Month: June 2013

Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony present a world premiere this week – a concert version of the music from West Side Story.  This  marks the first time that the complete musical has been performed in a live concert setting, and the SF Symphony is the first musical entity to receive permission from…

The Royal Ballet goes on tour to the Principality of Monaco later this month, to perform one of the classic works from its repertoire – Kenneth MacMillan’s Manon.  In a co-production with the Grimaldi Forum Monaco and the Ballets de Monte-Carlo, this work of passion, betrayal and tragedy, set to Jules Massenet’s score, will take…

Michael Tilson Thomas, that most creative of music directors, follows his recent Beethoven Festival with another celebration – this one dedicated to the composer who was arguably one of the most influential of 20th century – Igor Stravinsky. Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the first performance of The Rite of Spring, MTT and the San…

London’s dance event of the summer will soon be captivating audiences at the Royal Albert Hall, as English National Ballet presents Swan Lake in-the-round. The largest production of its kind in the world, this spectacular theatrical experience – now in its seventh season – has been seen by nearly 550,000 people since its premiere in…

The BBC Concert Orchestra rekindles memories of wartime Britain in a performance entitled The Home Front, part of Southbank Centre’s The Rest Is Noise Festival, on Friday, June 7th.  Capturing the spirit of Britain in the 1940s, the Orchestra, under the baton of Principal Conductor, Keith Lockhart, presents a programme of music which celebrates the…

Norwegian trumpet virtuoso, Tine Thing Helseth, is to host a music festival as part of the Munch150 celebrations being held this year to mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of Edvard Munch, his art and life. Tine@Munch – to be held at the Munch Museum in Oslo this coming weekend – presents a series…