fire — has been found in the Paris Opera's archives, opera management announced Thursday. |
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Proms 2004.
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A look ahead to this year's Proms season which starts on Friday.
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Schools fail to use instruments
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Around half of instruments provided by Shropshire Music Service, which teaches music to schoolchildren, are not being used according to government officials. |
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Cut-price opera recruits 'virgins'
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Hundreds of 'opera virgins' are being attracted by a cheap ticket deal at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff Bay.
Half the £5 seats sold for the Welsh National Opera's (WNO) debut show at the centre have been bought by first-timers. |
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Duke's Piano: On Exhibit and For Sale
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Manhattan’s Michael Rosenfeld Gallery is displaying Duke Ellington’s white, baby grand Kramer piano. |
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Music school lessons 'Manifesto'
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Musicians have teamed up with government ministers and others to produce a "manifesto" to enhance young people's music-making.
"Music can be magic" it says, and has "a unique contribution to make to education". |
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Just Jazz
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9th July 2004 - Just Jazz Goa's premier jazz ensemble was formed in Goa with the intention of offering visiting international jazz singers and soloists a platform to showcase their talent in India. |
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The verdict: Judge Judy's got nothin' on her
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This year, I was that critic. And when I agreed to help judge the two-day event on May 14-15, sponsored by the Houston Symphony League at Rice University's Shepherd School of Music, I never imagined that it would involve so much pleasure, or drama. |
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639-Year-Long Performance of John Cage's As Slow As Possible Adds Two Notes
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639-Year-Long Performance of John Cage's As Slow As Possible Adds Two Notes
BERLIN — In an abandoned church in the German town of Halberstadt, the world's longest concert moved two notes closer to its end Monday [5 July]: Three years down, 636 to go. |
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Saturday marks the beginning of the end for the Royal Opera House
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Saturday marks the beginning of the end for the Royal Opera House production of Tosca, as it stages a final week-long revival at the London venue.
The production was first staged 40 years ago in 1964, starring the legendary Maria Callas as Tosca and Tito Gobbi as the police chief Scarpia. |
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