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Twin Spirits, a film about the romance between Robert Schumann and his wife-to-be Clara Wieck, will premier tonight, December 3, at an event hosted by WNYC’s The Greene Space, WQXR 105.9, and Music Unites—a New York based music education charity. The event is a benefit for both Music Unites, and the Royal Opera House Education programs.
The film chronicles the romance between Robert and Clara Schumann with an amalgam of narration, music, and acting. While Sting and Trudie Styler read from the letters exchanged between Robert and Clara, musicians will embody the spirit of the composers by performing their music. The film will also be narrated by Sir Derek Jacobi.
Finally, those who are not able to attend the premier can watch the film online starting at 6:30pm today at www.wnyc.org/thegreenespace and www.wqxr.org, followed by an audio stream of Elliot Forrest’s conversation with Sting and Trudie Styler.
For more information, check the event page here.
Lorin Maazel finishes his time with the Phil this week with a run of Mahler’s Symphony of a Thousand. Performances are 7:30pm June 24 and 25, 8:00pm June 26 and 27. Get tickets here.
Mei-Ann Chen will conduct an audio/visual spectacle in Atlanta on July 11. The program will feature Gustav Holst’s The Planets, accompanied by images of our solar system to parallel the music. The program also includes music from John Williams’s Star Wars Suite as well as Strauss’s Also sprach Zarathustra. The program is July 11 at 8:00pm.
Music Director Robert Spano will conduct his only summer performance with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. The program will consist of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, and The Barber of Seville. The program is June 20, 8:00pm.
The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra is performing Distant Worlds: music from Final Fantasy. It is an audio/visual presentation including lights and videos from popular Final Fantasy sequences. The concert will be at Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Saturday June 27 at 8:00pm.
Presents Emerson String Quartet on Sunday June 21 at 5pm—located of course at Town Hall NY, NY.
Hilary Hahn will play the violin at New York town hall this Sunday, June 14, 2009.
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