Franz Liszt

Viewpoint: The life-affirming power of human excellence

(You must, you hear?) I get to put more checks next to some big items on my list this week, because two giants of the piano, Garrick Ohlsson and Lang Lang, will be playing here. But why would someone as nonathletic and klutzy...

Max Ophüls' 'Lola Montès' restored

"This is a story about restoring a film that didn't exist," Tom Burton, vice president of digital services at Technicolor, says of his work on Max Ophüls' opulent 1955 drama "Lola Montès." That is not much of an exaggeration....

Opera, musical theater merge at C of C

Have you ever noticed a number of operas and musicals contain a reference, a theme or a subtext relating to heaven or hell, or perhaps both? With that in mind, David Templeton, the new director of opera studies in the music...

Delightfully diabolical concert in store for RPO audience

Dynamic pianist Andrew von Oeyen to perform macabre Liszt piece with RPO Stuart Low • Staff writer • November 16, 2008 In the unlikely event that Aerosmith, Motley Crue or Van Halen ever need a patron saint, the Rochester...

CD Review – REVOLUTIONARY, Cameron Carpenter, Organist

By Seán Martinfield Sentinel Fine Arts Critic Photo by Lynn Imanaka Blend together Frederic Chopin and Rudolf Nureyev in their youthful prime and you get organist Cameron Carpenter. The glamorous bearing befits his stunning and...

Thousand Oaks Philharmonic-Friends of Phil - Nov 13, 2008 4:30 p.m.- 8:00 p.m. @ Alessio...

The Thousand Oaks Philharmonic-Friends of the Phil, a non-profit organization founded to give local young artists a unique professional performance experience, will host a private reception, dinner and concert featuring its new...

Classical programs offer something different

By CARLTON WILKINSON • Correspondent • November 9, 2008 TWO CLASSICAL EVENTS, one in South Amboy and one in New Brunswick, promise unusual programs and polished performances in the coming week. First, "Music at Saint Mary's"...

LISZT, F.: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / Totentanz (Nebolsin, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic,...

Franz Liszt’s two piano concertos amply display both his extraordinary pianistic ability and his originality as an influential Romantic composer. The first, premiered in Weimar in 1855 with Berlioz conducting, is a...

From Dylan to Deval

Listen up! some of the best College radio shows in the country are right here. By Jenara Gardner, Emma Johnson, and Erich Schwartzel November 2, 2008 THE SHOW The Rundown, politics and sports on Fridays from 2 to 4 p.m. THE...

LISZT, F.: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / Totentanz (Nebolsin, Petrenko) (8.570517)

Franz Liszt’s two piano concertos amply display both his extraordinary pianistic ability and his originality as an influential Romantic composer. The first, premiered in Weimar in 1855 with Berlioz conducting, is a...

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