Music Director Leaving Spoleto Festival USA
Emmanuel Villaume, the French conductor who has been the festival's music director for opera and orchestra since 2001, said he would leave at the end of the season. feeds.nytimes.com |
Music Review: Steven Beck and Miranda Cuckson at Bargemusic
Steven Beck and Miranda Cuckson played an artfully conceived program of chamber music at Bargemusic in Brooklyn on Friday night. feeds.nytimes.com |
Bobby Hebb, Singer of 1966 Hit ‘Sunny,’ Dies at 72
Mr. Hebb’s pop classic is an upbeat ode to a woman whose smile “really eased the pain” when the singer’s “life was filled with rain.” feeds.nytimes.com |
Playlist: Surfboards, Harmonies and Sheet Metal
Music by Nymph, Grass Widow, Orphan, Joshua Abrams, Jon Irabagon and Portico Quartet. feeds.nytimes.com |
CD Review: Arvo Pärt’s Fourth Symphony
The Los Angeles Philharmonic, conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen, performs Arvo Pärt’s Symphony No. 4 and parts of a choral work, “Kanon Pokajanen.” feeds.nytimes.com |