Have a look at this online exhibition from The Library of Congress ‘West Side Story: Birth of a Classic’, which includes images of Leonard Bernstein’s notes and annotations along with correspondence to his wife about the show.
Music Liblog@chi
Welcome to the Music Library Blog @ the University of Chichester
Musical Criticism Blog
- Lucia di Lammermoor at ENO: Barry Banks and Anna Christy Interview
- LSO, LPO and Philharmonia announce 2008-09 seasons; Natalie Dessay's Italian Opera Arias CD; Kate Royal in The Magic Flute at the ROH
- Gustavo Dudamel and the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela headline the Royal Festival Hall's 08-09 season
- Fleming and Hvorostovsky in Decca's DVD of Eugene Onegin from the Met; The Mikado opens at ENO; The London Philharmonic announces the 08-09 season
BBC Classical News
- George Frideric Handel - Alceste (soprano: Lucy Crowe; tenor: Benjamin Hulett; bass-baritone: Andrew Foster-Williams; Early Opera Company; conductor: Christian Curnyn)
- John Rutter and the Cambridge Singers - This Is the Day: Music on Royal Occasions
- Alfredo Casella - Concerto for Orchestra / A Notte Alta / Symphonic Fragments from ‘La donna serpente’ (piano: Martin Roscoe; Gianandrea Noseda; BBC Philharmonic; leader: Yuri Torchinsky)
- Erik Chisholm - Piano Concertos 1 & 2 (Danny Driver; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; conductor: Rory MacDonald)
- Claude Debussy - String Quartet, Piano Trio, Deux Danses, Reverie
- Florilegium - Vivaldi: Sacred Works for Soprano and Concertos
