Editorial: Learning from Modern Mentors I started publishing Opus Osm partly because I wanted to find out why classical music is losing its audience. Now I think I have one of the answers. First, though, it must be said that classical music is not losing its audience. It has a very vibrant, committed, enthusiastic audience. It’s just relatively small. And not growing very fast. So I’m adjusting my question to…
Tag: Prague Proms
Tuesday, August 2, 2011: United Choirs
Filling the Hall with United Choirs On July 16, Smetana Hall in Prague’s Municipal House played host to the United Choirs of Proms, one of the many concerts in this summer’s Prague Proms International Music Festival. Sharing the bill this evening were works by Leonard Bernstein and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Initially the stage, with its few floral arrangements and an enormous organ, seemed rather forlorn. Then the American and European…
Monday, July 25, 2011: Trumpeting Czech
Trumpeting Czech Opus Osm is enjoying a Czech July vacation, but we just had to paddle our raft back to the dock to tell you about one interesting Czech trumpet player and founder of the Czech National Symphony Orchestra … The Czech National Symphony Orchestra’s Prague Proms is an annual mid-summer music festival, this year (June 21-July 23) featuring a mix of classical, jazz, and choral music. Opus Osm managed…
