Classical
Gyorgy Kurtág and András Schiff to Receive Royal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal
Dame Edna Everage/Barry Humphries Taking Over Adelaide Music Festival
Barry Humphries is in London at the moment, presumably enjoying what is billed as Dame Edna Everage's farewell lap of honor. While it's hard to contemplate the stages of the West End and Broadway without the acerbic-tongued dame, good news comes from Humphries's native Australia. He's apparently taking on an arts festival. Classicalite's Five Best: Musicians on 'Sesame Street'
I was musing the other day about what being on 'Sesame Street' means for classical musicians. In many ways, it's a signpost--a signal that said musician has entered the realm of popular culture. It is also, of course, a laudable attempt to bring classical music, itself, back into popular culture. Just as it sounds. With an animal orchestra.
