The musical My Fair Lady (1956) is a story from another age. All things considered, it is probably best that a contemporary audience may not know the lyrics to the songs, let alone the tunes. The tale ...
This week, music lost two venerable and influential figures. Andre Previn, who distinguished himself as a performer and composer in a wide range of styles and genres, died on Thursday at his home in ...
André Previn, who blurred the boundaries between jazz, pop and classical music — and between composing, conducting and performing — in an extraordinarily eclectic, award-filled career, died Thursday ...
It was interesting to compare the performance of Gershwin's Concerto in F played and conducted by Andre Previn, with the Oslo Philharmonic at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall on Monday night, with the ...
NPR's Robert Siegel talks with composer-conductor Andre Previn about his opera A Streetcar Named Desire, based on the Tennessee Williams play. The opera is currently being performed by the Washington ...
The actress and opera star come together in “Penelope,” a Homeric monodrama by André Previn and Tom Stoppard, at Carnegie Hall. By Joshua Barone At their best, the artists who died this year could ...
Andre Previn is a musical polymath. He has been a composer, conductor, pianist and a pedagogue. He has led most of the world's major orchestras, won Oscars for his movie music, written for Broadway ...