Outside the Bachs

Classical sounds new when Austin artists do the composing

"...proud of A-Town. The shades of Beethoven, Brahms, and Bach have to be busting the buttons off their embroidered..."

May 1, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

and a girl singing with a flower in her hair maybe

Shooting more breeze with jazz storm Sonny Rollins in advance of his Bass Concert Hall stand on Sunday.

"...they should know Beethoven. I think they should know Bach, I think they should know Charlie Parker, I think..."

April 30, 2009 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Studio Theater Project

Both dances in the show have great music, but only one delivers great choreography

"...six dancers and three chairs. Set to gorgeous (recorded) Bach violin solos, the piece ripples with playfulness and sexual..."

April 3, 2009 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Conspirare

A PBS special puts you right in the midst of this celebrated choral ensemble

"...unintelligible German text that was dusty and tired when Bach was in knee pants, think again. No robes here,..."

March 6, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

State of Wonderment

The Texas Biennial's first outside curator describes what he saw in Lone Star art

"...visual accompaniment to Three Polonaises by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach..."

March 6, 2009 Arts Feature by Andrew Long

What You See Is What You Hear

The joy that Conspirare takes in singing is visible in the choir's PBS special

"...unintelligible German text that was dusty and tired when Bach was in knee pants, think again...."

Feb. 27, 2009 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Top 10 Dance and Classical Music Wonders of 2008

Chronicle Arts Editor Robert Faires recaps 2008 in dance and classical music

"...2) Verdi: Messa da Requiem (Conspirare, Victoria Bach Festival Orchestra and Chorus, and Texas State University Chorale)..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 10 Musical Triumphs, Plus Evidence That Austin Is Innovating the Classical World

Chronicle Arts writer Michael Kellerman recalls 2008, in classical music

"...9) Verdi: Messa da Requiem (Conspirare, Victoria Bach Festival Orchestra and Chorus, and Texas State University Chorale)..."

Jan. 2, 2009 Arts Feature by Michael Kellerman

Austin Symphony Orchestra

ASO's biggest challenge of 2008? Keeping a straight face with the Flying Karamazovs.

"...to abusing orchestras with a concert that includes J.S. Bach's Two-Part Invention #4 performed on marimba by two Karamazovs..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

TV Eye

Fake reality and real rock on IFC's new semiscripted show, Z Rock

"...come to sit in along the way include Sebastian Bach (Skid Row), John Popper (Blues Traveler), and Dee Snider..."

Aug. 15, 2008 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Austin Music: 'Things Are Better Than They Have Ever Been!'

"...is equally industrious shall succeed, equally well.” – J.S. Bach..."

July 21, 2008 Postmarks

Why Chamber Music?

For the folks who play it, it's the intimacy and democracy and unity and fun

"...Smetana String Quartet in E minor at the Victoria Bach Festival, and it starts with this huge viola solo,..."

July 11, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

2008 Austin Chamber Music Festival Schedule

"...(Albeniz, Bach, Villa-Lobos) 7:30pm, Northwest Hills United Methodist Church, 7050 Village..."

July 11, 2008 Arts Feature

Bats Left, Sings Right

With help from Esther's Follies, Austin Lyric Opera turns Strauss' Viennese waltz into a Texas two-step

"...has become a yellow rose of Texas, hailing from Luckenbach. Arias pay tribute to the restorative qualities of the..."

May 30, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Lasting Commitments

The 2008 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...University of Texas and artistic director of the Victoria Bach Festival. Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long..."

May 23, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Playing Through

Tiger Woods is to golf what Shakespeare is to theatre

"...This is a once-in-a-lifetime genius. You weren't around when Bach was performing his concertos, when Shakespeare was staging his..."

April 11, 2008 Column by Thomas Hackett

Red Dirt Country

Johnny Solinger's pie in the sky

"...Replacing Sebastian Bach was no small chore, so the New Jersey boys..."

April 8, 2008 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Slow Motion Sound

"...up in an age when you can listen to Bach and listen to Radiohead, and that’s just the way..."

March 15, 2008 Music Post by Austin Powell

Vitality: A Baroque Thanksgiving: Music to give thanks by

Opening your concert season on Thanksgiving weekend might seem odd, but it's worked out well for Chamber Soloists of Austin

"...14 musicians will participate in Vitality, playing pieces by Bach, Vivaldi, and Telemann, two of whom were employed as..."

Nov. 23, 2007 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Man With the Light Touch

Peter Bay leads the Austin Symphony with the finesse of Astaire

"...The Austin Symphony Orchestra performs the Bach Magnificat and Beethoven's Seventh Symphony Nov. 16 and 17,..."

Nov. 16, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Conspirare: My favorite year

In a banner year, Conspirare signs with the prestigious Harmonia Mundi label and plans a powerful Long Center debut with the Verdi Requiem

"...bringing up some musicians and vocalists from the Victoria Bach Festival, where he's also the artistic director, to perform..."

Aug. 31, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

'Les Enfants Terribles'

"...Jean-Pierre Melville? Besides an enveloping tide of Vivaldi and Bach? Cocteau has the answer: "Beauty enjoys immense privileges --..."

July 27, 2007 Screens Review by Raoul Hernandez

And the Award Goes to ...

The 2006-2007 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Achievement in Cooperative Music-makingSt. Cecilia Music Series for the Bach Christmas OratorioTakin' It to the Streets AwardMeredith Powell and..."

June 8, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Outstanding!

Nominations for the 2006-2007 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Nuevo Tangos of Astor Piazzolla, Austin Chamber Music CenterChoral ConcertBach: Christmas Oratorio, St. Cecilia Music Series..."

May 18, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Ah, Wilderness!

Ah, Wilderness!, Eugene O'Neill's only comedy, is given a lavish treatment at the Mary Moody Northen Theatre, resulting in a dream production full of bright, endearing charm

"...is like listening to the stentorian clarity of a Bach fugue played on a jangling player piano. Despite this,..."

April 20, 2007 Arts Review by Iris Brooks

Plays Well With Others

Why Michelle Schumann is meant to be running the Austin Chamber Music Center

"...played two other festivals this summer, too: the Victoria Bach Festival and the Snake River Chamber Music Festival in..."

Sept. 8, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Black Belly of the Tarantula

"...in a row: Barbara Bouchet, Claudine Auger, and Barbara Bach quiver throughout, awash in giddy anxiety, anticipating everything bad..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Screens Review by Marc Savlov

TCB

TCB scales the Wall of Sound festival at Fort Worth's Ridglea Theater

"...with a robotic, caffeinated upstairs set that indirectly evoked Bach, hip-hop, and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah as the..."

April 14, 2006 Music Column by Christopher Gray

A Shostakovich Primer

"...piano, the Preludes and Fugues, which were inspired by Bach, are a good place to start. [Shostakovich: 24 Preludes..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Arts Feature

Shostakovich 100 Schedule

"...on piano, on a program with works by Telemann, Bach, and Bartok. Feb. 11, 8pm, at First Presbyterian Church,..."

Dec. 30, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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