Tagged: classical music

Song for Mark

Song of Mark

Uri Caine plays John Zorn

Uri Caine to perform in St.Peter’s Church of Ireland, Drogheda Friday 5 March 2010.
“Uri Caine is a king among princes, a consummate musician who sounds great whether playing Bach, accompanying Don Byron on Puccini’s Nessun Dorma, wrangling an ambitious avant-jazz ensemble around the music of Mahler . . . . . He is prolific, hugely [...]

LCMS Cd reviewed in The Scotsman

TAVENER, PÄRT, GÓRECKI…
A Place Between
LCMS901, £11.99
Contemporary music recordings don’t tend to feature in top ten lists, partly because lack of air-time on radio is matched by audience lack of familiarity. While some composers, such as John Tavener, Henryck Górecki and Arvo Pärt, have crossed that line into popular consciousness: others, such as the late John [...]

Gabriela Istoc to sing at Anaverna

Beautiful Romanian soprano, Gabriela Istoc, will sing at Anaverna at 8 pm on Wednesday 3 February.
Accompanying Gabriela will be by John Finucane, principal clarinet with the  National Symphony Orchestra,
and pianist Dearbhla Collins.
Gabriela is studying at the Royal Academy of Music in Dublin. In October she won a major prize and
scholarship in Italyand, this week, she is competing in the Veronica Dunne [...]