http://theartoftheconductor.com/news classical music news and views Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:03:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en by Paul E. Robinson Last week, at the Long Center for the Performing Arts, Peter Bay and the Austin Symphony presented an all-Russian program: Rachmaninov’s "Vocalise," followed by the Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3, and closing with the Shostakovich Symphony No. 5, this Russian composer’s most popular symphony. As always, Maestro Bay ... http://theartoftheconductor.com/news/2010/03/18/1539/ by Paul E. Robinson The Dallas Opera has a long and illustrious history. It was founded in 1957 and its first presentations featured the legendary Maria Callas in a Zeffirelli production of "La Traviata," as well as in "Medea," and "Lucia di Lammermoor." Other big stars followed, including Montserrat ... http://theartoftheconductor.com/news/2010/03/18/1528/ by Paul E. Robinson There are plenty of recordings of Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 7 Op. 60 ("Leningrad"), but one rarely gets a chance to hear it in concert. The same could be said, only more so, for Benjamin Britten’s Violin Concerto Op. 15. To have them both offered on ... http://theartoftheconductor.com/news/2010/03/18/1515/