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Wolf Tone: McDonald's of Wall Street to Ditch Their Grand Piano
Ah, time was when the Wall Street branch of McDonalds was distinct from all the others. It felt somehow, businessy, the kind of place busy finance execs might like to hang out. Much of that was due to the grand piano above the entrance. Time still is, actually. But time might.. -
Quickies: Mayor DeBlasio on the Arts, Electric Andrés Segovia, Wynton Marsalis/Drew Faust, American Ballet's Kevin McKenzie, Twelfth Night Fest at Trinity Wall St.
Honestly, how often should we expect New York City's brand new mayor--Bill DeBlasio, a Park Slope Democrat--to go to the Met? -
WATCH: Bad Beijing Buzz Swarms Chinese Pianist Yundi's "Flight of the Bumblebee" on New Year's Eve
Video emerges of a car crash "Flight of the Bumblebee" from the Chinese piano star. -
Quickies: Carly Rae Jepsen's Broadway Cinderella, Was Bach Lazy?, Jazz & Democracy, Latin-Jewish Dancing, Leland Smith Obit
Here's hoping Ms. Rae Jepsen's Broadway debut--a 12-week run in Rodgers & Hammerstein's 'Cinderella' starting Feb. 4--lands better than her infamous first pitch. -
PICTURES: Looking Back at the Collapsed Roof of London's Apollo Theater
It's been nearly two weeks since the roof collapsed, mid-performance, at the Apollo Theater on Shaftesbury Avenue. -
U.K. Farmer Finds That Classical Music Makes Hens Lay More Eggs (Yes, Really!)
This may go down as the weirdest classical music story of 2013, getting in just before the year winds down. According to the U.K.'s tabloid 'Daily Star' newspaper, a Merseyside farmer has discovered that playing classical music to his hens encourages them to lay more eggs. -
Classicalite's New Year’s Eve Concert Guide: Austria, Germany, Czech Republic, Ireland, America
It is one of Vienna's proudest traditions, the New Year's concert with the Vienna Philharmonic, televised all over the world. And the question the Viennese and others all ask as the date nears is, which conductor will be honored by being given this most glittering of gigs this year? Well, as 2013 gives way to 2014, Daniel Barenboim will be leading the waltzes in that musical city. But there are other lovely new year's concerts as well, led by other distinguished maestri. Here's your guide to some of the best! -
Quickies: Billy Joel Donates Bösendorfer, Mentally Ill Orchestra, No More Artists' Quarter Jazz, 'Hamlet' Selfies, 'The Crucible' Ballet
Sag Harbor resident Billy Joel has donated a second piano to Stony Brook University--a $250,000 Bösendorfer Imperial grand piano. -
UPDATE: Min-Jin Kym's £1.2 Million Stradivarius, Stolen then Returned, Sold to Mystery Buyer for £1,385,000
The world-famous Stradivarius violin that was stolen from London’s Euston Station in 2010 and later recovered was sold on December 18, 2013 for £1.385 million including the buyer’s premium. The "ex-Kym" Stradivarius has been sold by Tarisio, the leading auction house... -
Quickies: Taylor Swift's $100K Birthday Gift, Caroline Shaw & Nico Muhly, James Wood on Britten Books, Monk in Paris '69, Wagner Sculpture
Here's Tay at Schermerhorn Symphony Center in December of 2011--showing off her Harmony Award from the Nashville Symphony. -
Quickies: Jackie Evancho's National Anthem, Maestri's Met Falstaff, Ojai Opera for Denk and Stucky, Gallery Players' 'Equus,' Sam Beckett Pics
On Thanksgiving Day, Miss Jackie Evancho sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" before the Green Bay Packers vs. Detroit Lions game--ostensibly, according to The Conservative Post, "to honor America." -
Quickies: Jackie Evancho on Queen Latifah, ASCAP Jazz Honors, Metro North Derailment Kills NYC Chorus, 20 Years of Parterre Box, 'CATS' Movie
Eat your heart out Broadway: Miss Jackie Evancho performing the beloved showtune from Phantom of the Opera..."The Music of the Night." -
Prima Donna: Rufus Wainwright and Daniel MacIvor Working on New Opera, 'Hadrian,' in Toronto
Singer and composer Rufus Wainwright is writing another opera. He will follow 2009's 'Prima Donna', which premiered in Manchester, with 'Hadrian'--a commission for the Canadian Opera Company. It's based on the life of the Roman Emperor Hadrian and his love for Antinous... -
Carrie Underwood and Stephen Moyer Lead Cast in NBC's Live, Nazi-Ridden Version of 'The Sound of Music'
Producers of a new version of the Oscar-winning musical 'The Sound of Music,' set for U.S. television next week, knew it would be a sacrilege to try and re-make the beloved 1965 movie classic starring Julie Andrews. And American country singer Carrie Underwood... -
Circus Galop: Canadian Pianist Marc-André Hamelin on Performing, Composing and 'Synethesia'
Pianist Hamelin breathes new life into "dead" composers
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