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On Friday, April 15, 2022, musician-led ensemble Palaver Strings will release its new album of music by diverse female composers, Ready or Not, on Azica Records.

Australia’s arts companies are streaming gorgeous productions this weekend. As a little Xmas treat, we’ve compiled some highlights

– The Cal Poly Music Department will present its annual Bach Week in person Tuesday through Saturday, Jan. 18-22, with presentations and performances on campus and at the First Presbyterian Church in San Luis Obispo.

“YOU’RE not allowed to ask who my favourite composer is.” Andrew Gant is making a pretence of being offended. ”It’s like asking ‘who is…

IS there a composer in the European classical tradition, apart from the sublime Johann Sebastian Bach, whose music transports us closer to the voice…

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See our selection of live and virtual events for May 7-13.

The "mother of feminism" Mary Wollstonecraft. - Credit: Topham Picturepoint/Press Associ With restoration work on the historic Newington Green Meeting House complete, it will now play host to a series of streamed concerts named after the buildings most famous attendee, Mary Wollstonecraft.  The Mary Wollstonecraft Music Café Concert Series will launch during Wollstonecrafts 262nd birthday week from April 25 to May 2.  Short teaser concerts are to be streamed as part of celebrations as...

Richard Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier. Vladimir Jurowski conducts Barrie Kosky’s new staging with Marlis Petersen (Die Marschallin), Samantha Hankey (Octavian), Katharina Konradi (Sophie), Christof Fischesser (Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau), and Johannes Martin Kränzle (Herr von Faninal). The new production will be performed in the arrangement by Eberhard Kloke which transcribes the score to match the orchestration of Strauss’s opera Ariadne auf Naxos. View here. 12 pm ET: IDAGIO Global Conce...

Warmth from other Suns. View here until April 29. 7:30 pm ET: SalonEra presents Women in Music. Women’s History Month is marked with instrumental and vocal music by Maddalena Sirmen, Barbara Strozzi, Isabella Leonarda, Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre, and Clara Schumann. Featured guests include harpsichordist Byron Schenkman, violinist Shelby Yamin, and soprano Michele Kennedy, who share a commitment to researching, performing, and recording music by women composers. View here. 8 pm ET: Ensem...