, Philip Sherburne listens to a whole lot of mixes so you only have to listen to the best ones.
It’s hardly news that time moves strangely these days. Whether coincidentally or otherwise, some of the most captivating sets right now play with that sense of disorientation. UK club experimentalist Mr. Mitch zigzags between full on and chilled out; Brooklyn’s L’Rain facilitates a kind of guided meditation; and D.C.’s dreamcastmoe invites listeners into his car for a set that’s all about restless, nonstop motion. With time (seemingly) standing still, it’s also easy to feel nostalgic an impulse indulged by Max D and DJ Storm. London’s Shannen SP casts a backward glance too, seeking reassurance in the ways people persevered through earlier crises.
8 am ET: Wigmore Hall presents Jonathan Plowright. The British pianist opens this concert with Busoni’s arrangement of Bach’s D minor
Chaconne which was performed by Busoni himself at the opening of the Hall almost 120 years ago. This is followed by the six pieces that make up Liszt’s
Consolations S172. The concert closes with Grieg’s
Holberg Suite Op. 40, originally written for piano before Grieg adapted it for string orchestra. Register, view here and on demand for 30 days. LIVE
1 pm ET: Wiener Staatsoper presents
Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci. Conductor: Marco Armiliato, director: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle. With Eva-Maria Westbroek, Brian Jagde, Ambrogio Maestri, Zoryana Kushpler, and Isabel Signoret; Roberto Alagna, Aleksandra Kurzak, Ambrogio Maestri, Andrea Giovannini, and Sergey Kaydalov. Production from November 2020. Register for free and view here.
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Manhasset Secondary School student Dylan Wu has been named a semifinalist in the 2021 Irving M. Klein International String Competition, which is produced by the California Music Center. (Manhasset Public Schools
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MANHASSET, NY A Long Island student is one of nine semifinalists worldwide in the 2021 Irving M. Klein International String Competition.
Manhasset Secondary School student cellist Dylan Wu, who studies at The Juilliard School Pre-College Division, was selected from 128 entrants from 16 nationalities, Manhasset School District officials said.
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Wu is one of five string musicians from the United States to be chosen to compete in the semi-finals this year. He is joined by New York City resident Serin Park, Keoni Bolding of Pennsylvania, Grace Huh of California, and William Tan of Illinois, according to the competition s website.
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Michael Delfín is a versatile performer of historical keyboard instruments and the modern piano. Michael is the recipient of the 2018 Historical Keyboard Society of North America Bechtel/Clinkscale Scholarship and 2017 Catacoustic Consort Early Music Grant. He has performed for the Historical Keyboard Society of North America and the Central California Baroque Festival and has given lectures on historical performance topics for Early Music America, HKSNA, and the Case Western Reserve University Music Department. He is artistic director of Seven Hills Baroque in Cincinnati and has taught figured bass and improvisation at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Michael has attended the American Bach Soloists Academy and the University of Michigan Early Keyboard Institute and performed in masterclasses for Richard Egarr, Joseph Gascho, Corey Jamason, Edward Parmentier, and Pamela Ruiter-Feenstra.
Elegy: Snow in June. View here.
Friday, April 30
12 pm ET: Princeton Symphony presents
Buskaid: Curious Creatures & a Heavenly Harp. Rosemary Nalden, Music conducts the Buskaid Soweto String Ensemble with Jude Harpstar, guest harpist and Mzwandile Twala, violin in Carlo Farina’s
Capriccio Stravagante, Debussy’s
Reverie, and Kreisler’s
1 pm ET: Wiener Staatsoper presents
Mozart’s
Die Zauberflöte. Conductor: Adam Fischer, directors: Moshe Leiser, Patrice Caurier. With Jörg Schneider, Olga Bezsmertna, Hila Fahima, Thomas Tatzl, and René Pape. Production from December 2017. Register for free and view here.
2 pm ET: Concertgebouworkest presents
Daniel Harding Conducts. Daniel Harding conducts the Concertgebouworkest in Stravinsky’s