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City Calendar for 05/21/12 - Pittsburgh Post Gazette

City Calendar for 05/21/12
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
"Ayre" from the medieval Spanish word for "air" or "melody," by Argentine composer Osvaldo Golijov; the text of the work intermingles Christian, Jewish and Arab cultures that co-existed in Spain in the late 15th century. The program will also include ...

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The Five: America's televised chatroom - Washington Times


Washington Times
The Five: America's televised chatroom
Washington Times
CHARLOTE, May 21, 2012 – Every afternoon Fox News' The Five allows television viewers to eavesdrop on America's sidewalk café. Across the country and throughout the world, similar scenes play out among friends who get together daily in their favorite ...

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Listen to this - The Age


The Age
Listen to this
The Age
''Indie classical doesn't mean anything, musically,'' says guitarist, composer and founding member of US indie rock band the National, Bryce Dessner. Dessner will soon be in Sydney to take part in a collaboration with singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens ...

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“Spring for Music” at Carnegie Hall – The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra - Sequenza21


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“Spring for Music” at Carnegie Hall – The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
Sequenza21
There is something thrilling about the three Canadian composers being featured on the program. Their voices are unique, in a way that only 21st-Century composers could be. Their inspirations and tastes range from Beethoven, to Brahms, to Stravinsky, ...

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The Symphonic Boom - Wall Street Journal


Wall Street Journal
The Symphonic Boom
Wall Street Journal
In a global construction explosion that echoes the last performing-arts center boom of the 1970s and '80s, spectacular buildings for music are replacing the art museum as the most conspicuous cultural icon of the 21st century.

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Brunei remains on piracy watch list - Jakarta Post

Brunei remains on piracy watch list
Jakarta Post
Brunei remains on a "watch list" of countries identified as violators of intellectual property rights (IPR), according to a report by the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR). The US "looks forward" to cooperating with Brunei to ...

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Digging deep - Cyprus Mail


Cyprus Mail
Digging deep
Cyprus Mail
At first he toys with the idea of calling it 21st century classical music but he feels this kind of classification is out of context in today's world. “I just like to say that I compose for acoustic instruments.” As for his inspirations, they are drawn ...

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Joffrey Ballet's spring series is immensely desirable - Chicago Sun-Times

Joffrey Ballet's spring series is immensely desirable
Chicago Sun-Times
A fiendishly difficult piece that suggests both the formality of a 19th century ballroom and the psyches of 21st century men and women, it is now being danced with superb authority. Mendoza and Villanueva were beyond exquisite in the gorgeously ...

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Belafonte, Hanna, Eubanks among season performers at Carolina Theatre - Durham Herald Sun

Belafonte, Hanna, Eubanks among season performers at Carolina Theatre
Durham Herald Sun
15 with a concert by composer John Tesh. Other highlights include concerts by saxophonist Dave Koz & Friends, trumpeter Hugh Masekela, and Jane Monheit with Mark O'Connor. Belafonte is considered one of the most successful singers of the post-World War ...

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Volcker optimism wanes - JPMorgan loses Geduldig to Forum - Pro-gay marriage ... - Politico

Volcker optimism wanes - JPMorgan loses Geduldig to Forum - Pro-gay marriage ...
Politico
SONGWRITERS DESCEND ON LIBRARY OF CONGRESS: The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers and the Library of Congress hosted the annual "We Write Songs" event Tuesday evening, turning out a big crowd of lawmakers, downtowners and members of ...

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