Berlin Philharmonic Optimistic After Fire

The Berlin Philharmonic are putting their orchestra back together and looking for a new performance venue after a fire in its concert hall yesterday. UPDATE | May 21, 2008"Firefighters have completely extinguished a...

Philharmonic plays US anthem in N. Korea

The New York Philharmonic orchestra played "The Star Spangled Banner" in Pyongyang, North Korea, today.The Associated Press is working with NowPublic to help get coverage from people affected by this story. We are...

Joanna Newsom: Best Rapper Alive?

I had the immense privilege of seeing Joanna Newsom perform at the Pop Montreal festival in 2006, soon after the release of her magnificent album Ys. Having listened to her cryptically opaque, playfully verbose, and...

Orchestra wins £20m sponsorship

"Salford City Council has announced a £20m sponsorship deal with the prestigious BBC Philharmonic orchestra. The partnership has been formed as the orchestra prepares to move from its current base at Manchester's Broadcasting House to Salford Quays. The BBC Philharmonic will...

The Redevelopment of a City is an Art

"Charles Landry, 58, is considered one of the world's leading urban researchers and is the author of "The Creative City." He talks to SPIEGEL about how cities can harness their inhabitants' skills so they show up on the international radar and the German tendency to make...

Preparing For Proms In The Park

Quiet how they pulled this one off is amazing. The countries top Royal Philharmonic Orchestra playing at a Northamptonshire Village park?"NOT since the BBC's Vicar of Dibley secured Kylie Minogue to open a village fete has there been such a coup for a parish...

New York Philharmonic

"The Philharmonic performs "My Fair Lady" Kelli O’Hara, Kelsey Grammer, Brian Dennehy and Charles Kimbrough star in this special semi-staged production, March 7-10. Hear & NowTake a guided tour of...

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