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Red and green play key roles in the stunning new Ballet Quad Cities productions, but it’s as far from a Christmas theme as you can get. I had the privilege of seeing the only dress rehearsal of this wonderfully entertaining, mesmerizing double bill – “Dorothy Goes to Oz” and “Snow White” – Friday afternoon at […]

Ballet Quad Cities will present a special double bill for their final performances this season. “Dorothy Goes to Oz,” choreographed by artistic associate Emily Kate Long, and a new “Snow White,” created by artistic director Courtney Lyon, will be danced at Davenport’s Adler Theatre on Saturday, April 13, at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. “Dorothy” […]

Historically informed performance practice launched a new era in recorded repertoire, and the 1997 Gramophone Awards ceremony reached an audience of 2.5 million viewers on ITV

From the Boston Symphony Orchestra to Audra McDonald to A Far Cry, the season is packed with enlivening performances. Arts critic Lloyd Schwartz recommends the concerts he's looking forward to.

Dani Howard’s Ascent put the NYO brass front and centre, while, under conductor Mark Elder, Smetana’s Má Vlast and the Alpine Symphony were both full of grandeur and intricate detail

The finest soup I ever tasted was served in Kamakura City, Japan, in 1992. After climbing a mountain to a shrine that held a lock of Buddha's hair, I descended to Kamakura and walked to its Great Bronze Buddha. By the time I had taken my fill of the image's 730-year-old wonders and the countless picture-taking tourists at its base—a mild precursor to "the world is a backdrop for my ego" snappers of the smartphone age—I noticed that my stomach was growling.

Not one to take all the spotlight, Søndergård said he chose Richard Strauss was because it “highlights the orchestra in a way that takes actually a lot of focus away from the conductor.”

Classical music fans will be licking their lips at the treats in store as part of the recently announced Nottingham Classics 2023-2024 season.

High romantic and vivid orchestral sounds contrast with Coult world premiere. Classical review by Robert Beale

Featuring Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring, Debussy's Jeux, Variations by Beethoven, Mozart, Schumann and Webern, and Jessye Norman's unreleased masters