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The Sixteen have become a household name. They are the Voices of Classic FM, and stars of the BBC Four series Sacred Music, presented by Simon Russell Beale. Every year since the millennium, they have undertaken a Choral Pilgrimage, bringing a programme of a cappella vocal music to around thirty cathedrals the length and breadth of the country. They are prolific recording artists, and perform at festivals and venues all over the world.Harry Christophers is a unique figure in music. With The Sixteen, Christophers has succeeded in nurturing a choir of exceptional calibre, establishing a business model that includes a record label and extensive tours to capacity audiences, mining a rich variety of repertoire, and combining enormous popular appeal with the stamp of approval from experts. This book will be accessible to everyone, regardless of musical experience or knowledge. It will appeal to anyone interested in classical music, to those who sing in amateur or professional choirs, and those who love the sound of the human voice.
The BBC Proms is the world's biggest and longest-running classical music festival and one of the jewels in the crown for the BBC. It is one of the strongest brand names in the music world and attracts a glittering array of artists and orchestras from the UK and around the world in over 150 concerts, talks, workshops and family events around London every summer. Whether you're a first-time visitor or an experienced Prommer, watching at home or listening on radio or online, the BBC Proms Guide will help you to plan your summer of music and discover in depth what lies behind the Proms – from the composers to the performers to how the events are broadcast. The Proms Guide contains brand-new articles on featured composers and insights on performers, new music and accompanying events.
Pas une œuvre d’art, pas un-e artiste ne peut échapper au jugement critique! Que les artistes soient oublié-e-s, dénigré-e-s, invisibilisé-e-s, encensé-e-s, ou transformé-e-s en légendes, leur destinée dépend amplement du travail de sélection, de classement et de hiérarchisation opéré quotidiennement par les critiques d’art. Cet ouvrage interroge à nouveaux frais un point aveugle des analyses de la réception critique: celui du genre. S’appuyant sur divers terrains – musique, danse, littérature et arts plastiques – menés dans différents pays – Allemagne, Argentine, Canada, États-Unis, Espagne, France, Grèce –, il saisit, dans leur diversité et leur complex...
This book examines the ethics, politics and aesthetics of veganism in contemporary culture and thought. Traditionally a lifestyle located on the margins of western culture, veganism has now been propelled into the mainstream, and as agribusiness grows animal issues are inextricably linked to environmental impact as well as to existing ethical concerns. This collection connects veganism to a range of topics including gender, sexuality, race, the law and popular culture. It explores how something as basic as one’s food choices continue to impact on the cultural, political, and philosophical discourse of the modern day, and asks whether the normalization of veganism strengthens or detracts from the radical impetus of its politics. With a Foreword by Melanie Joy and Jens Tuidor, this book analyzes the mounting prevalence of veganism as it appears in different cultural shifts and asks how veganism might be rethought and re-practised in the twenty-first century.
The study of the business of opera has taken on new importance in the present harsh economic climate for the arts. This book presents research that sheds new light on a range of aspects concerning marketing, audience development, promotion, arts administration and economic issues that beset professionals working in the opera world. The editors' aim has been to assemble a coherent collection of essays that engage with a single theme (business), but differ in topic and critical perspective. The collection is distinguished by its concern with the business of opera here and now in a globalized market. This includes newly commissioned operas, sponsorship, state funding, and production and marketing of historic operas in the twenty-first century.
La storia della musica così come viene insegnata nelle scuole e nelle accademie sembra essere dominata da compositori che condividono alcune particolarità non casuali: sono tutti bianchi, uomini e nati in Occidente. La giornalista e musicologa inglese Kate Molleson ci aiuta a rovesciare questo stereotipo attraverso la storia di dieci compositrici e compositori che con la loro arte hanno dato un contributo importante alla musica del Novecento, ma che sono normalmente trascurati dai libri in ragione della loro nascita, del loro sesso o del loro radicalismo culturale. Dal messicano Julián Carrillo alla etiope Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou, dalla russa Galina Ustvolskaya al filippino José Maceda, dallo svizzero-brasiliano Walter Smetak all’inglese Ruth Crawford Seeger, dalla neozelandese Annea Lockwood alla danese Else Marie Pade. Un libro scritto con rabbia e passione, che ci aiuta ad aprire le orecchie al mondo, e a sperare in un futuro della musica più inclusivo e consapevole.
Following an introduction to biogenic metal nanoparticles, this book presents how they can be biosynthesized using bacteria, fungi and yeast, as well as their potential applications in biomedicine. It is shown that the synthesis of nanoparticles using microbes is eco-friendly and results in reproducible metal nanoparticles of well-defined sizes, shapes and structures. This biotechnological approach based on the process of biomineralization exploits the effectiveness and flexibility of biological systems. Chapters include practical protocols for microbial synthesis of nanoparticles and microbial screening methods for isolating a specific nanoparticle producer as well as reviews on process optimization, industrial scale production, biomolecule-nanoparticle interactions, magnetosomes, silver nanoparticles and their numerous applications in medicine, and the application of gold nanoparticles in developing sensitive biosensors.
Whether you’re a first-time visitor or an experienced Prommer, plan your summer through the 2014 BBC Proms season with the official Proms Guide. Contains: · brand-new articles on featured composers, insights on performers, new music and Proms Plus events · introduction to the season from Roger Wright, Director of the BBC Proms and Controller of BBC Radio 3 · full listings for every concert and event – repertoire, performers, time, location, ticket and broadcast information · details on how to book tickets · free season calendar to see all the concerts at a glance. With beautiful photographs and images throughout, this official Proms Guide is the most comprehensive way to plan your summer’s Proms visiting, watching and listening. The BBC Proms is the world’s biggest and longest-running classical music festival and features many of the greatest artists and orchestras from the UK and around the world in over 80 concerts at the Royal Albert Hall and Cadogan Hall. There are also daily free Proms Plus talks, workshops, performances and family events.
Download the BBC Proms 2012 concert and event listings onto your mobile device and stay up to date with what’s on when... wherever you are. Plan your summer’s visiting, watching and listening in advance or as the season progresses. Contains: • full listings information for every concert and event – repertoire, performers, time, location, ticket and broadcast information. • details on how to book tickets, with links that take you directly to the information you need. • introduction to the 2012 season from Roger Wright, Director of the BBC Proms and Controller of BBC Radio 3. • contents list with key schedule information for every Prom so you can jump straight to the concerts that interest you. The BBC Proms is the world’s biggest and longest-running music festival and features many of the greatest artists and orchestras from the UK and around the world. This year, over its two months, there are 76 concerts in the Royal Albert Hall and 12 in Cadogan Hall, as well as four Proms in the Park celebrations around the UK on the Last Night. There are also daily free Proms Plus talks, workshops, performances and family events.
As the Second World War neared its conclusion, Germany was a nation reduced to rubble: 3.6 million German homes had been destroyed leaving 7.5 million people homeless; an apocalyptic landscape of flattened cities and desolate wastelands. In May 1945 Germany surrendered, and Britain, America, Soviet Russia and France set about rebuilding their zones of occupation. Most urgent for the Allies in this divided, defeated country were food, water and sanitation, but from the start they were anxious to provide for the minds as well as the physical needs of the German people. Reconstruction was to be cultural as well as practical: denazification and re-education would be key to future peace and the a...