Having spent most of last month overseas and listening to a number of concerts, it was back to the familiar faces and sounds at the Auckland Town Hall last evening.
Review: Bach To The Future
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Music: Which U.S. Orchestras Are Best?
Rising standards outside the Big Five create a new elite Their players are highly skilled specialists, prized for their uncommon physical abilities and welded into a team by a strong figure of authority. Their seasons are long, routinely lasting from early fall to late spring and often extending into the summer.
Conductor, 28, takes reins of Los Angeles Philharmonic
He got a standing ovation before the orchestra even played a single note.
Jazz man is first African-American to solo on U.S. circulating coin
The United States Mint launched a new coin Tuesday featuring jazz legend Duke Ellington, making him the first African-American to appear by himself on a circulating U.S.