San Antonio's Classical Oasis

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83142162484398658412009-12-31T14:14:30.072-06:00San Antonio's Classical OasisA fun resource for all of your classical needs!Your Classical Oasishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17823992957330120336letters@tpr.orgBlogger450125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314216248439865841.post-66103975132360972352009-12-31T13:00:00.002-06:002009-12-31T13:01:21.873-06:00South Texas Finest in 2009

Here are ten concerts that knocked my socks off around South Texas this last year - host John Clare.Ten great concerts in 200910. Austin Symphony Peter Bay May 2009 – World Premiere of Dan Welcher’s Fifth Symphony – wonderful celebration of 10 years with Peter Bay leading the Austin Symphony and a orchestral tour de force from Welcher.9. Round Top Festival Orchestra JoAnn Falletta June 2009–

Your Classical Oasishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17823992957330120336letters@tpr.org0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314216248439865841.post-66179070508457757592009-12-31T09:34:00.004-06:002009-12-31T14:14:30.081-06:00Classical Spotlight: New Year Edition

We look at 2009 with a best of Classical Spotlight, including never heard before segments and upcoming concerts in and around San Antonio.Don't miss Ken Freudigman talking about Camerata San Antonio's American Rhythms coming up on January 7,8 & 10th!We'll revisit releases by Richard Wernick and Jessica Mathaes, plus an in studio performance by Bill Kanengeiser from the Los Angeles Guitar

Your Classical Oasishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17823992957330120336letters@tpr.org0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314216248439865841.post-24895499472430033952009-12-31T06:34:00.000-06:002009-12-31T06:34:00.082-06:00Tomorrow's Piano Titans, Today!

Young musicians from all over came to the Alamo City to compete in the 10th San Antonio International Piano Competition this last October. Thanks to the artists competing and board of directors of the SAIPC, KPAC is pleased to present these performances Sunday Afternoons through January.The Piano will feature different performers starting with the Semi-Final competition and this Sunday the

Your Classical Oasishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17823992957330120336letters@tpr.org0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314216248439865841.post-54135181416648349912009-12-30T07:00:00.001-06:002009-12-30T17:39:14.658-06:00JC off, not gone

I thought I'd mention I'm just off on Friday, New Year's day, not gone or have quit. If you've read any releases about SOLI Chamber Ensemble lately, you will have seen that I've been "appointed" executive director for the ensemble. Please know I'll still be on the airwaves and conducting interviews for Classical Spotlight on KPAC & KTXI. Happy New Year!John Clare, KPAC Afternoon host and newly

Your Classical Oasishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17823992957330120336letters@tpr.org0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314216248439865841.post-32463049492824723232009-12-29T13:26:00.001-06:002009-12-29T13:28:19.190-06:00New deputy commander

The Band of the West would like to introduce one of its newest members, Deputy Commander 2nd Lieutenant Joseph Hansen! 2nd Lieutenant Hansen, originally from Gunnison, Colorado, graduated Officer Training School in October of 2009, and joined the Band of the West shortly thereafter.Prior to joining the Air Force, 2nd Lieutenant Hansen was a music educator in the Colorado Springs area, teaching

Your Classical Oasishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17823992957330120336letters@tpr.org0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314216248439865841.post-87895580500805625682009-12-29T10:53:00.002-06:002009-12-29T10:56:54.972-06:0075 years of Top Ten

The BBC has released the most played classical music over the last 75 years...the winner? Carl Orff's Carmina Burana.Here's the story. And here's their list:1 Orff - O Fortuna (Kurt Eichhorn)2 Vaughan Williams - Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis (Bernard Haitink)3 Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade (Charles Mackerras)4 Tchaikovsky - The Sleeping Beauty (Mikhail Pletnev)5 Schumann - Romance In F

Your Classical Oasishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17823992957330120336letters@tpr.org0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314216248439865841.post-37693896691505673392009-12-24T10:41:00.010-06:002009-12-24T16:35:34.946-06:00Classical Spotlight: Behind Bars

This week we'll learn more about Tchaikovsky and performances of the Nutcracker in San Antonio, plus a quartet from the San Antonio Symphony play some holiday music for an outreach program.See them in action below!SA Sym: Silent Night from Classical Spotlight on Vimeo.SA Sym: Little Drummer Boy from John Clare on Vimeo. SA Sym: Rudolf from John Clare on Vimeo.SA Sym: Feliz Navidad from John Clare

Your Classical Oasishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17823992957330120336letters@tpr.org0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314216248439865841.post-53685097716986072692009-12-22T14:13:00.005-06:002009-12-22T14:27:21.237-06:00John's Top Violinists 2009

These are my top ten picks for violin albums that came out in 2009 - host John Clare.#10. Rachel Podger Haydn/Mozart (Channel Classics)#9. Jessica Mathaes (pictured right) Suites & Sweets (Centaur)#8. Rachel Barton Pine A German Boquet (Cedille)#7. Mark O’Connor O’Connor (OMAC)#6. Augustin Hadelich Bartok/Paganini/Ysaye/Zimmermann (Avie)#5. Caroline Goulding Debut Album (Telarc)#4. Julia Fisher

Your Classical Oasishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17823992957330120336letters@tpr.org0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314216248439865841.post-51598045380192343482009-12-21T14:17:00.001-06:002009-12-21T14:19:48.137-06:00Musica Antiqua: Christmas Edition

Voci di Sorelle On the Air!One hour of highlights from:Exultate! Early Music of Christmas“Under the direction of founder Ruth Moreland, the women scored a complete triumph through their focus, their clarity of voice, their impeccable diction and a purity of approach that had the grateful audience on its feet at the end.”—John Griffin, Special to Kerrville Daily TimesOn December 6th Voci di

Your Classical Oasishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17823992957330120336letters@tpr.org0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314216248439865841.post-6346749483974352402009-12-17T11:02:00.000-06:002009-12-17T11:03:24.522-06:00If you build it, they will come

The Bexar County Performing Arts Center Foundation has chosen the joint venture of Houston-based Linbeck Group, LLC and San Antonio-based Zachry Construction Corporation (ZCC) as the team to provide pre-construction and construction manager-at-risk services. Linbeck/Zachry will work with the architectural design team to determine best practices for constructing the center, which will involve a

Your Classical Oasishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17823992957330120336letters@tpr.org0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314216248439865841.post-49633800734696968052009-12-16T10:14:00.005-06:002009-12-16T10:32:09.896-06:00Music for the holidays

This is the time of year that you hear Christmas music whereever you go...I recently waited in line at the post office and heard carol after carol! Having worked in a retail music store in college, played the violin over 30 years, and worked in radio for over 15 years, I usually cringe at the thought of holiday music. I'm not a Grinch, but it takes alot to hear the same tunes over and over and

Your Classical Oasishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17823992957330120336letters@tpr.org0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314216248439865841.post-75650396458727631072009-12-09T11:18:00.003-06:002009-12-09T11:52:23.915-06:00YOSA Podcast: Daron Hagen 4

This is the fourth podcast in a series for the Youth Orchestras of San Antonio...they perform the world premiere of Daron Hagen's Northern Lights, a fanfare in celebration of Troy Peters' first season as music director coming up in January 2010.YOSA Podcast: Daron Hagen 4 from Classical Spotlight on Vimeo.Next for YOSA, it's a concert Wednesday, January 6, 2010 featuring cello students from the

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Six grants ranging from $3,000 to $5,000 have been awarded to American Indian/Indigenous musical artist in the sixth round of grant making from First Nations Composer Initiative (FNCI), a program of ACF. The awards are made under the Common Ground Grant Program, generously funded with the support of the Ford Foundation’s IllumiNation portfolio.FNCI is dedicated to serving the needs of American

Your Classical Oasishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17823992957330120336letters@tpr.org0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314216248439865841.post-44077552173611610162009-12-08T10:24:00.004-06:002009-12-08T10:33:14.119-06:00It's beginning to look

alot like Christmas around the KPAC studios!Kudos to Development Associate Pam Toth who made this wreath for us!

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It was oil and pine resin. There you go!From the Australian:It has long been suspected that the beauty of a Stradivarius violin was skin-deep, with its gleaming lacquer responsible for the instrument's supreme, bright sound.But after years picking apart scraps of varnish taken from Stradivarius instruments, scientists have ruled out any secret ingredient as the key to the fiddles' superb timbre.

Your Classical Oasishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17823992957330120336letters@tpr.org0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314216248439865841.post-31647206348284016762009-12-04T12:21:00.004-06:002009-12-09T11:18:07.043-06:00YOSA Podcast: Daron Hagen 3

This is the third podcast in a series for the Youth Orchestras of San Antonio...they perform the world premiere of Daron Hagen's Northern Lights, a fanfare in celebration of Troy Peters' first season as music director coming up in January 2010.YOSA Podcast: Daron Hagen 3 from Classical Spotlight on Vimeo.Coming up this weekend, it's the Junior Strings Series: Winter Delights on Sunday December

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It was said that nobody played the music of Frederic Chopin like the composer himself. Pages and pages have tried to describe the experience of sitting in the artist's presence hearing the music as if it was played the first time. It is poor reasoning to think that just because we have the un-altered notes on paper that today's pianists play the music the way it was meant to be heard. I find it

Your Classical Oasishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17823992957330120336letters@tpr.org0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314216248439865841.post-45464784650495161222009-12-04T10:04:00.001-06:002009-12-04T10:06:36.967-06:00SA Sym: News on the Messiah

Word is out that John Silantien will conduct this weekends Messiah performances for the San Antonio Symphony...Ken David Masur was to lead, but with the birth of his new child, will be with his family! Congrats Ken David and Melinda!

Your Classical Oasishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17823992957330120336letters@tpr.org1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314216248439865841.post-48460628531085761252009-12-03T08:57:00.003-06:002009-12-03T09:00:02.864-06:00Great example of Kaiser

Here is a perfect example of what Michael Kaiser was talking about yesterday in San Antonio, institutional marketing:http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/03/arts/music/03oboe.html?ref=musicIt's a story about oboists but it's also a great mention for the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Bravo! All Orpheus did was invite a NY Times reporter to dinner. (Kaiser joked about food and the media...it does work!)

Your Classical Oasishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17823992957330120336letters@tpr.org1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314216248439865841.post-35035197099178172802009-12-02T21:46:00.002-06:002009-12-02T21:51:07.317-06:00Grammys Classical Style

Just announced!Category 95:Best Engineered Album, Classical(An Engineer's Award. (Artist names appear in parentheses.))Britten: Billy BuddNeil Hutchinson and Jonathan Stokes, engineers (Daniel Harding, Nathan Gunn, Ian Bostridge, Gidon Saks, Neal Davies, Jonathan Lemalu, Matthew Rose, London Symphony Chorus and London Symphony Orchestra)[Virgin Classics]Mahler: Symphony No. 8; Adagio From

Your Classical Oasishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17823992957330120336letters@tpr.org0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314216248439865841.post-74991584396168771252009-12-02T15:08:00.002-06:002009-12-02T15:20:43.149-06:00The Arts in Crisis?

Michael Kaiser spoke in San Antonio today. I've never heard such a delightful optimist make arts management and marketing sound so easy. He has an amazing track record and gave sound advice:1. Plan ahead - way ahead! Minimum of 3 years, try to be 5 years out.2. Talk about success and excitement, not about trouble and dispair.3. Take risks, don't cut programming.4. Be frugal, cut corners - but

Your Classical Oasishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17823992957330120336letters@tpr.org0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314216248439865841.post-53843699914306747102009-12-02T13:44:00.001-06:002009-12-02T13:45:41.625-06:00SA Sym: Toys

The San Antonio Symphony will host a toy drive to benefit the San Antonio Police Department Blue Santa Program during the Holiday Pops weekend (December 18-20, 2009). Patrons attending either the Holiday Pops concert at Municipal Auditorium on December 18 & 19 or the Family Holiday Celebration at Trinity University on December 20 are asked to donate a new, unwrapped toy to the Blue Santa Toy

Your Classical Oasishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17823992957330120336letters@tpr.org0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314216248439865841.post-26765966885133787962009-11-30T09:48:00.002-06:002009-11-30T09:50:10.091-06:00Composer Award

"Spheres," a six-movement work for orchestra by German composer York Hoeller, has earned the 2010 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition.The piece, chosen from among 136 entries worldwide, was performed for the first time in 2008 by the West German Broadcasting Corp.’s symphony orchestra in Cologne, Germany.“The work grips you viscerally from the first bars and never lets

Your Classical Oasishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17823992957330120336letters@tpr.org0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314216248439865841.post-24677644481171817232009-11-25T05:06:00.002-06:002009-11-26T10:13:40.120-06:00Classical Spotlight: USAF Band of the West

Recently TPR's John Clare spent some time with members of the USAF Band of the West at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio. (Pictured left is Clare with Tsgt Steve Wilson.)Listen to the news story here. (mp3 file)Now, members of the unit are deployed overseas. Enjoy this performance with Top Flight, the pop music ensemble from the Band of the West:USAF Band of the West: Top Flight from

Your Classical Oasishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17823992957330120336letters@tpr.org0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314216248439865841.post-80220303629163889042009-11-24T23:21:00.008-06:002009-11-25T12:59:49.057-06:00SAVAE at 20 - by James Baker

About 8 months ago a committee was formed to study the possibility of presenting a series of concerts in San Antonio featuring music of Colonial New Spain. Vitally interested in the project were Father Larry Christian, Rector of the Assumption Seminary, and Renata Furst, Director of Studies at the Seminary. When they asked me how we should begin the answer came easily. Let's invite SAVAE, the San

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