Classical
Four stellar guest artists
Ax sensational in Beethoven's Piano Concert No. 4; Silvestrelli, Forbis and Wray powerful in Wagner.
Feb 5th, 2011 by Tom StriniWagnerian voices, pianist Emanuel Ax
MSO's German Festival ends with Act 1 of The Valkyrie and Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4.
Feb 3rd, 2011 by Tom Strini4 to Tango
Frank Almond and friends play tangos and have the most fun ever.
Feb 1st, 2011 by Tom StriniAuditions and entries
Update: RedLine seeks new artists in residence and submissions for one-act plays at the Pink Banana close Feb. 2
Jan 30th, 2011 by Third Coast DailyThe Skylight’s “Brel,” on the outskirts of greatness
The words and music of Jacques Brel, the mid-century singer-songwriter, still wound and amuse today.
Jan 30th, 2011 by Ellen BurmeisterBrahms, Schumann, Beethoven
De Waart illumines Schumann's dense Symphony No. 3, Garrick Ohlssohn shines in Beethoven's "Emperor" Piano Concerto.
Jan 29th, 2011 by Tom StriniJacques Brel alive, well and living in the Third Ward
The Skylight Opera Theatre revives the 1968 revue that spread the legendary singer-songwriter's fame from Europe to America.
Jan 27th, 2011 by Mary O'Hara StacyGerman Fest 2, Gaudeamus baby!
Brahms' "Academic Festival Overture"; you know it well, right? No you don't.
Jan 27th, 2011 by Tom StriniJazz piano virtuoso, Adam Makowicz, riffs on Chopin
The Polish Heritage Alliance presents a jazz man once banned in Poland, but now officially honored in his homeland.
Jan 26th, 2011 by Michael BarndtWithout football, what would we have? Plenty.
Dance with Wild Space and Heidi Latsky, music with MSO, Fest City and Frankly Music, openings at the Rep and the Skylight, jazz and more.
Jan 25th, 2011 by Tom StriniThe Rep’s “So Lonesome You Could Cry” — now with video!
At the Stackner Cabaret, Matthew Brumlow becomes Hank Williams, Sr., in Lanie Robertson's "Nobody Lonesome for Me."
Jan 24th, 2011 by Rosy RicksSly Brahms, sparkling Beethoven, epic R. Strauss
MSO, de Waart polish three brands of German Romanticism. Pianist Brautigam gives a pithy Beethoven Concerto No. 3.
Jan 22nd, 2011 by Tom Strini