“Paul Moravec’s orchestral score for his opera The Shining is lush, colorful, and totally evocative of the drama throughout.” On the eve of the South Dakota Symphony’s April 7 performance of Moravec’s The Overlook Hotel Suite, music director Delta David Gier offers a glimpse into the composer’s musical language and imagination. The Shining was commissioned […]
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Moravec: Profoundly Rewarding
“Paul Moravec’s Mass in D [is a] demanding piece [that is] profoundly rewarding.” Bach Festival Society (Winter Park, FL) music director Dr. John Sinclair shares some thoughts about Moravec’s music before the ensemble’s upcoming February 17 portrait concert. The program also features two additional choral works: I Will Fear No Evil and Songs of Love and War. […]
Moravec: CHAMBER SYMPHONY (Visiting Composer)
Concert: Moravec: CHAMBER SYMPHONY (Visiting Composer) Start Time: 00:00:00 Date: 2017-12-01 End Time: 00:00:00 Location: University of Texas New Music Ensemble Link: http://music.utexas.edu/events/2309-new-music-ensemble Concert Information: Dan Welcher, conductor Bates Recital Hall Butler School of Music Austin, TX
Moravec: “The Coming of Wisdom With Time,” from “VITA BREVIS
Concert: Moravec: “The Coming of Wisdom With Time,” from “VITA BREVIS Start Time: 00:00:00 Date: 2017-11-19 End Time: 00:00:00 Location: Jennifer Aylmer, soprano; Kathleen Supuve, piano Link: http://artsat.tenri.org/ Concert Information: Tenri Cultural Institute New York, NY
May is National Chamber Music Month!
It’s May again – and it’s National Chamber Music Month! Join Chamber Music America for National Chamber Music Month. Designated by CMA, the month-long celebration highlights the many diverse styles of small ensemble music performed and presented in the U.S., and raises national public awareness of the vibrant chamber music field. Subito Music is partnering […]
Moravec: Holiday Season Premieres
This December, Paul Moravec rings in the 2016 Holiday Season with two world premieres. On December 2, the Harvard Glee Club and Radcliffe Choral Society present the first performance of Moravec’s newest choral work Winter Songs. The three-movement work features texts by Robert Burns, Emily Dickinson, and William Shakespeare. Music director Andrew Clark conducts the Winter Songs […]
Moravec: The Overlook Hotel is Fantastic
“Paul Moravec’s new work The Overlook Hotel Suite is fantastic!” George Manahan, Music Director of the American Composers Orchestra, introduces us to Moravec’s new orchestral piece, as he looks forward to leading the October 28 world premiere at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall. The Overlook Hotel Suite is based on Moravec’s critically acclaimed new opera The […]
Moravec: Profoundly, Fulfilling Beauty
“Light Shall Lift Us” has a simplistic yet profoundly, fulfilling beauty in text and music alike.” And so, Gabriel Preisser — Executive & Artistic Director of Opera Orlando — introduces Paul Moravec’s newest choral work which premieres on September 11 at the Walt Disney Theater at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. Light […]
Moravec: Masterfully Composed
“We, the Orchestra of the League of Composers, programmed Paul Moravec’s Sempre Diritto! because it is such an ebullient, upbeat burst of energy — and [it is] masterfully composed.” Music Director Louis Karchin enthuses on the eve of the orchestra’s June 1 season finale concert. The concert takes place at Columbia University’s Miller Theatre as […]
Moravec: The Shining…“Masterful”
The reviews are in! On May 7, the Minnesota Opera premiered Paul Moravec’s opera The Shining to excited and enthusiastic cheers. Opening night played to a packed, standing-room only crowd filled with eager young opera-goers and seasoned opera-veterans alike. Based directly on author Stephen King’s 1977 best-selling novel, the opera featured a libretto by […]