Interchanging Idioms

Launch Coincides with Broadcast of NY Phil’s Season-Opening Concert Tonight Classical 105.9 FM WQXR, the nation’s most listened-to classical music station, extends its reach even further with the launch of a new mobile app, available today. This technological advance will give listeners a new way to tune in to the station’s vibrant music programming as well as granting access to WQXR’s wealth of digital-only features. In keeping with the station’s programming hallmark of broadcasting and streaming live from New York City’s concert halls and performance spaces, the app debut coincides with the station’s live broadcast of tonight’s season-opening concert by the New York Philharmonic. The mobile app will give audiences direct access to the broadcast on 105.9 FM and on Q2 Music, WQXR’s online contemporary music stream. The app will also offer all the rich content and features found on www.wqxr.org, including: · real-time and archived radio playlists · archived episodes of destinati...

Radical.FM, Inc. (http://www.radical.fm) announced today the invitation-only private beta launch of Radical.FM, it’s new, personal internet radio service. Building and expanding on experience gained from Tomsradio.com, an early 21st century Swedish/American pioneer of internet radio, Radical combines user tailored music radio stations (like Pandora™ and Slacker™) with on-demand playlist functionality (like Rhapsody™ and Spotify™), and adds social networking and personal broadcasting capabilities. For the first time all of these functions will be available in one integrated service. Radical.FM will initially offer free personal radio services, with full Play-On-Demand functionality for a paid Premium subscription tier available at a later date. In addition, the patent pending LiveShare™ feature permits personal music streams to be shared in real-time and DeeJay™ allows a user to speak to all who are listening to their LiveShare stream. Bona fide music and technology journalists & bl...

Classical 105.9 FM WQXR’s webstream dedicated to new music – will raise a glass in celebration of American rising star Nico Muhly and the June 24 world premiere of his opera Two Boys at the English National Opera in London. “ENO Does Nico,” a five-day festival showcasing the short (to date) but already impactful career of the 29-year-old Muhly – dubbed “the planet’s hottest composer” by the U.K.’s Daily Telegraph – will feature exclusive New York concert recordings with Muhly performing, plus behind-the-scenes videos and introductions by the composer to many of his key works. These include music from his new album, Seeing is Believing, which is due for American release on June 21. Until then, a sneak listen of Seeing is Believing is available for on-demand streaming at www.wqxr.org/seeing-believing . An erstwhile boy soprano, Muhly has an abiding passion for choral music. “ENO Does Nico” will feature “Obsessive Choral,” which interweaves Muhly’s look back on his days as a chori...

For five consecutive seasons, medici.tv has been the place for classical music lovers around the world to enjoy the spectacular array of top artists who perform at the Verbier Festival, which this summer takes place July 15 – 31. As Martin T:son Engstroem, the festival's founder and executive director, says: "Verbier is a tiny Swiss mountain village, far from any big towns, but we can connect with the global internet community and share our wonderful programs with a worldwide audience. People have followed our concerts from some mind-boggling places. Hats off to medici!" Beginning July 15, medici.tv will again stream concerts from Verbier, with more than 20 live events from the 18th annual festival, featuring a who's who in classical music: Martha Argerich, Joshua Bell, Valery Gergiev, Yuja Wang, Bryn Terfel, Angelika Kirchschlager, Gidon Kremer, Yuri Bashmet, Vadim Repin, Nelson Freire, Renaud Capuçon, Thomas Quasthoff, Khatia Buniatishvili, David Garrett and many m...

Principal Conductor Vladimir Jurowski was on the podium last Saturday for the final concert of the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s 2010-11 season at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall. For two weeks from Monday 6 June you can stream the performance of Haydn Symphony No. 88 and Brahms Symphony No. 4 as well as Julian Anderson's The Crazed Moon (recorded in March) online .

WQXR’s Film Score Program “MOVIES ON THE RADIO” Traces the Composer’s Illustrious Career with a Four-Part Radio Series on 105.9 FM Airing Saturdays June 4, 11, 18 and 25 at 9pm In a career that launched with Citizen Kane and concluded with Taxi Driver, BERNARD HERRMANN revolutionized the way film music was scored. His unparalleled ability to evoke dramatic tension and psychological nuance, often with unusual instruments, led Alfred Hitchcock to use him for nearly every film he made. From Francois Truffaut to Quentin Tarantino, The Beatles to Lady Gaga, Herrmann’s work has influenced and been appropriated by filmmakers and musicians right up to today.

Interactive Website Allows Users to Stream Mahler Recordings and Explore the Catalog at No Cost May 18th, 2011 marked the 100th anniversary of the death of Gustav Mahler. Today, Mahler’s works are performed and recorded frequently and enjoy an esteemed place in any orchestra’s standard repertoire. In 2010 Deutsche Grammophon & Decca celebrated the 150th anniversary of Mahler’s birth with the Mahler150.com website, and the site continues to honor Mahler this year. In addition, DG will release a rare archival recording of the composer’s Das Lied von der Erde featuring Fritz Wunderlich and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau in a performance led by Josef Krips. The Mahler 150 website, www.mahler150.com , is devoted to the composer and his music and offers full-track streaming of the complete Deutsche Grammophon and Decca Mahler catalogs featuring some 180 symphony recordings. Additionally, the comprehensive out-of-print section of over 60 albums includes important recordings that have b...

The freshly redesigned, ever-deepening medici.tv has reaped acclaim as one of the web's leading classical music experiences. In Gramophone’s June issue, editor-in-chief James Jolly details the medici.tv experience at length, marveling over the "treasures aplenty" on the site. The medici.tv app for iPads, iPhones and other digital devices – available for free at the Apple app store – was just named one of the top five apps for classical music by WQXR, the classical music station of New York City. WQXR points out that the medici.tv app "has classical music videos – lots of them. The library of 600 performances allows you to peek inside great European concert halls. Not all the videos are available on the free app, but you can access several hundred recent concerts, including the Louvre’s chamber music series featuring the Pacifica and Takács string quartets." Among this month's live offerings on medici.tv is star violinist Janine Jansen and pianist Itamar ...

101 Musicians from more than 30 Countries will perform for a global audience at Sydney Opera House in March, 2011 YouTube Symphony Orchestra 2011 is a partnership with the London Symphony Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Sydney Symphony, and other leading institutions of the classical music world. YouTube today announced the 101 musicians who have been selected to form YouTube Symphony Orchestra 2011 at Sydney Opera House. The announcement was made after a global audition held online at YouTube.com/Symphony. The winning musicians will be flown to Sydney for a week of rehearsals and concerts from March 14-20, 2011, with a final performance on March 20 that will be live-streamed around the world. The 97 members of YouTube Symphony Orchestra 2011 come from more than 30 countries, and range in age from 14 to 49 years old. They include amateur and professional musicians, students and teachers, and include some who have never set foot outside their home country. In addition, four ...

New York Times’ Daniel J. Wakin Teaches New Online Course For those who want to discover classical music or who enjoy it but aren’t sure why, The New York Times presents “How to Listen to Classical Music,” a delightful three-week course designed to help students recognize elements unique to classical music and identify favorite musicians and composers. Not a music theory course, not a music history course, this is a joyful listening tour led by The New York Times’ classical music reporter Daniel J. Wakin. The course will include a “symphony” of topics, including: An overview of the orchestra repertory and other types of music The individual instruments and sections of an orchestra The role of the conductor (with a guest conductor in live class session) Concert traditions and how to get the most pleasure from a concert Wakin’s “moments of bliss” in classical music “How to Listen to Classical Music” will run from February 23 to March 15, 2011. To register for this new online cour...

Carnegie Hall, London Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, WQXR, and WFMT Join Current Site Partners Gramophone and BBC Music Magazine Ariama.com, the groundbreaking new online classical music store from Sony Music Entertainment, today announces that it is joining forces with a number of leading names in classical music performance and radio to improve the ways classical listeners in the US can discover and purchase music on the web. Carnegie Hall, the nation’s foremost presenter of classical music, London Symphony Orchestra and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, leaders on the global and national stages, as well as both Classical 105.9 WQXR in New York and WFMT and the WFMT Radio Network, two of the pre-eminent names in classical broadcasting, will curate and promote special programming and features on Ariama.com. Through a series of strategic partnerships with Ariama, they will each have their own dedicated areas within Ariama.com to spotlight artists, recommend performances...

Videos From 336 Finalists from 46 Countries Are Posted on www.YouTube.com/Symphony Let the voting begin . . . YouTube™ invites the public to choose their favorite audition videos of musicians hoping to perform in the YouTube Symphony Orchestra 2011. Now, with 336 finalists selected from Finland to New Zealand, Austria to Vietnam, it's time for YouTube users to cast their votes for those they think should play in the online collaborative orchestra's March concerts at Australia's famous Sydney Opera House. During the next five days, the YouTube community is invited to go to youtube.com/symphony and help decide which of these talented musicians will be packing up their trombones, violas, timpani or other instruments to head for the Sydney Opera House on March 14-20, 2011 to perform in concerts that will have a global audience. YouTube users, who can vote once per video, once a day until 23:59 EST on December 17, will help conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, the YouTube Sym...

With each live webcast at www.medici.tv , more music lovers around the world learn how to experience superlative classical music and opera performances in the comfort and intimacy of their own homes. Now, as the holiday season shifts into high gear, three remarkable – and free-of-charge! – musical offerings provide a glimpse of the riches available at www.medici.tv: Giorgio Strehler’s legendary production of Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro from the Opéra National de Paris (available for streaming through Dec 31); Serge Baudo conducting Berlioz’s l uminous oratorio, L’enfance du Christ (The Childhood of Christ), which will be webcast live from the Auditorium de Lyon on December 16 (and available afterwards for streaming on demand); and a complete cycle of Mahler’s nine symphonies conducted by Christoph Eschenbach (available until June 2011). Giorgio Strehler’s production of Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro debuted 37 years ago in Paris. The current revival of the production – filmed by Do...

With Michael Tilson Thomas, London Symphony Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Sydney Symphony, and Other Leading Institutions & Figures of Classical Music World After a sold-out performance last year at Carnegie Hall, YouTube opens online auditions for a second global collaborative orchestra to perform at a week-long summit at Sydney Opera House in March 2011. YouTube™ today announced a collaboration with Sydney Opera House, Grammy Award-winning conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, the London Symphony Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, and many other leading institutions and figures of the classical music world, to launch the " YouTube Symphony Orchestra 2011 ", a global online audition for a collaborative orchestra where amateur musicians can share their knowledge and experience of making music with the support of some of the world’s leading classical artists. Musicians selected for the YouTube Symphony Orchestra 2011 will be invited to a week-long classical music su...

One-stop shopping solution for classical CDs and digital downloads from more than 50 major and independent labels Sony Music Entertainment today launches the public beta for Ariama.com, a new online store dedicated to classical music that revolutionizes how fans can discover and conveniently acquire classical music on the web. Offering music from more than 50 major and leading independent labels, Ariama is an elegant one-stop destination for CDs, high-quality MP3s and lossless digital downloads. Ariama optimizes the online buying experience by combining this unrivaled convenience and choice for purchasing recordings with powerful new search and discovery tools designed specifically for the needs of classical music shoppers. The site’s rich search function extends beyond the limited track/artist/album filter options and offers users the ability to browse and filter music by important elements like composition, period, instrumentation, conductor, ensemble, and soloist. “We are thrille...

Performance Also Available for Video-On-Demand (VOD) Viewing for 90 Days, Exclusively at www.medici.tv Concerts from This Summer’s Verbier Festival – Including Deborah Voigt Starring in Concert Version of Richard Strauss’s Salome , Conducted by Valery Gergiev – Also Available as Free VOD at www.medici.tv until September 30 Superstar conductor Gustavo Dudamel and the world-renowned Vienna Philharmonic will headline the fall offerings from www.medici.tv with a concert from the Lucerne Festival that will be webcast live, and for free, on Saturday, September 18 at 4:30pm GMT (10:30am EDT). The concert will also be available for 90 days of free VOD (video on demand) viewing exclusively at www.medici.tv, the increasingly popular performance arts website. The deliciously varied program – including music by Rossini, Orbón, Bernstein, and Ravel – is a preview of a performance Dudamel and the orchestra will give at New York’s Carnegie Hall this October, one of several the conductor will g...

Audiences around the world can experience the concert, featuring new works by contemporary composers The Orchestra Unleashed , a concert of new classical music for the orchestra, will be webcast live on Sunday, September 12 at 2:00 PM PST from the El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood, CA. The cost of the broadcast is $10 and registrants for the live event will also receive a free link after the performance to view the concert in Hi-Re on-demand. The webcast is available at http://www.instantpresenter.com/PIID=E154DD8980 . The program will feature a mix of orchestral music, spoken word, and visual art. Compositions include The Colors of Dream by Anthony Iannaccone, Purgatorio by Michael-Thomas Foumai, Train of Thought by Tyler Harrison, Sarabande by Brynjar Boe, Chapter Final by Michael A. Mogensen, Philosophy of Miracle by Natalia Rojcovscaia, and Across an American Sky by Joseph Carrillo. The program will culminate with a special presentation of the classic poem by Samuel...

www.czechpointdenver.com Join Opera Colorado's city-wide cultural festival centered on its production of Dvorak's Rusalka, Opera Colorado's first production of a Czech opera and the regional premiere of the work opening at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House in February 2011. Czech Point Denver is a far-ranging celebration of Czech arts and culture scheduled for January and February 2011, leading up to the performances of the opera. The festival is a cooperative project between several Denver non-profit arts and cultural organizations and will include classical music, theatre, visual arts, film, and multi-media experiences for the general public.

"The long-awaited US launch of Passionato.com , intended as the World Wide Web's 'premier destination for classical music connoisseurs,' has finally happened." Stereophile May 25th, 2010 marks the launch of Passionato, a new destination for classical music connoisseurs on the web. Passionato’s aim is to replicate a “corner record store” experience with a reach far beyond the corner. Passionato offers classical music lovers the largest available collection of CD-quality DRM-free classical music downloads (Now at over 300,000 tracks with more added daily). With no subscription, no membership requirements and nothing to sign-up for, Passionato provides a wide-ranging collection of recording from major labels (including Deutsche Grammophon and Decca, as well as Virgin and EMI Classics) along with numerous independent labels (such as Naxos, Chandos, Telarc and BIS). "The site promises to be a goldmine," raves Stereophile , "music lovers will find tho...

It's been a long time coming, but after much harassing by readers, fans and family my composers website is up and running (albeit parts are still under construction). ChipMichael.com There are samples of some of the music with ways to download portions of the scores and even order full copies. Of course, for those interested in performance of any of my material can contact me directly at my email . Of course, you can always contact through this blog as well. Eventually, Interchanging Idioms will move to the website to allow me a chance to provide more features. One step at a time.