Cocktail Party Fact: When the movie version of The Sound of Music was released in Munich, Germany, the German distributor cut almost all the footage of the Nazis out of the last section of the film because they feared upsetting Nazi factions still active in Germany. Director Robert Wise caused a big [...]

Cocktail Party Fact: Sondheim set out to write an entire score in triple time (not an entire score of waltzes, which is how many people describe it – there’s a difference), and the result was A Little Night Music. Every song is written in some multiple of three, in 3/4, 3/8, 12/8. [...]

A set of symbols that enable music to be recorded in written form. The longest note is the whole note. Shorter notes include halves, quarters, eighths and sixteenths.

Cocktail Party Fact: I added the brackets in the title. Brahms got it wrong. The theme isn’t really by Haydn, though it’s a great tune all the same (it even has its own name: the “St. Anthony Choral”).
Commitment Factor: About 20 minutes
Vital Statistics: Romantic Period (1873). A theme (in two parts, both repeated thus: AABB), [...]

Cocktail Party Fact: Although based on the work of Lord Byron, there is not a single episode in this symphony traceable to the literary original. Berlioz was never too worried about sticking to the original plot. Rather, he let the music guide him after being inspired by the characters in the story.
Commitment Factor: About 40 [...]

The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) is America’s oldest performing arts center in continuous operation. Established in 1859 and presenting since 1861, the Brooklyn Academy of Music has been continually committed to presenting the finest in traditional and contemporary arts, featuring national and international artists in the fields of dance, music, [...]

We are now updating all of our schedules for the 2001-2002 season. We have no event listings for this organization for one of two reasons: we have requested updates and they will be added as soon as we receive them, or the organization is currently not producing events. (Many organizations operate only [...]

Originally performing a three-concert series, the Boston Chamber Music Society has become recognized as the preeminent chamber music society of New England. This achievement is largely due to the efforts of its visionary founders: Ronald Thomas, noted cellist and Artistic Director; and Bruce Coppock, founding Executive Director. Their mission remains the [...]

During the early 19th century, Boston Academy of Music was one of the most important musical organizations in Boston, presenting important choral and orchestral works and local premieres, such as Beethoven’s First and Fifth Symphonies.
In 1980, baritone Richard Conrad relaunched Boston Academy as a professional vocal repertory company dedicated to presenting important and rarely heard [...]

We are now updating all of our schedules for the 2001-2002 season. We have no event listings for this organization for one of two reasons: we have requested updates and they will be added as soon as we receive them, or the organization is currently not producing events. (Many organizations operate only [...]