| music: Renée Fleming’s Crossover to Rock, ‘Dark Hope’ Renée Fleming’s rock foray, “Dark Hope,” is classical crossover, even if she won’t admit it. feeds.nytimes.com |
Music Review: International Contemporary Ensemble at Yamaha Piano The International Contemporary Ensemble performs the work of the maverick composer Edgard Varèse at the Yamaha Piano Salon. feeds.nytimes.com |
Welsh Jay-Z video spoof scores hits online An online parody of a Jay-Z hit that swaps New York's metropolis for a modest Welsh port town has won hundreds of thousands of fans, the director of the spoof says. cbc.ca |
Music Review | American String Quartet : A 1988 Commission, Revisited on an Anniversary The American String Quartet is celebrating its 35th anniversary this season, and the Manhattan School of Music, where it has been in residence for 26 of those years, is giving a party. feeds.nytimes.com |
ArtsBeat: Cleveland Orchestra Gets Pledge for Tickets for Young Audiences The Maltz Family Foundation has pledged $20 million, which will go toward a $60 million endowment to finance what the orchestra is calling a Center for Future Audiences. feeds.nytimes.com |