Archive for News – Page 11
Watch Pittsburgh Symphony Live in Lucerne!
Wednesday, September 6th, 3pm EST the Lucerne Festival will broadcast the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s performance of Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony! This is an incredible opportunity to experience the orchestra on an international stage and to be a part of the experience of a live performance of one of the works on their critically-acclaimed Tchaikovsky/Dvořák recording. Bookmark the RR Facebook page where we’ll share the feed and join an estimated 100,000+ people from around the world! Lucerne…
WQED Reports from Pittsburgh European Tour
With a day off in Salzburg before back-to-back concerts at the Grafenegg Festival, we’re catching up with the Pittsburgh Symphony via WQED’s Symphony Tour Podcast: Post-Concert Report from Salzburg WQED-FM’s Jim Cunningham checks in with Bryan Sejvar to report on the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s performance in Salzburg to close out the Salzburg Festival. Jim chats with trombonist James Nova to get his impressions of the concert and the tour so far. https://www.wqed.org/podcasts/pso_tours/pso_2016_europe_tour_2/170829_pm.mp3 A Day…
Fiona Boyes Wins Blues Blast Music Award!
The Blues Blast Music Awards announced their 2017 Winners this weekend and Fiona Boyes’ Professin’ The Blues won Acoustic Blues Album of the Year! Congratulations! See the full list of winners Fiona Boyes: Professin’ The Blues Order Now Professin’ The Blues proclaims Fiona Boyes passion for the Blues as she celebrates the unique contribution of recording and mastering engineer ‘Professor’ Keith O. Johnson, Reference Recording’s Technical Director and audio legend. In her self-penned and illustrated…
Manfred Honeck lifts Lord Haydn’s Cup!
Order Now The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is adding to the excitement of the Pittsburgh Symphony and Manfred Honeck’s European Festivals Tour by imagining what a ticker-tape parade might look like upon their return: “It was a spectacle with which Pittsburghers have become quite familiar: this city’s beloved champions proudly rolling down Grant Street in resplendent victory after another successful season. Even as the cheers and chants from last year’s parade were still reverberating, the time had…
Break The Chain Live!
Enjoy a look at Doug MacLeod performing the title track from the new Break The Chain release at a recent concert in Texas: Order Now Doug MacLeod: Break The Chain In this release, his third album for Reference Recordings, Doug MacLeod continues to explore the breadth and depth of the human condition. Recorded by Reference’s Grammy-winning engineer ‘Prof.’ Keith O. Johnson at Skywalker Sound in Marin County, California, Break The Chain brings twelve new MacLeod…
Now Available: Shostakovich Symphony No. 5; Barber Adagio for Strings
Order Now Reference Recordings proudly presents Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5 and Barber’s Adagio for Strings in definitive interpretations from Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, in superb audiophile sound. In his fascinating and scholarly music notes, Maestro Honeck gives us great insight into the history of both pieces, and describes how he conducts and interprets each. He reminds us that Joseph Stalin’s Soviet government was offended by Shostakovich’s previous works. Under threat of arrest…
Pittsburgh Symphony 2017 European Festival Tour
Saturday, August 19th, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Manfred Honeck will perform a sold-out European Tour Send-Off Concert (and feature their brand new Shostakovich & Barber recording). See the schedule for the tour below: 2017 European Festival Tour Concerts Wiesbaden, Germany – Mon, Aug 28 Rheingau Music Festival Salzburg, Austria – Tue, Aug 29 Salzburg Festival Grafenegg, Austria – Thu, Aug 31 Grafenegg Festival Grafenegg, Austria – Fri, Sep 1 Grafenegg Festival London, England –…
Dallas Winds Asphalt Cocktail Recording Sessions
A look back at the past weekend’s Asphalt Cocktail recording sessions with the Dallas Winds:
Free Pittsburgh Symphony Concert August 19!
Order Now The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Manfred Honeck invite the public to a free concert at Heinz Hall on August 19 at 8 p.m. The program will include highlights from the tour repertoire and their new Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5/Barber: Adagio for Strings recording will be available at the performance! The Pittsburgh Symphony’s 2017 European Festivals Tour will take the orchestra to Germany, Austria, the United Kingdom, Switzerland and Romania. Highlights include…
2017 California Audio Show
The RR team had a great time meeting and talking with customers at the 2017 California Audio Show in the San Francisco Bay Area!
Pittsburgh Symphony’s Strauss Opera Suites wins Record of the Year!
For the second year in-a-row, The Pittsburgh Symphony and Manfred Honeck have won Opus Magazine‘s “Record of the Year” award! This year’s distinction goes to their recording of Strauss’s Elektra and Der Rosenkavalier Opera Suites: Order Now “In the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra’s sixth recording of the Pittsburgh live! series, conductor Manfred Honeck and Czech composer Tomáš Ille have once again joined forces (after their 2014 and 2016 collaborations on the Jenufa symphonic suite and the…
Break The Chain a Blues Broadcasters Album of the Month!
The UK’s Independent Blues Broadcaster’s Association has selected their August Album “Picks of the Month”, and Doug MacLeod’s Break The Chain is one of the four! It will be broadcast and featured across member stations throughout the month of August. Order Now Doug MacLeod: Break The Chain In this release, his third album for Reference Recordings, Doug MacLeod continues to explore the breadth and depth of the human condition. Recorded by Reference’s Grammy-winning engineer ‘Prof.’…
Happy Dick Hyman Day!
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has proclaimed today, July 18 to be “Dick Hyman Day” as part of the kick off of the 92nd Street Y’s 33rd annual Jazz in July Festival which opens this year with a “Dick Hyman Forever!” concert celebrating the legendary pianist Dick Hyman, who served as 92Y’s artistic director of jazz for 20 years and was a co-creator of the festival. Hyman celebrated his 90th birthday this March…
Break The Chain Release Party in Culver City!
Order Now Jesse MacLeod joins Doug MacLeod for a Break The Chain Release Celebration in Culver City, CA at Boulevard Music on July 29th! From Doug MacLeod: Folks, this is gonna’ be a vey special night. My son Jesse will open the show with a set of his music. Denny Croy and I will follow Jesse ( after the smoke clears! ) with our set. Then we’ll invite Jesse to join us on the album’s…
Break The Chain is a Beautiful Album
Order Now New review for Doug MacLeod’s Break The Chain recording in Making A Scene: “MacLeod has a rhythmic guitar style, a soulful voice and loves to tell a story usually via a narrative in which he builds rapport with his audience. His regular band mates Denny Croy, bass; and BMA award winner Jimi Bott, drums; are joined by percussionist Oliver Brown (who has worked with everyone from KC & The Sunshine Band to Nancy…