Bowled over by LA’s new maestro – Los Angeles Times

BBC News Bowled over by LA's new maestro Los Angeles Times And so, Saturday, it came to pass. After all the extraordinary buildup — the billboards and the bilingual media frenzy — 18000 people from every corner of the city came to the Hollywood Bowl to bear witness. He goes by many names: Gustavo the Great. ... LA Phil's new maestro: 'Classical music is cool' The Associated Press LA welcomes Phil's Dudamel with joy Los Angeles Times A world beat to Dudamel's w

New Julian Casablancas - 11th Dimension

The trailer for the lead Stroke's solo debut Phrazes For The Young was soundtracked with widescreen, cinematic synth pop, his first on-camera interview in years boasted quotes about harnessing the power and seriousness of classical music while captur(ing) the catchiness of modern music, and with last night's BBC debut of lead single 11th Dimension, we get to hear how all those phrazes shake out. Casablancas performed this at his Tokyo show last month, it's the one with the Rebel R

Dispatches from the North: Last Night of the Proms

This past Saturday night was an iconic annual British event called Last Night of the Proms. The Proms is a summer classical music festival that spans two months and this year consisted of over 100 promenade concerts. The Last Night of the Proms is televised by the BBC every year and the finale of the entire concert series is a performance of patriotic songs at the Royal Albert Hall. The most memorable of performances is always “Rule, Britannia!” which features a mezzo-soprano soloist with the

Studer Vista Consoles Destined For New Media City Complex

Studer is supplying two flagship Vista consoles to Peel Media for two large radio studios under construction in the new MediaCityUK complex at Salford Quays in Manchester. One of the Studer Vista consoles will be used in the recording hall for the world renowned BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and strengthens the use of Studer consoles for recording and broadcast of classical music with similar consoles used at Maida Vale, London, Glasgow City Halls and Hoddinott Hall in Cardiff. A second console

Square Eyes 11-13 September

The One Show (Friday 7pm, BBC1) The One Show extends to a regular hour-long episode from tonight, giving us more Christine for our licence fee. The Tudors (Friday 9pm, BBC2/BBC HD) Tonight’s episode of The Tudors is a bit like Blind Date , as Thomas Cromwell plays Cilla Black and tries to find Henry a bride from the pretty women of Europe. Only problem is, the fact that all Henry’s wives have a habit of dying, nobody wants to touch him with a jousting lance. And Henry is becoming

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