Category: music

A spokesman for Nordstrom said in a statement that the company has “learned that most customers like the energy and environment that a more contemporary, recorded music offering helps create.”

“Opera, from the time of the Baroque era to the present has been dedicated to new technology. But we have reached a point in which changes in tools and society are accelerating so fast, opera and its audience need help keeping up.”

“I felt a new emotion while watching this: sympathy for Brian Mulroney. I didn’t mind so much that Dan Redican’s script treats our former prime minister as an egotistical clown – editorial cartoonists did as much, or worse – but for Alexina Louie to give so colourful a man nothing memorable or interesting to sing seems too cruel.”

“In a bit of theater in support of organized labor, musicians of the Philadelphia Orchestra gathered on stage for their usual Thursday night concert, and then, minutes before curtain time, fanned out into the audience with leaflets pleading their case with the listening public.”

“Deutsche Grammophon has signed the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra and its music director Myung-Whun Chung to an exclusive contract … South Korea is among the leading countries in the remarkable growth in music sales seen by much of the region.”

“They complain that the changes were done behind their backs, are meant to cater to the interests of television and major record labels and that they discriminate against ethnic minorities and performers of genres outside the mainstream.”

“The conductor search is on. Call it prospecting for the perfect mate or Saturday-night date. He or she doesn’t exist, but some people are much, much better than others. There’s looks and talent and experience, but there’s also chemistry, and those don’t always happen together.”

“Regrettably, it became obvious to us that NYCO is merely stalling the negotiating process. Our members in City Opera’s chorus and production department have devoted their entire professional careers to City Opera, have already made tremendous financial sacrifices to help City Opera survive its fiscal problems, but at some point enough is simply enough.”

“Citigroup, the US bank which wrested control of music giant EMI from financier Guy Hands in February, is poised to sell the record label as a whole business rather than break up its music and publishing divisions.”

“Bob Dylan played his first ever concert in Vietnam on Sunday, following two unprovocative gigs in China. Four decades after his songs became anthems for America’s anti-Vietnam war movement, the folk legend appeared at a half-empty venue in Ho Chi Minh City.”